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Two French aid workers kidnapped in the Central African Republic
Two French aid workers from the NGO Triangle were kidnapped overnight from Sunday to Monday in the north-east of the Central African Republic, Mahamat Salah Amadou Birao, Bangui's vice-consul in Darfur, Sudan told AFP.
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Catholic Church extends hand to Anglicans unhappy with liberal policies
Some are accusing the Vatican of ‘poaching’ Anglicans as Pope Benedict paves the way for thousands of unhappy Protestants to join the Catholic Church.
TURKEY
Country's Kurds hope for breakthrough on PKK anniversary
Kurds around the world celebrate the 25th of the PKK’s armed campaign as the Kurdish movement’s leader is due to propose a peace plan to Ankara.
Kurdistan - PKK - Turkey
Face to face with a leader of the PKK
As the winter ceasefire declared by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) comes to an end, FRANCE 24's correspondent goes face to face with the leader of a group classified as a terrorist organisation by the US, the EU and Turkey.
TURKEY
Armed assailants attack wedding, killing dozens
Turkish officials say an attack on a wedding party in mainly Kurdish south-eastern Turkey that left 44 people dead was most likely the result of a family blood feud. Eight people have been detained in connection with the assault.
TURKEY
Armed assailants attack wedding, killing dozens
At least 45 people were killed in an attack on a wedding party a village of Mardin in southeastern Turkey, a mainly Kurdish area, on Monday. Turkish officials have ruled out that terrorists could be involved.
TURKEY
Shootout between extremist and police leaves three dead
Police raided an apartment in the Bostanci district of Istanbul to arrest a suspected extremist leader, resulting in the latter's death. A police officer and a civilian also died in the raid, said to be part of a larger anti-PKK sting operation.
IRAQ - TURKEY
Turkey's President Abdullah Gul makes landmark visit to Iraq
President Jalal Talabani of Iraq warned rebel Turkish Kurds based in the north of the country to lay down their arms or leave the country during the landmark visit by Abdullah Gul, Turkey's president.
TURKEY
‘Saturday mothers’ return, seeking answers (Part 2)
Turkish politicians wooing Kurdish votes are testing the Kurdish language taboo. But while the Turkish PM's Kurdish language foray raised eyebrows, DTP chief Ahmet Turk (photo) was silenced on air during a parliamentary speech.
TURKEY
‘Saturday mothers’ return, seeking answers
As the March 29 local elections draw closer, Turkey’s ruling party has been desperately courting the Kurdish vote by dishing out household gadgets to the poor. But relatives of the disappeared seek explanations - not gizmos. Part 1 of 2.
TURKEY
Police clash with Kurdish protesters in Batman City
Police violently broke up a Kurdish rally of 2,000 people, including two Kurdish MPs and local politicians, gathered in Batman city on Saturday for a protest march in honour of PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan, who was arrested 10 years ago.
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