1.   US troops had helped distribute relief supplies to Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq.

2.   ...U.S. efforts to aid Kurdish refugees.

3.   DPK sources claimed that aerial and artillery bombardment had been employed against Kurdish refugees.

4.   In early April, thousands of Kurdish refugees, many dying from starvation, were reported to have massed along the Iraq-Iran border near Nowsud.

5.   Later thousands of Kurdish refugees sought sanctuary in Turkey and Iran.

6.   A charity worker has appeared in court to face a fresh charge of stealing from a fund set up to help Kurdish refugees.

7.   She says the no fly zone may be protecting Kurdish refugees from attack, but many are now running short of food and fuel.

8.   After the Gulf war, thousands of Kurdish refugees fled to the mountains.

9.   At the end of the Gulf war, millions of pounds was raised in Britain for Kurdish refugees in northen Iraq.