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.

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.

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.

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.

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Monday, 1 June, 2009 , 08:51 AFP — Kurdish rebels announced a six-week extension of a truce in their campaign against Turkey on Monday after detecting progress towards bringing about a peaceful resolution to their separatist conflict.

Sunday, 31 May, 2009 , 14:32 AFP — Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region will begin exporting crude oil for the first time on June 1, piping up to 90,000 bpd to its neighbours in a landmark step for the area, officials said on Sunday.

Thursday, 28 May, 2009 , 07:06 AFP — Turkish authorities arrested around 30 people, most of them teachers, on Thursday in a new sweep across the country against people with suspected links to Kurdish rebels, Anatolia news agency reported.

Thursday, 28 May, 2009 , 06:16 AFP — Six Turkish soldiers were killed early Thursday when they drove over a landmine believed to have been planted by Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey, a local security source said.

Wednesday, 27 May, 2009 , 16:03 AFP — President Abdullah Gul Wednesday urged swift measures to end the 25-year Kurdish conflict in Turkey, stressing that losing time would worsen the problem, Anatolia news agency reported.