Monday, 9 March, 2009 , 15:08 AFP — Excavation work began Monday in Turkey's southeast as part of an investigation into allegations of extrajudicial killings of Kurds by security forces, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Friday, 6 March, 2009 , 10:40 AFP — About 375 Kurdish militants were either killed or wounded in Turkish cross-border military action in neighbouring Iraq since October, Anatolia news agency quoted an army spokesman as saying Friday.

Monday, 2 March, 2009 , 15:18 AFP — An Iraqi court condemned Saddam Hussein's notorious henchman "Chemical Ali" Hassan al-Majid to his third death sentence on Monday over the murder of Shiite Muslims 10 years ago.

Sunday, 1 March, 2009 , 11:48 AFP — An Iranian appeal court has sentenced a Kurdish political activist to death for taking part in armed acts in the western province of Kordestan, his lawyer said on Sunday.

Friday, 27 February, 2009 , 11:07 AFP — About 20 Kurdish militants have died in internecine clashes between rival rebel factions based in northern Iraq, a Turkish military spokesman was quoted as saying Friday.

Tuesday, 24 February, 2009 , 19:24 AFP — The two main Kurdish parties have completed the unification of their government in the autonomous region of northern Iraq, one of the main groups announced on Tuesday.

Tuesday, 24 February, 2009 , 17:51 AFP — A Turkish Kurd lawmaker defied the law on Tuesday and gave a speech in Kurdish in parliament, which other MPs saw as a political move ahead of municipal elections next month.

Saturday, 21 February, 2009 , 16:00 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Saturday launched a campaign to wrest control of Turkey's biggest Kurdish-dominated city in local elections next month, pledging better hospitals, cheap housing and more investment.

Tuesday, 17 February, 2009 , 18:40 AFP — President Jalal Talabani agreed on Tuesday to share power within his Kurdish party to avoid a split which would have weakened the group ahead of polls in northern Iraq.

Tuesday, 17 February, 2009 , 17:48 AFP — The United States must resolve policy snags between Baghdad and the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq before any troop pullout, a senior Kurdish official said on Tuesday.