Thursday, 22 June, 2006 , 10:28 AFP — The founder of a radical Islamist group living in Norway since 1991 hailed Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden on Thursday, and praised the good work of bid Laden's recently slain lieutenant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
Wednesday, 21 June, 2006 , 11:53 AFP — Iranian Kurds who fled violence-plagued Iraq have been stuck in dire conditions in no man's land along the Jordanian border for the past 18 months, a spokesman for the refugees said Wednesday.
Wednesday, 21 June, 2006 , 11:45 AFP — The swift conviction of two Turkish soldiers over a deadly bomb attack on a Kurdish-owned bookstore in eastern Turkey is an encouraging sign of growing civilian control over the military, a senior EU official said in remarks published Wednesday.
Wednesday, 21 June, 2006 , 11:21 AFP — Turkish police said Wednesday they had detained two suspected Kurdish rebels in possession of 5.7 kilos (12.5 pounds) of plastic explosives believed intended for attacks in Istanbul.
Tuesday, 20 June, 2006 , 17:13 AFP — A Turkish prosecutor is seeking a life sentence for an alleged separatist Kurdish militant for a bombing in a popular seaside resort last year that killed five people, two of them foreigners, the Anatolia news agency reported Tuesday.
Tuesday, 20 June, 2006 , 12:39 AFP — Fifty-six Kurdish mayors risk up to 10 years in jail for signing a letter urging Denmark's Prime Minister to ignore Turkey's calls to ban a Kurdish television station with alleged links to terrorism, judicial sources said Tuesday.
Monday, 19 June, 2006 , 18:59 AFP — Denmark is under continuing pressure from the United States to withdraw the broadcast license and pull the plug on the Kurdish television channel Roj TV, Danish government sources said Monday.
Sunday, 18 June, 2006 , 15:09 AFP — Three rebels from the separatist Kurdish group PKK were killed Sunday in fighting with the Turkish army and a freight train was bombed overnight by suspected members of the group.
Sunday, 18 June, 2006 , 10:06 AFP — Suspected Kurdish rebels bombed a freight train in southeast Turkey, causing damage but no casualties, officials said Sunday.
Friday, 16 June, 2006 , 20:09 AFP — Three bombs exploded on Friday in Turkey's mainly Kurdish south east, injuring three people, media and local sources said.
