Monday, 13 November, 2006 , 05:34 AFP — One day Salim Chalub finally had enough of Baghdad, where he grew up and had spent his entire life, and moved his family to the distant city of Arbil in the far north of Iraq, inside the Kurdish autonomous region.

Sunday, 12 November, 2006 , 18:08 AFP — Three Kurdish rebels were killed in clashes with the Turkish army between November 6 and 11, in the southeast of Turkey, an official announced on Sunday.

Friday, 10 November, 2006 , 13:56 AFP — A Turkish court on Friday sentenced a Kurdish rebel-turned-informer to 39 years and 10 months for a deadly bomb attack allegedly aimed at stirring unrest in the country's mainly Kurdish southeast, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Tuesday, 7 November, 2006 , 13:28 AFP — Ousted dictator Saddam Hussein called on all Iraqis to "forgive, reconcile and shake hands" as he appeared in court Tuesday to face genocide charges after being condemned to death in a separate trial.

Tuesday, 7 November, 2006 , 13:19 AFP — Ousted dictator Saddam Hussein called Tuesday on all Iraqis to reconcile and "forgive" each other as he appeared in court to face genocide charges after been sentenced to death in a separate trial.

Friday, 3 November, 2006 , 16:49 AFP — The mayor of the largest city in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast risks up to six months in jail for using the letter W in New Year greeting cards, his lawyer Muharrem Erbey said Friday.

Friday, 3 November, 2006 , 15:15 AFP — Turkish Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu said Friday that separatist Kurdish rebels are abusing the right to political asylum in Europe to engage in criminal activities, including people smuggling, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Tuesday, 31 October, 2006 , 13:24 AFP — Iraqi troops dragged prisoners to a pit dug out of the desert sands and shot them two-by-two under the lights of a waiting bulldozer, a survivor of Saddam Hussein's alleged genocide said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 24 October, 2006 , 19:53 AFP — Cyprus on Tuesday described as "shocking" a report by a US-based group that said some Greek Cypriots who were captured by Turkish forces in 1974 were used as guinea pigs in biochemical laboratories.

Tuesday, 24 October, 2006 , 13:20 AFP — Three people were killed and two soldiers were injured in clashes in southeastern Turkey between military forces and separatist Kurdish rebels, the Turkish army said Tuesday.