Saturday, 10 March, 2007 , 14:04 AFP — Turkish armed forces could strike at any moment against Kurdish rebels Ankara says are sheltering over the border in Iraq, the country's army commander said Saturday.

Friday, 9 March, 2007 , 18:31 AFP — Four former Kurdish lawmakers who spent a decade behind bars in Turkey for alleged links with armed rebels were Friday sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison in a retrial, but will not have to go to jail, a defence lawyer said.

Friday, 9 March, 2007 , 16:16 AFP — Four former Kurdish lawmakers who spent a decade behind bars in Turkey for alleged links with armed rebels were Friday sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison in a retrial, but will not have to go to jail, a defence lawyer said.

Thursday, 8 March, 2007 , 19:01 AFP — Some 100 Kurds demonstrated on Thursday in Helsinki in support of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, Finnish police said, amid claims that he is being progressively poisoned in prison.

Thursday, 8 March, 2007 , 11:29 AFP — A court in the mainly Kurdish southeast of Turkey on Thursday charged 92 women over a demonstration to mark International Women's Day that saw them shouting slogans in favour of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, a court official said.

Wednesday, 7 March, 2007 , 14:37 AFP — A Turkish court jailed a senior member of the main Kurdish party in Turkey for six months Wednesday for remarks deemed to praise Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan.

Tuesday, 6 March, 2007 , 12:24 AFP — A Turkish court Tuesday jailed the chairman of the country's main Kurdish party for six months over remarks deemed to praise jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan.

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.