Wednesday, 13 September, 2006 , 16:37 AFP — Ten people including seven children were killed in the largest city in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast when a powerful bomb went off accidentally in a crowded park, officials said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2006 , 16:29 AFP — A little-known extreme right-wing group said Wednesday that it was behind a deadly bombing in southeastern Turkey, but sources close to the police dismissed the claim as unconvincing.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2006 , 15:29 AFP — An Iraqi Kurdish politician with links to Turkey's outlawed PKK guerrillas was released on Wednesday in northern Iraq after being held for six days in connection with a murder case.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2006 , 14:19 AFP — The United States is seeking "visible" measures to counter Iraq-based separatist Kurdish rebels and eliminate the threat they pose to NATO ally Turkey, a special US envoy said here Wednesday.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2006 , 11:33 AFP — Ten people including seven children were killed in the largest city in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast when a powerful bomb went off accidentally in a crowded park, officials said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2006 , 10:08 AFP — A powerful bomb that killed 10 people at a crowded park in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast exploded acidentally while being carried to another location, officials said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2006 , 07:53 AFP — Ten people, including seven children, were killed and 14 injured when a powerful bomb late Tuesday rocked Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2006 , 07:09 AFP — The death toll from a powerful blast in this city in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast rose to 10 Wednesday after two people, one of them a child, died in hospital, medical sources said.

Tuesday, 12 September, 2006 , 12:28 AFP — Ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein insisted Tuesday his regime faced a Kurdish insurgency, rejecting genocide charges over the 1987-1988 Anfal campaign that prosecutors say killed 182,000 Kurds.

Tuesday, 12 September, 2006 , 09:41 AFP — Ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein on Tuesday accused Kurdish rebels of launching an "insurgency" against his regime and tried to justify his 1987-1988 Anfal campaign that killed 182,000 Kurds.