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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.

Kurdish rebels promise hit-and-run attacks on Iran


Tuesday, 9 May, 2006 , 03:59 AFP A top Kurdish guerilla on Saturday threatened to launch hit-and-run attacks on Iran, saying the Shiite country planned to bomb his group's positions inside Iraq to gain Turkey's support against the US.

Bomb attack against Turkish freight train, no casualties


Tuesday, 9 May, 2006 , 03:59 AFP A bomb exploded near a railway line in the mainly Kurdish east of Turkey as a freight train was passing by but there were no casualties, the state-run railway company said Friday.

Court rejects Kurdish rebel leader's retrial


Tuesday, 9 May, 2006 , 03:59 AFP A Turkish court on Friday rejected a petition by jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan to be retried, despite a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that his 1999 trial was unfair, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Soldiers' bombing trial resumes in Turkey


Tuesday, 9 May, 2006 , 03:59 AFP A court here on Friday resumed hearing testimony from two military men and a government-paid Kurdish informer facing possible life sentences over a deadly bomb attack allegedly aimed at creating unrest in the mainly Kurdish southeast.

Iraqi Kurdistan warns guerillas against war with Turkey, Iran


Tuesday, 9 May, 2006 , 03:59 AFP Authorities in northern Kurdistan warned rebels from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) against waging war against Turkey or Iran from Iraqi territory.

Iraqi Kurds warn guerrillas over Turkey, Iran conflict


Tuesday, 9 May, 2006 , 03:59 AFP A top Iraqi Kurdish official on Friday warned rebels from the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) against waging a war on Turkey or Iran from Iraqi territory.