Saturday 23 March 2013

Kurdish rebels declare formal ceasefire with Turkey

Demonstrators hold Kurdish flags and flags with portraits of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan during a gathering to celebrate Newroz in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir March 21, 2013. REUTERS/Umit BektasThe Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group declared a "formal and clear ceasefire" with Turkey on Saturday after the rebels' jailed leader ordered an end to the decades-long armed campaign for autonomy.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/23/us-turkey-kurds-idUSBRE92M06J20130323
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