Monday, 26 June, 2006 , 14:28 AFP — A Turkish prosecutor on Monday launched an investigation into whether the first convention here Sunday of the country's main Kurdish party amounted to propaganda for separatist Kurdish rebels, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Monday, 26 June, 2006 , 10:44 AFP — Iraq's northern Kurdistan region plans to adopt a law to lure foreign investors with long-term tax holidays and hefty concessions on duties, while the rest of Iraq battles a raging insurgency.

Monday, 26 June, 2006 , 04:26 AFP — "We don't have any choice," says a squatter gesturing to the new home he has made for his family in a Christian cemetery in Iraqi Kurdistan, after fleeing violence-plagued Baghdad.

Friday, 23 June, 2006 , 18:27 AFP — Eleven Kurdish rebels were killed on Friday in clashes with the Turkish army in the southeast of the country, local security officials said.

Friday, 23 June, 2006 , 17:23 AFP — Eight Kurdish rebels were killed on Friday in clashes with the Turkish army in the southeast of the country, local security officials said.

Friday, 23 June, 2006 , 16:49 AFP — A mass grave has been discovered north of the Iraqi capital where 31 Kurds were buried during the former regime of Saddam Hussein, a Kurdish official said Friday.

Friday, 23 June, 2006 , 13:49 AFP — Turkey's main Kurdish political group, the Democratic Society Party (DTP), will hold its first congress Sunday, expected to result in a decision to revise the party's leadership system.

Thursday, 22 June, 2006 , 15:47 AFP — Baghdad's entire Sabean-Mandean population estimated at 25,000 has presented a petition to Kurdish authorities to move to the northern region's safe haven, an Arab League official said Thursday.

Thursday, 22 June, 2006 , 11:06 AFP — The founder of radical Islamist group Ansar al-Islam, Mullah Krekar, on Thursday hailed Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed two weeks ago.

Thursday, 22 June, 2006 , 11:06 AFP — The founder of radical Islamist group Ansar al-Islam, Mullah Krekar, on Thursday hailed Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed two weeks ago.