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Iraqi Kurdistan to showcase region for foreign investment


Monday, 12 March, 2007 , 12:20 AFP — Iraq's relatively peaceful northern Kurdistan region is to stage a trade fair this week in a bid to attract foreign investment, an official said on Monday.

Kurdish politician arrested over petrol bomb attack on bank


Monday, 12 March, 2007 , 12:08 AFP — Turkish police detained 14 people, including a Kurdish politician, in connection with a petrol bomb attack on a bank in the northwestern town of Gebze, officials said Monday.

PKK supporters clash with Turkish riot police


Sunday, 11 March, 2007 , 22:20 AFP — Supporters of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) took to the streets with Molotov cocktails and clashed with police during protests in towns across Turkey on Sunday, reports said.

Turkish troops kill Kurdish rebel


Sunday, 11 March, 2007 , 17:57 AFP — The Turkish army killed a militant from the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Sunday during fighting in the Kurdish-populated southeast, security sources said.

Turkish army finds bodies of Kurd rebels


Sunday, 11 March, 2007 , 16:51 AFP — The Turkish army on Sunday found the bodies of seven members of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in a rural area in the Kurdish-populated southeast, security sources said.

Turkish police hold Kurdish protestors on women's march


Saturday, 10 March, 2007 , 17:13 AFP — Turkish police on Saturday detained 27 people after a rally supporting International Women's Day turned into a march in support of Kurdish separatists, the Anatolia agency reported.

Turkish army could hit Kurdish rebels in Iraq: general


Saturday, 10 March, 2007 , 14:04 AFP — Turkish armed forces could strike at any moment against Kurdish rebels Ankara says are sheltering over the border in Iraq, the country's army commander said Saturday.

Former Kurdish MPs convicted again over PKK links


Friday, 9 March, 2007 , 18:31 AFP — Four former Kurdish lawmakers who spent a decade behind bars in Turkey for alleged links with armed rebels were Friday sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison in a retrial, but will not have to go to jail, a defence lawyer said.

Former Kurdish MPs convicted again over links with armed rebels


Friday, 9 March, 2007 , 16:16 AFP — Four former Kurdish lawmakers who spent a decade behind bars in Turkey for alleged links with armed rebels were Friday sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison in a retrial, but will not have to go to jail, a defence lawyer said.

Kurds in Helsinki demonstrate in support of Ocalan


Thursday, 8 March, 2007 , 19:01 AFP — Some 100 Kurds demonstrated on Thursday in Helsinki in support of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, Finnish police said, amid claims that he is being progressively poisoned in prison.