Saturday, 23 September, 2006 , 14:24 AFP — Protestors forced their way into two local radio stations in the Swiss capital Bern on Saturday to protest against the deportation to Turkey of Kurdish activist Erdogan Elmas.

Thursday, 21 September, 2006 , 13:51 AFP — The Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq on Thursday denied a BBC report that peshmerga militiamen had received training from Israeli former commandos.

Wednesday, 20 September, 2006 , 11:47 AFP — Iraqi Kurds on Wednesday welcomed the sacking of the chief judge in Saddam Hussein's genocide trial, charging that he had not been capable of handling the case.

Wednesday, 20 September, 2006 , 11:36 AFP — A Turkish court has cleared 405 soldiers of the torture and rape of a Kurdish woman in custody in a controversial case dating back more than a decade ago, a lawyer for the plaintiff said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 20 September, 2006 , 11:33 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked the Iraqi government to list as terrorists Kurdish rebels who use bases in northern Iraq to launch attacks across the border in Turkey, his office said Wednesday.

Tuesday, 19 September, 2006 , 22:41 AFP — Former Israeli commandos have been training Kurdish security forces in northern Iraq, the BBC reported on Tuesday, showing videos of the alleged training camps.

Tuesday, 19 September, 2006 , 16:09 AFP — Iraq announced Tuesday it is to close all offices of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a longstanding demand of neighbouring Turkey, which has been fighting the group since 1984.

Tuesday, 19 September, 2006 , 12:34 AFP — Three witnesses testified Tuesday in the trial of Saddam Hussein on charges of genocide relating harrowing stories of poisonous gas attacks, and in one case, the stillbirth of a child in an Iraqi prison.

Tuesday, 19 September, 2006 , 06:39 AFP — The genocide trial of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein resumed on Tuesday with further harrowing witness testimony about the military campaign that killed and displaced hundreds of thousands of Kurds in the 1980s.

Monday, 18 September, 2006 , 18:18 AFP — The genocide trial of Saddam Hussein heard gripping testimony Monday from a former Kurdish guerilla on how he and fellow villagers were scorched by poison gas, while the ousted Iraqi ruler cited US chemical attacks in Vietnam.