Monday, 5 March, 2007 , 19:04 AFP — The Turkish government on Monday said toxicology test results on jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan were negative and that they proved his lawyers' claims he had been poisoned were "pure lies."

Monday, 5 March, 2007 , 14:04 AFP — Iraqi former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz on Monday praised Saddam Hussein and denied there had been mass killings under the executed dictator's rule, earning sharp rebukes from the judge at the so-called Anfal genocide trial.

Sunday, 4 March, 2007 , 15:13 AFP — Around 100 Iraqi Kurdish students held a Ukrainian-style "orange protest" on Sunday in the northern city of Sulaimaniyah to protest against corruption in their regional government.

Sunday, 4 March, 2007 , 14:01 AFP — The tense ethnic situation in the oil-rich northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk could have a negative effect on the entire region, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul warned on Sunday.

Sunday, 4 March, 2007 , 10:01 AFP — A Kurdish rebel group claiming responsibility for past bomb attacks in Turkey has threatened to hit tourist targets and warned European visitors to stay away, the pro-Kurdish Firat news agency reported Sunday.

Saturday, 3 March, 2007 , 17:55 AFP — Turkish security forces seized 17 kilograms (37 pounds) of plastic explosives in the country's southeast, local officials said Saturday.

Saturday, 3 March, 2007 , 10:35 AFP — Three Kurdish politicans have been arrested in Turkey's southeast on charges of spreading propaganda for armed separatist Kurdish rebels, judicial sources said Saturday.

Friday, 2 March, 2007 , 11:43 AFP — Turkey's Kurds may respond with violence if jailed rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan's life is really in danger, the country's main Kurdish party warned Friday following claims that Ocalan is being progressively poisoned in prison.

Thursday, 1 March, 2007 , 17:43 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday called ailing Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to convey his get-well wishes, an aide to Erdogan said, days after harsh exchanges between Ankara and the Iraqi Kurds.

Thursday, 1 March, 2007 , 16:46 AFP — Kurdish demonstrators forced their way into the United Nations building here on Thursday in protest at the reported poisoning of rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan.