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Twelve Kurdish rebels, two soldiers killed in southeast Turkey


Wednesday, 12 April, 2006 , 07:40 AFP Twelve separatist Kurdish rebels and two Turkish soldiers were killed in fighting in a mountainous corner of the country's southeast, security officials said Wednesday.

Soldier killed, teenagers injured in mine blasts in southeast Turkey


Tuesday, 11 April, 2006 , 17:26 AFP A Turkish soldier was killed in a landmine blast blamed on Kurdish rebels in the southeast of the country while six teenage boys were injured in another landmine explosion, security officials said Tuesday.

Soldier killed in mine blast blamed on Kurdish rebels


Tuesday, 11 April, 2006 , 07:50 AFP A Turkish soldier was killed and another injured when suspected Kurdish rebels detonated a landmine by remote control, security officials said Tuesday.

Iraqi PM's future in doubt after Kurdish-Sunni veto


Monday, 10 April, 2006 , 18:29 AFP Sunni Arab, Kurdish and secularist leaders Monday emphatically rejected Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari staying on in his post, possibly sealing the embattled Shiite premier's political fate.

Police defuse bomb aimed at judges in Istanbul: report


Monday, 10 April, 2006 , 15:55 AFP Police defused a home-made bomb found on a bus carrying judges and prosecutors to work here on Monday and suspect Kurdish rebels to be behind the failed attack, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Turkish military issues moderate message to Kurds after riots


Monday, 10 April, 2006 , 15:34 AFP Turkey's top military official on Monday delivered a warmly worded message for the people of Diyarbakir to distance themselves from separatist Kurdish rebels as he visited the southeastern Turkish city rocked by deadly riots two weeks ago.

Thousands condemn Kurdish nationalism at military funeral


Monday, 10 April, 2006 , 14:20 AFP Turkey's political leaders and senior generals joined a crowd of about 10,000 here Monday for the funeral of a high-ranking officer killed in violence in the mainly Kurdish southeast of the country.

Suspected Kurdish held in Germany over firebombings


Monday, 10 April, 2006 , 13:06 AFP A Turkish woman of Kurdish origin has been arrested in Germany and accused of carrying out seven firebombings for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), federal prosecutors said Monday.

Iraqi PM's future in doubt after Kurdish, Sunni veto


Monday, 10 April, 2006 , 08:33 AFP Iraqi Sunni and Kurdish leaders Monday emphatically rejected Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari staying on in the next government, possibly sealing the embattled Shiite premier's political fate.

Iran arrests seven Kurdish rebels


Monday, 10 April, 2006 , 07:31 AFP Iranian police have arrested seven members of a banned Kurdish rebel group operating close to the Islamic republic's border with Turkey, a press report said Monday.