Monday, 26 November, 2007 , 12:43 AFP — At least 27 women have died in so-called "honour killings" over the past four months in northern Kurdish Iraq, an official from the regional government said Monday.

Monday, 26 November, 2007 , 07:36 AFP — The autonomous Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq defied Baghdad on Monday, vowing to sign more contracts with international oil firms despite the national government's opposition.

Sunday, 25 November, 2007 , 15:40 AFP — Turkish police on Sunday used tear gas to disperse hundreds of Kurds demonstrating here in favour of separatist rebels fighting the government, an AFP correspondent said.

Sunday, 25 November, 2007 , 12:40 AFP — Iranian security forces arrested 11 members of the outlawed Kurdish separatist group PJAK in the western Kordestan province, the Mehr news agency reported on Sunday.

Saturday, 24 November, 2007 , 16:06 AFP — Turkish and US commanders on Saturday discussed measures against Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq, while Turkey's prime minister said the struggle against the separatists was at a "critical stage."

Saturday, 24 November, 2007 , 14:40 AFP — Top Turkish and US military officials held talks here Saturday on joint efforts to combat Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq in the second such meeting this week, the Turkish army said.

Saturday, 24 November, 2007 , 12:56 AFP — Several leading Kurdish writers are being threatened by rebels for criticising their violent campaign in southeast Turkey, they said in remarks published Saturday.

Saturday, 24 November, 2007 , 11:32 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a strong appeal Saturday for expanding the democratic rights of the Kurdish community to erode support for separatism and finish off rebels.

Saturday, 24 November, 2007 , 09:14 AFP — Iraq's oil ministry has declared all crude contracts signed by the Kurdish regional authorities with foreign companies null and void, a government official said on Saturday.

Friday, 23 November, 2007 , 11:59 AFP — Turkey's Constitutional Court has found no procedural flaws in an indictment seeking to ban the country's main Kurdish party and will pursue the case, a senior court official said Friday.