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Turkish police detain suspected Kurdish bombers, seize explosives


Tuesday, 9 May, 2006 , 14:46 AFP — Turkish police arrested five suspected Kurdish militants and seized 7.5 kilograms (16.5 pounds) of plastic explosives believed to be destined for bomb attacks, Anatolia news agency reported Tuesday.

Married to the cause, Kurdish rebels leave love behind


Tuesday, 9 May, 2006 , 03:59 AFP — For this Kurdish teenager, joining a quasi-socialist rebel movement deep in the mountains on the Iraq-Iran frontier was a way to escape becoming a Muslim housewife in ultra-orthodox Iran.

Minors on trial in Turkey over Kurdish riots


Tuesday, 9 May, 2006 , 03:59 AFP — Twenty-three minors went on trial Monday in this mainly Kurdish city over deadly rioting that shook Turkey's restive southeastern region a month ago.

Two hurt by bombs in Iranian Kurd city


Tuesday, 9 May, 2006 , 03:59 AFP — Two small bombs exploded in government offices in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah on Monday, wounding two people, the student news agency ISNA reported.

Seven hurt by bombs in Iranian Kurd city


Tuesday, 9 May, 2006 , 03:59 AFP — Two small bombs exploded in government offices in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah on Monday, wounding seven people, official media reported.

Erdogan calls on Kurds to condemn PKK violence


Tuesday, 9 May, 2006 , 03:59 AFP — Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday called on the Kurds of in the southeast of the country to condemn violence committed by the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Iraq's Kurdish MPs vote to unify provincial government


Tuesday, 9 May, 2006 , 03:59 AFP — Kurdish lawmakers on Sunday voted for a single administration to run their autonomous region of Kurdistan in northern Iraq, ending the previous system of two separate local governments.

EU deputy urges Turkey's Kurds to give up violence


Tuesday, 9 May, 2006 , 03:59 AFP — A European Parliament delegate to Turkey urged separatist Kurds in the country to renounce violence, on a visit Saturday to the country's troubled southeastern region.

Iraqi Kurdish MPs vote for single Iraqi Kurdistan government


Tuesday, 9 May, 2006 , 03:59 AFP — Kurdish lawmakers in Iraq's northern Kurdistan on Sunday voted for a single administration to run their autonomous region, ending the previous system of two separate local governments.

Iraqi Kurdish MPs vote to unify provincial government


Tuesday, 9 May, 2006 , 03:59 AFP — Kurdish lawmakers in Iraq's northern Kurdistan on Sunday voted for a single administration to run their autonomous region, ending the previous system of two separate local governments.