Sunday, 8 April, 2007 , 19:04 AFP — Six Turkish soldiers and one pro-Turkish militia member were killed in clashes with Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey, a local security source said on Sunday.

Sunday, 8 April, 2007 , 13:01 AFP — Three Turkish soldiers and one pro-Turkish militia member were killed in clashes with Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey, security sources said on Sunday.

Tuesday, 3 April, 2007 , 10:28 AFP — A prosecutor Tuesday sought jail terms of up to 15 years for 53 Kurdish mayors on trial in southeast Turkey on charges of supporting separatist Kurdish rebels.

Monday, 2 April, 2007 , 15:44 AFP — A Turkish court on Monday ordered the arrest of a Kurdish politician for having allegedly praised separatist Kurdish rebels fighting the government in a public speech, court officials said.

Sunday, 1 April, 2007 , 18:58 AFP — Tensions between Brussels' Kurdish and Turkish communities flared Sunday following a fire in Kurdish cultural centre, police said.

Sunday, 1 April, 2007 , 14:50 AFP — Turkish soldiers killed three militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) during clashes in the country's restive southeast, local officials said Sunday.

Saturday, 31 March, 2007 , 11:18 AFP — Charismatic Iraqi singer Shada Hassoon shot to stardom in her war-torn homeland on Saturday as a symbol of unity after winning an Arab version of "American Idol" in a glitzy Beirut final.

Monday, 26 March, 2007 , 13:15 AFP — A Turkish prosecutor launched a formal investigation Monday into Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan over allegations he praised Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan seven years ago, a report said.

Sunday, 25 March, 2007 , 14:58 AFP — Turkish police on Sunday detained a senior member of Turkey's main Kurdish party for a speech in which he allegedly praised jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, Anatolia news agency reported.

Saturday, 24 March, 2007 , 10:12 AFP — About a third of Turks back Kurdish-language education and broadcasts as a means of ending the two-decade Kurdish conflict in Turkey, while a majority believe that combatting separatist Kurdish rebels is the way out, a poll showed Saturday.