Tuesday, 28 August, 2007 , 14:55 AFP — Two Kurdish rebels were killed Tuesday in fighting with the army in eastern Turkey, officials said.

Tuesday, 28 August, 2007 , 04:17 AFP — A year after he fled Baghdad for the safe haven of his father's hometown on Iraq's northern border, Emmanuel is packing his bags again, fearful of a Turkish strike against Kurdish rebels.

Monday, 27 August, 2007 , 13:18 AFP — Sunni Arab politicians refused to end their boycott of Iraq's Shiite-led government on Monday despite a broadbrush deal aimed at bridging the country's bitter sectarian divide.

Sunday, 26 August, 2007 , 15:15 AFP — A US air strike on two Kurdish police outposts on Sunday killed four policemen and wounded eight others in the restive province of Diyala in what seems to be a case of "friendly fire," officials said.

Saturday, 25 August, 2007 , 11:35 AFP — Two soldiers and 10 Kurdish rebels were killed in fighting in southeast Turkey Saturday, close to the Syrian and Iraqi borders, the Turkish army said.

Thursday, 23 August, 2007 , 04:26 AFP — Heshw Mohammed tried to kill herself three times when her father would not let her marry the man she loved, swallowing tablets and surviving only because her stomach was pumped.

Monday, 20 August, 2007 , 15:21 AFP — Two Iranian Kurdish journalists sentenced to death have been on hunger strike in prison for more than a month, their lawyer told AFP on Monday.

Monday, 20 August, 2007 , 14:41 AFP — Hundreds of Iraqi Kurds have fled remote mountain villages near the country's eastern frontier as Iranian gunners target separatist guerrilla bases, local officials said Monday.

Monday, 20 August, 2007 , 13:28 AFP — Two Iranian Kurdish journalists sentenced to death have been on hunger strike in prison for over a month, a group defending prisoners' rights said on Monday.

Sunday, 19 August, 2007 , 19:17 AFP — A Turkish soldier was killed Sunday when gunmen ambushed a military vehicle in the restive southern province of Osmaniye, the local governor said.