Wednesday, 6 May, 2009 , 19:36 AFP — A Turkish court charged eight suspects Wednesday over the slaying of 44 people in a machine gun massacre at a Kurdish wedding party blamed on members of a government-sponsored militia force.

Wednesday, 6 May, 2009 , 12:48 AFP — A wedding party massacre in Turkey's Kurdish southeast has put a spotlight on a paramilitary force that critics say abuses its mandate of fighting separatist rebels and should be dismantled.

Wednesday, 6 May, 2009 , 10:04 AFP — Ten Kurdish rebels were killed in a Turkish air strike last week targeting Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) positions in northern Iraq, the Anatolia news agency reported on Wednesday.

Wednesday, 6 May, 2009 , 07:24 AFP — Eight suspects have been charged over the killing of 44 people at a wedding party in Turkey's Kurdish southeast, the Anatolia news agency reported Wednesday, quoting a senior local official.

Tuesday, 5 May, 2009 , 16:52 AFP — Mechanical diggers gorged out rows of tombs Tuesday outside the village where 44 people at a wedding party in Kurdish Turkey were mown down in a machine-gun orgy unleashed by a clan vendetta.

Tuesday, 5 May, 2009 , 16:14 AFP — Hundreds of people wept and prayed at the entrance to the remote Kurdish village of Bilge on Tuesday after masked men with machine guns mowed down 44 people at a wedding party.

Tuesday, 5 May, 2009 , 14:37 AFP — Honour comes before everything in Kurdish regions of Turkey and blood is cleansed with blood -- with a machine gun if necessary.

Tuesday, 5 May, 2009 , 13:08 AFP — Masked assailants armed with machine guns stormed a wedding party in a Kurdish village, killing 44 people -- most of them women and children -- in the bloodiest massacre linked to a clan feud in Turkey, officials and locals said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 5 May, 2009 , 11:59 AFP — The autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq is to hold an election for its parliament on July 25, regional president Massud Barzani said on Tuesday.

Tuesday, 5 May, 2009 , 10:48 AFP — Iraq on Tuesday summoned the Iranian ambassador to protest over an air raid targeting alleged separatists in the country's autonomous Kurdish region, the foreign ministry said.