Sunday, 17 September, 2006 , 15:43 AFP — Turkey on Sunday harshly criticised the Netherlands for refusing to extradite a wanted top Kurdish rebel, slamming what it called inadequate international cooperation against terrorism.

Saturday, 16 September, 2006 , 16:58 AFP — A Kurdish group Saturday demanded the dismissal of the judge trying former president Saddam Hussein on charges of genocide against Iraq's Kurds, accusing him of bias.

Saturday, 16 September, 2006 , 16:50 AFP — Security forces on Saturday defused a powerful bomb on a busy highway in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, similar to the one used in a deadly blast in the restive region's main city, officials said.

Friday, 15 September, 2006 , 16:35 AFP — A radical faction of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party appears to have been behind a deadly bombing in southeast Turkey, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Erdogan said on Friday.

Friday, 15 September, 2006 , 16:33 AFP — Eight people died in clashes between Kurdish separatists and pro-government militia members in eastern Turkey on Friday, a security official said.

Friday, 15 September, 2006 , 11:52 AFP — The top court in the Netherlands on Friday blocked the extradition to Turkey of a leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Nuriye Kesbir, saying that she could face torture there.

Friday, 15 September, 2006 , 07:10 AFP — A radical faction of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), opposed to the group considering a ceasefire, is believed to be behind a deadly bombing in southeast Turkey, a senior Turkish minister was quoted as saying Friday.

Thursday, 14 September, 2006 , 19:47 AFP — Three bombs ready for detonation were found in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast Thursday following a powerful blast that killed 10, as angry protestors took to the streets to denounce the government's handling of a probe into the bombing.

Thursday, 14 September, 2006 , 15:52 AFP — Anti-government Kurdish protestors took to the streets here Thursday, hurling stones at the police and burning tyres, after a powerful bomb blast killed 10 people, most of them children.

Thursday, 14 September, 2006 , 08:39 AFP — A Kurdish witness on Thursday told the court trying Saddam Hussein on charges of genocide how he had challenged the deposed leader for the killing of his family members during the Anfal attacks.