"Iraq says Kurdish rebels will announce ceasefire Michael Howard in Saleheddin, Fred Attewill and agencies Monday October 22, 2007 Guardian Unlimited
Kurdish rebels will announce a ceasefire tonight, the Iraqi president said today, with the news coming amid hectic diplomatic efforts to avert a Turkish attack on northern Iraq.
"We confirm that President [Jalal] Talabani said at Sulaimaniya airport that the PKK [the outlawed Kurdistan Workers party] will announce a ceasefire this evening," an aide to Mr Talabani told Reuters."
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