Thursday, 10 April, 2008 , 15:09 AFP — Thirteen Kurdish rebels were killed Thursday in clashes with the army in eastern Turkey, according to the military.

Thursday, 10 April, 2008 , 11:42 AFP — Eleven Kurdish rebels were killed Thursday in clashes with the army in eastern Turkey, local security sources said.

Thursday, 10 April, 2008 , 10:24 AFP — A court here Thursday sentenced Kurdish politician Leyla Zana to two years' imprisonment for praising jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan.

Monday, 7 April, 2008 , 12:34 AFP — Iran has freed on bail a Kurdish labour activist after one year in jail, a press report said on Monday.

Sunday, 6 April, 2008 , 12:26 AFP — A bomb allegedly planted by Kurdish separatist rebels killed a Turkish army reservist and wounded three militia members in southern Turkey, the Anatolia news agency reported Sunday.

Friday, 4 April, 2008 , 15:50 AFP — Belgian police on Friday arrested 29 women among the Kurdish community suspected of links to the PKK rebel group in Turkey during coordinated nationwide raids, the federal prosecutor's office said.

Friday, 4 April, 2008 , 13:48 AFP — Belgian police on Friday carried out raids and questioned 40 women among the country's Kurdish community suspected of links to the Turkish rebel PKK group, local television reported.

Thursday, 3 April, 2008 , 10:38 AFP — Jubilation at the ouster of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003 has in most parts of Iraq descended into nightmare. But in Arbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdish region in the north, the dream of better times ahead lives on.

Wednesday, 2 April, 2008 , 08:06 AFP — Turkish troops killed seven rebels, bringing to 16 the number of Kurdistan Workers' Party members killed in a sweep that began Monday near the border with Iraq, the general staff said Wednesday in a statement posted on its website.

Tuesday, 1 April, 2008 , 08:56 AFP — Nine Kurdish rebels and three soldiers were killed in clashes in southeastern Turkey near the Iraqi border, the Turkish military said Tuesday.