Monday, 25 September, 2006 , 12:46 AFP — Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has met with Turkish Kurd rebels based in northern Iraq and is expecting them to soon announce a ceasefire in their armed campaign in Turkey, an aide told Turkish television Monday.

Monday, 25 September, 2006 , 07:54 AFP — The separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has claimed responsibility for a bomb blast at a police building in eastern Turkey at the weekend in which 17 people were wounded.

Sunday, 24 September, 2006 , 15:37 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish parliament on Sunday began debating the region's permanent constitution, a contentious document laying claim to other parts of Iraq and setting conditions for Kurds to remain part of the country.

Sunday, 24 September, 2006 , 08:29 AFP — Turkish police say Kurdish separatist rebels appear to be behind a bomb attack late Saturday that left 17 injured, including five officers, in eastern Turkey, the Anatolia news agency reported Sunday.

Saturday, 23 September, 2006 , 14:24 AFP — Protestors forced their way into two local radio stations in the Swiss capital Bern on Saturday to protest against the deportation to Turkey of Kurdish activist Erdogan Elmas.

Thursday, 21 September, 2006 , 13:51 AFP — The Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq on Thursday denied a BBC report that peshmerga militiamen had received training from Israeli former commandos.

Wednesday, 20 September, 2006 , 11:47 AFP — Iraqi Kurds on Wednesday welcomed the sacking of the chief judge in Saddam Hussein's genocide trial, charging that he had not been capable of handling the case.

Wednesday, 20 September, 2006 , 11:36 AFP — A Turkish court has cleared 405 soldiers of the torture and rape of a Kurdish woman in custody in a controversial case dating back more than a decade ago, a lawyer for the plaintiff said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 20 September, 2006 , 11:33 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked the Iraqi government to list as terrorists Kurdish rebels who use bases in northern Iraq to launch attacks across the border in Turkey, his office said Wednesday.

Tuesday, 19 September, 2006 , 22:41 AFP — Former Israeli commandos have been training Kurdish security forces in northern Iraq, the BBC reported on Tuesday, showing videos of the alleged training camps.