Monday, 8 January, 2007 , 15:21 AFP — The shadow of Saddam Hussein loomed large over the genocide trial of six former Iraqi regime officials when it resumed Monday, with the executed former dictator's chair conspicuously empty and his purported voice being heard on an audio tape.

Monday, 8 January, 2007 , 12:43 AFP — Saddam Hussein okayed the use of chemical weapons on crowds of Kurds in the 1980s, prosecutors claimed Monday, producing an audio tape purportedly containing the voice of the executed dictator.

Monday, 8 January, 2007 , 12:41 AFP — Three Kurdish brigades from the Iraqi defence ministry will be sent to Baghdad as part of the revised security plan aimed at restoring stability there, a top Kurdish official said Monday.

Monday, 8 January, 2007 , 10:40 AFP — The prosecutor at the genocide trial of six former Iraqi regime officials played video footage on Monday it said showed key accused Ali Hassan al-Majid threatening to bomb the Kurds using chemical weapons.

Monday, 8 January, 2007 , 09:33 AFP — The trial of six former Iraqi officials over the mass killing of 182,000 Kurdish villagers in the 1980s resumed Monday but without their executed co-accused Saddam Hussein.

Monday, 8 January, 2007 , 09:03 AFP — The trial of six former Iraqi officials over the mass killing of 182,000 Kurdish villagers in the 1980s resumed Monday but without their executed co-accused Saddam Hussein.

Monday, 8 January, 2007 , 06:54 AFP — The trial of six former Iraqi officials over the mass killing of 182,000 Iraqi Kurds in the 1980s resumes Monday but without their executed co-accused Saddam Hussein.

Sunday, 7 January, 2007 , 01:49 AFP — Proceedings resume Monday in the trial of six former Iraqi officials charged with genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity for the mass killing of 182,000 Iraqi Kurds in the 1980s -- minus their executed co-accused Saddam Hussein.

Saturday, 16 December, 2006 , 12:19 AFP — A Finnish sociologist was detained in Turkey's mainly Kurdish populated east and will be deported Saturday, local security sources and diplomats said.

Thursday, 14 December, 2006 , 11:59 AFP — The first shipment of 13 trucks of Iranian produced kerosene arrived in the northern Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah on Thursday, officials said.