Turkish parliament backs law on integrating militants

ISTANBUL (AFP) -- Turkish lawmakers on Monday voted through a bill offering limited amnesty for Kurdish PKK militants, a key step in the peace process that seeks to end decades of deadly violence. The law is Turkey's first legislative step toward ending the conflict and comes 18 months after Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), urged his followers to disarm. After 12 hours of debate, lawmakers voted by 468 in favor to 88 against, with six abstentions, for th