Friday, 9 February, 2007 , 18:23 AFP — Five Kurds from Turkey have been placed under investigation in France after being arrested on suspicion of money-laundering on behalf of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), officials said on Friday.

Friday, 9 February, 2007 , 14:45 AFP — US and Iraqi forces clamped down on flashpoint districts of Baghdad Friday, focusing on insurgent and militia hotbeds as a joint operation to restore order in the capital lumbered into action.

Friday, 9 February, 2007 , 13:37 AFP — An Iraqi consortium has completed the first stage of what was billed Friday as the billion-dollar Nishan Trade Center in Arbil, northern Iraq and is to boast three 25-storey office towers.

Friday, 9 February, 2007 , 12:40 AFP — US helicopter gunships killed five Kurdish policemen -- normally staunch allies of American forces -- on Friday, during a clash in the volatile northern city of Mosul, a military statement said.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.