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US wants Denmark to shut down Kurdish TV station: source


Monday, 19 June, 2006 , 18:59 AFP — Denmark is under continuing pressure from the United States to withdraw the broadcast license and pull the plug on the Kurdish television channel Roj TV, Danish government sources said Monday.

Three Kurdish rebels killed, train bombed in southeast Turkey


Sunday, 18 June, 2006 , 15:09 AFP — Three rebels from the separatist Kurdish group PKK were killed Sunday in fighting with the Turkish army and a freight train was bombed overnight by suspected members of the group.

Suspected Kurdish rebels bomb freight train


Sunday, 18 June, 2006 , 10:06 AFP — Suspected Kurdish rebels bombed a freight train in southeast Turkey, causing damage but no casualties, officials said Sunday.

Three wounded in bomb blasts in southeast Turkey


Friday, 16 June, 2006 , 20:09 AFP — Three bombs exploded on Friday in Turkey's mainly Kurdish south east, injuring three people, media and local sources said.

Kurdish militants say they planted Istanbul bomb


Friday, 16 June, 2006 , 12:42 AFP — A radical Kurdish group on Friday claimed responsibility for a bomb attack a day earlier in a busy Istanbul neighbourhood, vowing more violence in reponse to what it called the mistreatment of Kurds in Turkey.

Kurdish rebel kills himself in blast, more bombs discovered


Friday, 16 June, 2006 , 10:52 AFP — A Kurdish rebel killed himself in a botched grenade attack on security forces who had come to raid his home in eastern Turkey late Thursday, security sources here said Friday.

Bomb explodes in eastern Turkey, no casualties


Friday, 16 June, 2006 , 06:44 AFP — A bomb exploded in the mainly Kurdish city of Van in eastern Turkey overnight, causing material damage but no casualties, local security sources said Friday.

Austria extradites suspected Kurdish separatist leader to Germany


Wednesday, 14 June, 2006 , 09:54 AFP — A member of the banned Kurdish rebel group PKK has been extradited from Austria to Germany where he has long been sought for militant attacks, the federal prosecutor's office said on Wednesday.

Kurdish rebels kill two Turkish soldiers


Sunday, 11 June, 2006 , 17:30 AFP — Kurdish rebels killed two Turkish soldiers and injured five others in an ambush in eastern Turkey on Sunday, the semi-official news agency Anatolia said.

Rebels call for Kurds to refuse to serve in Turkish army


Saturday, 10 June, 2006 , 13:11 AFP — Turkey's main Kurdish separatist rebel group called Saturday on Kurds to refuse to serve out their mandatory stint in the army or at least refuse to take part in operations in the country's Kurdish southeast.