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Iran court upholds death sentence for Kurd newsman


Friday, 9 November, 2007 , 13:56 AFP Iran's supreme court has upheld a death sentence against one Kurdish journalist on espionage charges but overturned that against another, defence counsel said on Friday.

Kurdish MP admits husband with PKK, slams media assault


Friday, 9 November, 2007 , 11:50 AFP A Kurdish member of Turkey's parliament acknowledged Friday that her husband is a militant of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the armed separatist group fighting the Ankara government.

First rule for PKK rebels: make war, not love


Friday, 9 November, 2007 , 05:08 AFP Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) guerrillas Abdullah and Zeena broke the cardinal rule of the rebel outfit -- they fell in love.

Turkey's Kurdish party warned to cut links with rebels


Thursday, 8 November, 2007 , 18:56 AFP Turkey's main Kurdish party urged a peaceful solution to the Kurdish conflict Thursday as Ankara warned of legal sanctions if the party fails to sever its alleged links with separatist rebels.

In Turkish mountains, an oasis of inter-ethnic harmony


Thursday, 8 November, 2007 , 11:27 AFP Clinging to a craggy mountaintop in southeast Turkey, Mardin is at the geographic heart of a region in the throes of violent conflict between the Turkish army and separatist Kurdish rebels.

PKK fears imminent air strike on Iraqi bases: report


Thursday, 8 November, 2007 , 10:22 AFP The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fears an imminent Turkish air strike on its bases in northern Iraq following US pledges to help Turkey combat the separatist group, a pro-PKK news agency reported Thursday.

Iraq Kurd veterans predict Turkish defeat against PKK


Thursday, 8 November, 2007 , 09:19 AFP Veterans of the Iraqi Kurds' long war against Saddam Hussein's regime on Thursday predicted defeat for the Turkish army if it attacks Kurdish rebels hiding in the rugged Qandil mountains bordering Iran, Iraq and Turkey.

Three Kurdish rebels killed in Iran


Thursday, 8 November, 2007 , 07:58 AFP Iranian security forces have killed three Kurdish rebels in the western province of Kordestan, the government daily Iran said on Thursday.

Turkish PM vows to step up reforms demanded by EU


Wednesday, 7 November, 2007 , 20:31 AFP Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday his country would relaunch its reform program as demanded by the European Union in assessing Ankara's progress toward possible membership.

Iraqi Kurd urges PKK to declare ceasefire


Wednesday, 7 November, 2007 , 13:57 AFP Iraq's Kurdish region's prime minister Nechirvan Barzani Wednesday urged Kurdish rebels to declare a ceasefire "and think of another solution" to achieving their goal of a Kurdish state.