Monday, 11 August, 2008 , 12:10 AFP — A fire at a major oil pipeline in eastern Turkey, sparked by a blast last week, was extinguished on Monday, officials told Anatolia news agency.

Monday, 11 August, 2008 , 07:22 AFP — Turkey's state broadcaster will launch a Kurdish-language television channel in 2009, its director said in an interview published Monday.

Saturday, 9 August, 2008 , 15:09 AFP — An influential Kurdish member of the Iraqi parliament on Saturday accused Turkey of undermining the influence Kurds have gained since the fall of the regime of Saddam Hussein in 2003.

Friday, 8 August, 2008 , 19:36 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani on Friday emphasised the Kurdish nature of the disputed oil-rich city of Kirkuk, as he made his first visit since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003.

Friday, 8 August, 2008 , 14:22 AFP — Kurdish rebels threatened more attacks on economic targets Friday after claiming responsibility for a blast in eastern Turkey that shut down a strategic oil pipeline, an agency close to the rebels reported.

Friday, 8 August, 2008 , 08:46 AFP — Separatist Kurdish rebels claimed responsibility Friday for a blast that cut a strategic oil pipeline in Turkey and sent international prices higher.

Friday, 8 August, 2008 , 06:56 AFP — Separatist Kurdish rebels have claimed responsibility for a blast in eastern Turkey that cut oil flow through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, according to an agency close to the rebels.

Wednesday, 6 August, 2008 , 20:43 AFP — Separatist Kurdish rebels fired rockets at a police station in the eastern Turkish province of Mus late Wednesday, killing a policeman, a local official told the Anatolia news agency.

Wednesday, 6 August, 2008 , 16:49 AFP — The EU presidency on Wednesday condemned human rights violations committed against the Kurdish minority in Iran and urged Tehran to scrap the death penalty.

Tuesday, 5 August, 2008 , 11:37 AFP — Mullah Krekar, founder of radical Islamist group Ansar al-Islam, has filed charges with Europe's human rights court against Norway, where he lives, for "inhuman treatment," his lawyer said Tuesday.