Guardian.co.uk | Martin Chulov in Baghdad

Saddam Hussein's most loyal deputy, Tariq Aziz, has accused Barack Obama of 'leaving Iraq to the wolves' by pressing ahead with a withdrawal of combat troops in the face of festering instability and a surge in violence.

Bbc.co.uk | By Jonathan Head, Istanbul

Thirty supporters of the outlawed Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) are going on trial in south-eastern Turkey, eight months after they returned from exile.

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More than 340 children in the Kurdish south-east of Turkey have been given long prison sentences in the past three years.

Todayszaman.com | with wires | Istanbul

Mourners in Malatya on Tuesday bid their last farewell to journalist and short-story writer Evrim Alataş, who died on Monday after a lengthy battle with lung cancer.

ANKARA (Reuters) - A Turkish court has sentenced the editor of a Kurdish newspaper to 21 years in prison for printing what it called Kurdish rebel propaganda, a ruling likely to raise concern about press freedom in the EU candidate country.

Guardian.co.uk | Robert Tait in Istanbul

A 15-year-old Turkish girl who was arrested at a demonstration in support of a banned Kurdish group has been jailed for nearly eight years after being convicted of "terrorist" offences, including allegedly throwing stones at police.

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President Nicolas Sarkozy says the Kurdish migrants who have just been released will be expelled from France if they are not genuine asylum seekers.

Bloomberg.com | By Tom Lavell

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Europe’s second-largest airline, may resume flights to Baghdad after 20 years as economic-growth prospects boost air-travel demand.

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Los Angeles, Jan 9 - Iranian classical singer Shahram Nazeri, dubbed "Iran's Pavarotti," was released after being held overnight for questioning by authorities in Tehran.

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DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Dec. 1 (UPI) - Members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party residing in Iraqi refugee camps will not return to Turkey until conditions are satisfactory, representatives said.