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Austrian police to probe Ahmadinejad link to 1989 killing


Saturday, 20 June, 2009 , 10:54 AFP Austrian police will probe allegations linking Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the 1989 murder of a Kurdish opposition leader in Vienna, the foreign minister has said.

Austrian lawmaker links Ahmadinejad to 1989 Kurdish killing


Thursday, 18 June, 2009 , 18:32 AFP An Austrian lawmaker on Thursday linked Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the 1989 murder of a Kurdish opposition leader in Vienna.

New testimony ties Ahmadinejad to 1989 Kurdish killing


Thursday, 18 June, 2009 , 14:15 AFP New testimony, presented Thursday in Vienna, has again linked Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the murder of a Kurdish opposition leader and two aides in the Austrian capital in 1989.

Turkish bombs burn large tracts of Iraqi forest: Kurds


Sunday, 14 June, 2009 , 13:21 AFP More than 125 hectares (300 acres) of forest in northern Iraq have been burnt in the past month due to Turkish bombardment, a senior official in autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan said on Sunday.

Soldier, Kurdish rebel killed in Turkey clash


Sunday, 14 June, 2009 , 10:13 AFP A Turkish soldier and a Kurdish rebel were killed in fighting in the southeast of Turkey near the border with Iraq, a security source said Sunday.

Prosecutor demands life over Turkish wedding massacre


Saturday, 13 June, 2009 , 08:44 AFP A Turkish prosecutor wants life sentences for nine suspects charged over a machine gun massacre at a Kurdish wedding last month that killed 44 people, a court source said Saturday.

European police strike illegal Kurdish migrant network


Tuesday, 9 June, 2009 , 13:13 AFP Police in Italy and five other European countries Tuesday arrested at least 46 people in a crackdown on an illegal migrant network that has brought thousands of Iraqi Kurds into Europe.

European police move against illegal Kurdish migrant network


Tuesday, 9 June, 2009 , 11:55 AFP Police in Italy and five other European countries Tuesday arrested 46 people in a crackdown on an illegal migrant network that has brought thousands of Iraqi Kurds into Europe.

Iraq bars Kurd party from polls for alleged rebel links


Tuesday, 2 June, 2009 , 16:08 AFP A party said to be close to Kurdish rebels in Turkey has been barred from contesting next month's elections in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, the election commission and the party said on Tuesday.

Iraqi Kurdistan begins oil exports


Monday, 1 June, 2009 , 12:13 AFP Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region began exporting oil for the first time on Monday, shipping crude through a pipeline to Turkey, in a major step forward for economic ties between the neighbours.