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.

Tuesday, 12 September, 2006 , 08:15 AFP — Ousted dictator Saddam Hussein on Tuesday urged the chief judge of his genocide trial to label Kurdish peshmerga guerrillas as "insurgents" as they had battled his regime.

Tuesday, 12 September, 2006 , 06:36 AFP — Ousted dictator Saddam Hussein's trial on genocide entered its fifth hearing on Tuesday, a day after the former Iraqi ruler charged that Kurdish testimonies against him were dividing the country.

Monday, 11 September, 2006 , 13:56 AFP — Turkey's main Kurdish party on Monday asked Kurdish separatists fighting the government to call a ceasefire amid mounting bloodshed in the country's southeast, the Anatolia news agency reported.