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Kurdish conference opens in Turkey under tight security


Saturday, 11 March, 2006 , 13:49 AFP Turkish and Kurdish intellectuals gathered here Saturday under tight security for a major conference to discuss a peaceful resolution to the 22-year-old Kurdish conflict in the country's southeast.

Kurdish rebels deny responsibility for deadly Turkish blast


Friday, 10 March, 2006 , 14:17 AFP Turkey's main armed Kurdish rebel group on Friday denied responsibility for a bomb attack in eastern Turkey a day earlier that killed three people and injured 19 others.

Kurdish regional leader invites Iraqi leaders to hold talks in Kurdistan


Friday, 10 March, 2006 , 13:08 AFP Kurdish politician Massud Barzani invited Friday all Iraqi leaders to hold talks on forming a national unity government in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Prosecutor who accused Turkish general faces probe


Wednesday, 8 March, 2006 , 14:02 AFP A prosecutor who accused Turkey's land forces commander of acting outside the law in the fight against separatist Kurdish rebels is to face a probe into his conduct, Justice Minister Cemel Cicek said Wednesday.

Kurdish rebels claim deadly attacks in Turkey


Tuesday, 7 March, 2006 , 16:59 AFP Separatist Kurdish rebels claimed responsibility Tuesday for two attacks on security forces in southeast Turkey that have claimed four lives over the past week.

Two policemen killed in suspected Kurdish attack in Turkey


Monday, 6 March, 2006 , 16:55 AFP Two policemen were killed and five others injured in southeast Turkey Monday when suspected Kurdish militants attacked their van, in the latest episode of mounting violence in the mainly Kurdish region, local officials said.

Attack on police, bomb blast injure seven in southeast Turkey


Monday, 6 March, 2006 , 16:19 AFP Suspected Kurdish militants opened fire Monday on a police vehicle in southeast Turkey, wounding six officers, and detonated a time bomb that injured another person, local officials said.

UN urges Iranian Kurd refugees to move to Iraqi Kurdistan


Monday, 6 March, 2006 , 15:47 AFP The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday urged Iranian Kurds who fled Iraq and settled in a no-man's land along the Jordanian border to relocate to Iraqi Kurdistan.

Turkey's Kurds want official status for language, broader rights


Monday, 6 March, 2006 , 15:23 AFP Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party called on the government Monday to give Kurdish the status of an official language and scrap legal restrictions barring Kurdish representation in parliament.

Iran hands over suspected Kurdish rebels to Turkey


Monday, 6 March, 2006 , 15:01 AFP Iran has handed over seven suspected Kurdish separatist militants to Turkey, Anatolia news agency reported Monday.