Sunday, 30 December, 2007 , 16:20 AFP — Saddam Hussein loyalists gathered at the ousted dictator's graveside on Sunday to mark the first anniversary of his execution, as former opponents expressed joy over the end of his rule.

Sunday, 30 December, 2007 , 12:30 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has ordered the government to pay one million dinars (830 dollars) to every Kurdish family displaced by Turkish bombings, his office said on Sunday.

Friday, 28 December, 2007 , 20:13 AFP — Turkey said Friday it would continue its military operations against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, after several attacks this month against members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Thursday, 27 December, 2007 , 12:46 AFP — Turkey's Constitutional Court Thursday rejected prosecution demands to slap restrictions on the main Kurdish party while it is hearing a case against it for alleged links with separatist rebels, Anatolia news agency reported.

Thursday, 27 December, 2007 , 12:16 AFP — Turkish troops, backed by helicopters, launched a fresh operation Thursday against Kurdish rebels in the country's southeast near the Iraqi border, local security sources said.

Wednesday, 26 December, 2007 , 20:25 AFP — Turkey praised the United States on Wednesday for providing intelligence in support of attacks against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, as it confirmed its third such air strike in 10 days.

Wednesday, 26 December, 2007 , 17:33 AFP — The autonomus parliament of northern Iraq's Kurdish administration on Wednesday approved a United Nations plan to delay a public vote on the future of the oil city of Kirkuk by six months.

Wednesday, 26 December, 2007 , 17:25 AFP — The White House Wednesday said it had expressed concern to Ankara over the possible escalation of Turkey's attacks against Kurdish PKK rebels inside northern Iraq.

Wednesday, 26 December, 2007 , 17:07 AFP — Separatist Kurdish rebels were behind a bomb blast in Turkey's biggest city Istanbul that killed a woman and injured six other people, the Anatolia news agency quoted governor Muammer Guler as saying.

Wednesday, 26 December, 2007 , 17:01 AFP — Italian traffic police found 17 illegal immigrants hugging each other for dear life in a freezer truck near Rimini, press agency Ansa reported Wednesday.