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Turkey carries out new anti-PKK raid in northern Iraq


Friday, 10 October, 2008 , 09:00 AFP Turkish jets carried out a fresh bombing raid overnight from Thursday to Friday on Iraqi territory against separatist Kurdish rebels who were trying to cross the border, the army said on Friday.

Turkish leaders mull fresh measures against Kurdish rebels


Thursday, 9 October, 2008 , 17:05 AFP Turkey's civilian and military leadership discussed fresh measures against separatist Kurdish rebels Thursday after two attacks on the security forces claimed 22 lives in a week.

Turkish parliament extends mandate on Iraq strikes


Wednesday, 8 October, 2008 , 18:20 AFP Turkey's parliament Wednesday extended the government's mandate to order strikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq as an attack on a police bus in the country's southeast killed five people.

Five dead in suspected Kurdish attack on Turkish police bus


Wednesday, 8 October, 2008 , 17:47 AFP Suspected Kurdish rebels, armed with assault rifles, attacked a police bus in Turkey's southeast on Wednesday, killing five people and injuring 19, officials said.

Four dead, 15 injured in attack on police bus in Turkey


Wednesday, 8 October, 2008 , 16:05 AFP others wounded Wednesday when suspected Kurdish militants, armed with assault rifles, attacked a police bus in Turkey's southeast, local officials said.

One dead, 14 injured in attack on police bus in Turkey


Wednesday, 8 October, 2008 , 15:18 AFP A police officer was killed and 14 other people were injured Wednesday when suspected Kurdish militants, armed with bombs and other weapons, attacked a police bus, security sources said.

At least three injured in attack on police bus in Turkey


Wednesday, 8 October, 2008 , 15:01 AFP At least three people were injured Wednesday when suspected Kurdish militants attacked a police bus with bombs and other weapons in Diyarbakir, the main city in Turkey's Kurdish-populated southeast, security sources said.

Turkish parliament convenes to vote on Iraq strikes


Wednesday, 8 October, 2008 , 12:25 AFP Turkey's parliament Wednesday to vote on extending the government's mandate to order strikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, days after 17 soldiers died in an attack near the border.

Iran jails woman activist on national security grounds


Wednesday, 8 October, 2008 , 12:12 AFP An Iranian appeals court has upheld the conviction of a women's rights campaigner in the ethnically Kurdish northwest on national security grounds but reduced her jail sentence to 18 months, her lawyer told AFP on Wednesday.

Turkey to vote on Iraq strikes after bloody rebel attack


Wednesday, 8 October, 2008 , 08:36 AFP Turkish lawmakers were expected to vote Wednesday for extending the government's mandate to order strikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, days after 17 soldiers died in an attack near the border.