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Forty-one killed in attack on wedding party in Turkey: official


Monday, 4 May, 2009 , 21:46 AFP At least 41 people were killed Monday in an attack on a wedding party in a village in Mardin province in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey, an official from the governor's office said.

CORRECTED: At least 16 killed in attack on wedding party in Turkey: mayor


Monday, 4 May, 2009 , 21:16 AFP At least 16 people were killed and two wounded in an armed attack on a wedding party in a village in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, a mayor said.

At least 16 killed in attack on wedding party in Turkey: mayor


Monday, 4 May, 2009 , 21:03 AFP At least 16 people were killed and two wounded in an attack on a wedding party in a village in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, a mayor said.

Pro-Kurdish party calls for fast to protest arrests


Sunday, 3 May, 2009 , 16:16 AFP Officials of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party on Sunday urged Kurds to join a protest fast against a wave of arrests of party members suspected of ties with Kurdish separatists.

Iraqi Kurdish vote may bring strife as change looms


Sunday, 3 May, 2009 , 16:15 AFP Iraq's autonomous Kurds go to the polls this summer in an election likely to redraw the local political map and bring factional violence to the otherwise calm region.

Iraq's Kurds condemn Iran cross-border attacks


Sunday, 3 May, 2009 , 10:24 AFP Iraq's Kurdish regional government on Sunday condemned an Iranian air raid against alleged separatists inside Iraq but also called on Kurdish militants to cease cross-border attacks.

Iraq's Kurds condemn cross-border attacks by Iran


Sunday, 3 May, 2009 , 09:41 AFP Iraq's Kurdish regional government on Sunday condemned an Iranian air raid against alleged separatists inside Iraq but also called on Kurdish militants to cease cross-border attacks.

About 40 Kurds detained in Turkey over rebel links: source


Tuesday, 14 April, 2009 , 08:18 AFP About 40 people, among them three senior members of Turkey's main Kurdish party, were detained Tuesday in a vast police operation targeting a separatist Kurdish rebel organization, a judicial source said.

Iraqi Kurdistan must rein in security forces: Amnesty


Tuesday, 14 April, 2009 , 00:14 AFP Amnesty International urged the autonomous government in Iraqi Kurdistan on Tuesday to rein in its security forces, warning they were "operating outside the rule of law".

Abbas visits Iraq's Kurdish region


Monday, 13 April, 2009 , 17:13 AFP Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Monday met Kurdish regional government leader Massud Barzani in a visit aimed at cementing ties between the two largest stateless peoples in the Middle East.