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US, Turkey, discuss Kurdish rebels, Iraq


Tuesday, 6 February, 2007 , 23:57 AFP Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged her Turkish counterpart Tuesday not to resort to military action against Kurdish rebels harboring in neighboring Iraq, a senior official said.

13 Kurds arrested in France over 'terror financing'


Monday, 5 February, 2007 , 16:30 AFP Thirteen Kurds from Turkey were arrested near Paris on Monday on suspicion of money-laundering on behalf of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), police said.

Syria jails 12 young Kurds


Sunday, 4 February, 2007 , 21:21 AFP Twelve young Kurds, including three minors, were sentenced on Sunday to jail terms of between two-and-half and seven-and-a-half years for "membership of a secret organisation", a human rights organisation said.

Mass grave of Kurds found in southern Iraq


Thursday, 1 February, 2007 , 17:45 AFP A grave containing the bodies of 200-250 Kurdish prisoners has been found in the deserted province of Muthanna near the border with Saudi Arabia, a provincial official said on Thursday.

US ponders ways to curb Turkish Kurd rebels in Iraq: envoy


Tuesday, 30 January, 2007 , 17:27 AFP The United States is considering "many actions" to curb Turkish Kurd rebels based in northern Iraq and believes it can count on the help of the region's Iraqi Kurdish leaders, a US envoy said here Tuesday. Joseph W. Ralston, special coordinator of efforts against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), made the comment after talks with Turkish officials amid growing anger here over Washington's failure to fulfil pledges to move against the group, listed as a terrorist group by both countries.

US envoy in Turkey for talks on Iraq-based Kurdish rebels


Tuesday, 30 January, 2007 , 14:23 AFP A US special envoy began talks with Turkish officials Tuesday on how to combat separatist Kurds based in neighbouring northern Iraq, amid growing anger here over Washington's failure to fulfill its pledges to curb the militants.

11 Shiite Kurd pilgrims killed in Iraq blast


Tuesday, 30 January, 2007 , 09:19 AFP Eleven Kurdish Shiite pilgrims were killed Tuesday when a bomb stashed in a bin exploded as they were heading to a religious site in eastern Iraq for the Ashura mourning rite, police said.

Iraq trial shown evidence of Kurd detention camps


Monday, 29 January, 2007 , 17:07 AFP Prosecutors on Monday presented the Iraqi court trying six former regime officials with evidence of detention camps set up allegedly to torture thousands of Kurds during a military campaign in 1988.

'No regrets' Chemical Ali tells genocide trial


Sunday, 28 January, 2007 , 15:35 AFP "Chemical Ali", a cousin of Saddam Hussein and lead defendant in the genocide trial of six former regime officials, on Sunday defended having ordered a military campaign against Iraqi Kurdish villagers.

Prosecutor links Saddam's cousin to 'chemical strikes'


Sunday, 28 January, 2007 , 14:25 AFP An Iraqi prosecutor Sunday presented what he said was documentary proof executed dictator Saddam Hussein's cousin was linked to "chemical strikes" in Iraqi Kurdistan and had ordered dozens of villages demolished.