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Irbil Citadel: Displacing Kurds to restore Heritage Monument
Feb 7 2007, Kanchan

An ancient city has to be preserved but the price is high, the 828 families living there have been thrown out of their homes. This was done by Kurdish authorities of northern Iraq with the aim of getting the area approved of as a World Heritage...

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Global Report - 29-August-2008
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made popular Aug 30 2008
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Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish rebel target in Iraq
AP, Istanbul
Turkish warplanes hit a suspected Kurdish rebel target in northern Iraq, Turkey’s military said Sunday.
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made popular Aug 17 2008
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Kirkuk dispute fuels ethnic tensions in Iraq
AP, Kirkuk
Minutes after a suicide bomber killed 25 people, hundreds of angry Kurds stormed the headquarters of an ethnic Turkish group in this northern Iraqi city and torched the...
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made popular Aug 15 2008
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Iran kills 3 Kurdish separatists in clash
AP, Tehran
Iranian state radio says three Kurdish separatists and one Iranian soldier were killed in a shootout in the northwest of the country.
Iran, Kurds, World, Iranian
made popular Aug 14 2008
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Roadside bombing in Turkey kills 9 soldiers
AP, Ankara
A roadside bomb exploded in eastern Turkey on Monday, killing nine soldiers who were on their way back from an operation against Kurdish rebels, an official said. Two...
Turkey, Kurds, World, Kurdish
made popular Aug 11 2008
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Roadside bomb kills 8 soldiers in Turkey
AP, Ankara
A roadside bomb killed eight soldiers and wounded three in eastern Turkey on Monday, an official said.
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made popular Aug 11 2008
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Kurdish rebels threaten more attacks in Turkey
AP, Ankara
Kurdish rebels threatened on Friday to stage more attacks on economic targets in Turkey, days after claiming responsibility for a fire at a key oil pipeline, a...
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made popular Aug 8 2008
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Tensions run high in Iraq over disputed Kirkuk
AP, Baghdad
More than 1,000 Sunni Arabs and Turkomen staged a demonstration Saturday to protest calls by Kurds to annex the oil-rich city of Kirkuk to their autonomous region as...
Iraq, World, More, Sunni Arabs
made popular Aug 2 2008
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Baghdad warns against tensions in disputed Kirkuk
AP, Baghdad
Iraq’s central government on Friday stressed its opposition to any unilateral move to change the status of an oil-rich city the Kurds want to annex and warned...
Iraq, World, Kurds, Baghdad
made popular Aug 1 2008
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Turkish warplanes bomb PKK targets in Iraq
AP, Ankara
Turkey’s military says its warplanes have bombed 12 Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq.
Turkey, Kurds, World, Kurdish
made popular Jul 27 2008
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Turkey bombs 13 Kurdish targets in northern Iraq
AP, Ankara
Turkish warplanes bombed 13 Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, the military said Thursday.Turkey has conducted frequent air raids on suspected positions of the...
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made popular Jul 24 2008
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Turkey bombs Kurdish targets in Iraq
AP, Ankara
Turkish warplanes bombed 13 Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, the military said Thursday.Turkey has conducted frequent air raids on suspected positions of the...
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made popular Jul 24 2008
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Turkey bombs Kurdish targets in northern Iraq
AP, Ankara
Turkey’s military says warplanes have bombed 13 Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq.A statement posted on the military’s Web site says warplanes attacked...
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Turkish troops kill 11 rebels in ongoing clashes
AP, Ankara
Turkey’s military says 11 Kurdish rebels have been killed in clashes in the country’s southeast.The toll raises the number of rebels killed in clashes in...
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made popular Jul 16 2008
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Iraqi Kurds block vote on election plan
AP, Baghdad
Iraq’s Kurdish leaders blocked a vote on the country’s proposed provincial election law Tuesday when they walked out of parliament, leaving the legislature...
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made popular Jul 16 2008
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Turkey: 22 Kurdish rebels killed in clashes
AP, Ankara
Turkey’s military says 22 Kurdish rebels have been killed in recent clashes in southeastern Turkey.The military says the clashes occurred in the rugged Sirnak...
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made popular Jul 15 2008
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Report: 10 Kurdish rebels killed in SE Turkey
AP, Ankara
A private news agency says Turkish troops have killed 10 Kurdish rebels in fighting in southeast Turkey.Dogan news agency says a government-paid village guard was also...
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made popular Jul 11 2008
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Kurdish rebels in Turkey won't release hostages
AP, Istanbul
Kurdish rebels refused Thursday to release three German hostages until Berlin renounces a crackdown on the guerrilla group.A band of rebels kidnapped the three German...
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made popular Jul 10 2008
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3 Germans kidnapped by Kurdish rebels
AP, Ankara
Turkish troops have launched an operation to try to rescue three German climbers kidnapped by Kurdish rebels on Mount Ararat, a provincial Turkish governor said...
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made popular Jul 9 2008
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Kurds kidnap 3 German climbers on Mount Ararat
AP, Ankara
Three German climbers were kidnapped by Kurdish rebels high on Mount Ararat _ where many believe Noah’s Ark came to rest _ and Turkish troops have launched an...
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made popular Jul 9 2008
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