Saturday, 9 May, 2009 , 12:28 AFP — Another person has been arrested over the killing of 44 people at a Kurdish wedding in southeast Turkey this week, bringing the number of suspects to 11, Interior Minister Besir Atalay was quoted as saying Saturday.

Saturday, 9 May, 2009 , 12:02 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region will begin exporting crude oil for the first time on June 1, the regional government said.

Thursday, 7 May, 2009 , 07:28 AFP — A Turkish court on Thursday charged another two people over the massacre of 44 people at a Kurdish wedding in southeast Turkey, bringing the number of suspects to 10, court officials said.

Wednesday, 6 May, 2009 , 20:10 AFP — Canadian oil exploration firm Heritage Oil on Wednesday announced a major oil discovery in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, estimated to contain up to 4.2 billion barrels.

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.