Kurdish leader calls for cease-fire
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An imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader called on his guerrilla fighters to declare a new cease-fire as rebel attacks targeting civilians and foreign tourists have drawn global criticism, his lawyer said Thursday.
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Nepal's main opposition party urged  the government on Monday to call a unilateral cease-fire with  Maoist rebels and seek peace talks to end a road blockade that  has cut the capital off from the rest of the country.
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DIYARBAKIR, Turkey  - Turkish forces said they repelled a Kurdish rebel attack near the Iraqi border and President Abdullah Gul warned the PKK on Thursday that Turkey's patience was running out.
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IRBIL, Iraq - The most senior leader in Iraq's Kurdish region appeared to raise the stakes in the standoff over northern Iraq yesterday, warning Turkey that the region would defend itself against any cross-border military strike on rebel bases.
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BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki vowed yesterday to halt the activities of Kurdish separatists staging strikes into Turkey from northern Iraq, marking his government's strongest declaration yet that it would act to forestall a Turkish invasion.
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President Abdullah Gul warned Kurdish rebels on Thursday that Turkey's patience was running out after Turkish forces said they had repelled a guerrilla attack near the Iraqi border.
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The most senior leader in Iraq's Kurdish region appeared to raise the stakes in the standoff over northern Iraq on Friday, warning Turkey that the region would defend itself against any cross-border military strike on rebel bases.
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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad  has told Iraq he supports a crackdown on Kurdish guerrillas in  northern Iraq but wants a peaceful solution to the crisis,  Iraq's government said.
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Â· Invasion fears rise after Ankara rejects Iraqi planÂ·  Istanbul protesters call for release of PKK leader
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Turkey's army chief has accused the two main Kurdish factions in neighbouring northern Iraq of supporting the Turkish Kurd separatist group PKK and providing it with explosives.
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Turkey's foreign minister rejected any cease-fire by Kurdish rebels Tuesday as he met with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad to press them to crack down on the guerrillas. Turkish forces massed on the border and tensions rose over a threatened military incursio
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BAGHDAD - The Turkish military said it continued attacks yesterday against Kurdish separatists in mountainous areas along the Turkish-Iraqi border, as officials of the two countries and the United States gathered to attempt to diffuse the crisis.
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Iraq pledged on Tuesday to crack down on Kurdish separatists launching attacks on Turkey from hideouts in northern Iraq, in a bid to avert a Turkish military incursion onto its territory to hit the rebels.
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The chief of Turkey's powerful military  General Staff accused Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq of  actively backing Turkish Kurd rebels there and said Ankara must  take action, a state news agency said on Saturday.
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Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan has appealed to his Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to call a ceasefire in its separatist campaign against the Turkish government.
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Iraq's top Shiite cleric Sunday demanded an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon, warning the Muslim world will "not forgive" nations that stand in the way of stopping the fighting.
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ANKARA, Turkey -- Kurdish separatist rebels declared a "unilateral cease-fire" in attacks against Turkey and said they were ready for peace negotiations, but the group maintained the right to defend itself.