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.

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.