Suspected PKK members set fire to Turkish school September 21, 2012 - 16:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Suspected members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) set a school building on fire in Turkey’s eastern province of Hakkari’s Şemdinli district, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported. The school, located in a village three kilometers outside of Şemdinli, was set on fire at around 1 am.Villagers notified the authorities when the flames began to rise. Security forces and firefighters managed to extinguish the fire by the time it heavily damaged the building. Partner news  Top stories Among its provisions are bans on child marriage and the traditional practice of selling and buying women to settle disputes. Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander, led Argentina during the bloodiest days of its Dirty War dictatorship. According to the United Nations, April was Iraq's bloodiest month for almost five years, with 712 people killed. Reports suggest the rebel fighters may have tried to blow up the walls of the prison, which holds some 4,000 inmates.   Partner news |  Latest news Brad Pitt’s “World War Z” to open Moscow Film Fest  The fest will feature retrospectives of films by Bernardo Bertolucci and Costa Gavras, as well as a program devoted to Dutch cinema.Wrekin Hill picks up John Malkovich’s “Siberian Education” Based on the novel by Nicolai Lilin, the film is set in the ghetto of Soviet Russia and follows 2 boys who are members of a gang of exiled Siberians.EU says concerned over human rights record in Russia The European Union said it would closely watch developments affecting non-governmental organizations in Russia.John Lennon’s guitar auctioned for $408,000 The custom-made instrument, built in 1966 by the VOX company, was bought by an unidentified U.S. buyer in New York. |
