Monday, 8 October, 2007 , 07:56 AFP — Kurd separatist rebels killed a Turkish soldier early Monday only hours after 13 others were killed in fighting near the Iraq border, authorities said.

Sunday, 7 October, 2007 , 18:31 AFP — Thirteen Turkish soldiers were killed Sunday in an attack by Kurdish rebels from the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the southeast of the country, the army said in a statement.

Sunday, 7 October, 2007 , 14:01 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish regional government on Sunday defended its adoption of an energy law and the clinching of global deals, saying the moves were aimed at making oil "work for the people of Iraq."

Saturday, 6 October, 2007 , 13:32 AFP — More buffer zones designed to prevent Kurdish rebels crossing over the border to and from Iraq have been established in southeastern Turkey, the Turkish military said Saturday.

Thursday, 4 October, 2007 , 10:43 AFP — Three rebels from the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in fighting with the security forces in southeast Turkey, military officials said Thursday.

Wednesday, 3 October, 2007 , 15:24 AFP — Iraq's Kurdistan regional government announced four more oil deals on Wednesday, ignoring criticism from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government and Washington of its unilateral sell-off of the country's national resources.

Wednesday, 3 October, 2007 , 14:07 AFP — The White House on Wednesday declined to criticize four controversial oil deals inked by Iraq's Kurdistan regional government in defiance of criticisms from leaders in Baghdad.

Wednesday, 3 October, 2007 , 13:37 AFP — A man fired several shots in the air Wednesday outside the headquarters of Turkey's main Kurdish party, shouting "traitors," after the party came under fire from the country's army chief, the NTV news channel reported.

Monday, 1 October, 2007 , 07:20 AFP — A seven-year-old boy initially thought to have been among those killed in an attack on a Turkish van blamed on Kurdish rebels in fact escaped death because he stayed behind with relatives, Turkish media reported Monday.

Sunday, 30 September, 2007 , 15:43 AFP — Thirteen people died in Turkey's volatile southeast when gunmen, apparently Kurdish rebels, sprayed a bus with machine gun fire, prompting Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Sunday to vow to punish the attackers.