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Seven suspects on trial in Turkey over summary Kurd killings


Friday, 11 September, 2009 , 18:43 AFP Seven suspects, including an army colonel, went on trial Friday, facing life in jail for the killing of 2O people in Turkey's southeast at the height of a Kurdish insurgency in the 1990s.

Seven suspects on trial in Turkey over summary Kurd killings


Friday, 11 September, 2009 , 07:31 AFP Seven suspects, including an army colonel, went on trial Friday, facing life sentences for the killing of 2O people in Turkey's southeast at the height of a Kurdish insurgency in the 1990s.

Turkish watchdog approves use of Kurdish in universities: report


Thursday, 10 September, 2009 , 18:28 AFP Turkey's higher education watchdog on Thursday agreed to allow Kurdish to be used in universities for the first time, the Anatolia news agency reported, amid government efforts to end a 25-year bloody Kurdish insurgency.

20 killed in Iraq suicide truck bomb attack


Thursday, 10 September, 2009 , 10:38 AFP A suicide truck bomber triggered a massive blast in a Kurdish village in northern Iraq as residents slept early Thursday, flattening homes and killing at least 20 people, officials said.

Landmine kills two Turkish soldiers: official


Wednesday, 9 September, 2009 , 19:45 AFP Two soldiers were killed and eight wounded Wednesday in eastern Turkey in a landmine blast blamed on Kurdish rebels, a local security source said.

Landmine blast kills two soldiers in eastern Turkey: source


Wednesday, 9 September, 2009 , 13:02 AFP Two soldiers were killed and eight wounded Wednesday in eastern Turkey in a landmine blast blamed on Kurdish rebels, a local security source said.

Six soldiers killed in southeast Turkey: army


Tuesday, 8 September, 2009 , 17:26 AFP Clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish rebels in southeast Turkey on Tuesday left six soldiers dead and three others wounded, the army said.

Seven soldiers killed in southeast Turkey: source


Tuesday, 8 September, 2009 , 16:26 AFP Clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish rebels in southeast Turkey Tuesday left seven soldiers dead and five others wounded, a security source said

Hundreds protest against proposed US-Iraq-Kurd force


Saturday, 5 September, 2009 , 14:57 AFP Hundreds of Arabs demonstrated in northern Iraq on Saturday against the prospect of American soldiers teaming up with Iraqi and Kurdish troops to patrol the region's disputed zones.

Eleven suspects on trial in Turkey over wedding massacre: report


Wednesday, 2 September, 2009 , 09:55 AFP Eleven suspects went on trial in Turkey on Wednesday over a machine gun massacre at a wedding in the country's mainly Kurdish southeast that left 44 people dead, the Anatolia news agency reported.