Tuesday, 30 May, 2006 , 09:29 AFP — The Kurdish mayor Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey risks up to one year in jail for allocating a public ambulance to transport the body of a Kurdish rebel killed in fighting with the army, judicial sources said Tuesday.
Friday, 26 May, 2006 , 16:03 AFP — The United States has started talks with the new Baghdad government on "effective action" against Turkish Kurdish rebels holed up in northern Iraq, the US ambassador said here Friday.
Wednesday, 24 May, 2006 , 18:44 AFP — A radical Kurdish group said Wednesday it was responsible for a fire at the cargo section of Istanbul's Ataturk airport, the hub of international air travel in Turkey, which slightly injured three people and caused delays in air traffic.
Tuesday, 23 May, 2006 , 18:12 AFP — Armed Kurdish rebels blew up part of a natural gas pipeline in eastern Turkey early Tuesday, disrupting the flow of gas, a local official said.
Monday, 22 May, 2006 , 14:33 AFP — Frenchwoman Manuela Ramin-Osmundsen has quit as head of Norway's immigration department over a scandal in which she was accused of tacitly allowing issue of illegal residence permits to Iraqi Kurds, the government said Monday.
Monday, 22 May, 2006 , 10:39 AFP — A Turkish soldier was killed and another wounded Monday in separate landmine explosions blamed on Kurdish rebels in the east and southeast of the country, local security sources said.
Saturday, 20 May, 2006 , 11:31 AFP — Hoshyar Zebari, who stays on as foreign minister in Iraq's new government, is a Kurdish party stalwart well-versed in Western ways.
Wednesday, 17 May, 2006 , 18:48 AFP — An official in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish regional government accused Turkish troops of shelling a village close to the common border Wednesday without causing casualties.
Wednesday, 17 May, 2006 , 15:45 AFP — Greek President Carolos Papoulia warned Turkey on Wednesday that it must respect human rights, notably those of the Kurds, if it wants closer ties with the European Union.
Wednesday, 17 May, 2006 , 11:16 AFP — An X-ray of Kamil Abdel Qader's lungs show a lower third that is entirely scarred -- lasting damage from the poisonous gas that rained down on his Iraqi Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988.
