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Prominent Turkish Kurd politician dies


Friday, 29 June, 2007 , 07:38 AFP Prominent Turkish Kurd politician Orhan Dogan died Friday in hospital in the eastern city of Van after suffering a heart attack at the weekend, doctors said.

Turkish army kills eight Kurdish rebels


Wednesday, 27 June, 2007 , 16:59 AFP Eight Kurdish rebels were killed Wednesday in a major security sweep in Turkey's restive southeast, local security sources said.

Turkish army chief insists on incursion into Iraq


Wednesday, 27 June, 2007 , 10:07 AFP The head of the Turkish armed forces insisted Wednesday on the need for a military incursion into northern Iraq to hunt down Turkish Kurd rebels based there, but said he needed the government's green light to do so.

Iraq's 'Chemical Ali' to be executed for genocide


Sunday, 24 June, 2007 , 16:02 AFP An Iraqi court on Sunday condemned "Chemical Ali," the most notorious of Saddam Hussein's former henchmen, to death by hanging for genocide over the systematic slaughter of ethnic Kurds in 1988.

Kurds rejoice at Chemical Ali's death sentence


Sunday, 24 June, 2007 , 15:16 AFP Kurds flocked into the streets in northern Iraq on Sunday, cheering, honking horns, waving banners and dancing after three of Saddam Hussein's former cohorts were sentenced to death for the mass killing of their people two decades ago.

Eight killed in fresh violence in Turkey


Sunday, 24 June, 2007 , 13:52 AFP A separatist Kurdish rebel and a civilian were killed in a botched suicide attack in eastern Turkey while fighting elsewhere left five rebels and a government militia member dead, local security sources and officials said Sunday.

Turkey wants full EU membership: FM


Sunday, 24 June, 2007 , 12:18 AFP Turkey wants full EU membership and will not settle with just joining a Mediterranean partnership, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said in an interview published Sunday in a Greek newspaper.

Anfal: a campaign of genocide against Kurds


Sunday, 24 June, 2007 , 10:22 AFP The Anfal campaign waged by the ousted regime of executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in the late 1980s saw tens of thousands of Kurds killed and villages destroyed in an onslaught of air and ground bombardments, mass deportations and chemical attacks.

Six killed in fresh violence in Turkey


Sunday, 24 June, 2007 , 09:36 AFP A separatist Kurdish rebel and a civilian were killed in a botched suicide attack in eastern Turkey while fighting elsewhere left three rebels and a government militia member dead, local security sources and officials said Sunday.

Judgement day for 'Chemical Ali' over Kurdish genocide


Sunday, 24 June, 2007 , 07:52 AFP An Iraqi court is to deliver its verdict on Sunday against six former aides of executed dictator Saddam Hussein, including the notorious "Chemical Ali," over the mass killing of 182,000 Kurds in 1988.