Wednesday, 31 May, 2006 , 10:07 AFP — Two Kurdish activists with dual Turkish-Swedish citizenship risk up to three years in jail over a press statement denouncing the military build-up in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, judicial sources said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 31 May, 2006 , 07:29 AFP — Five members of Turkish the security forces were killed in clashes with armed Kurdish rebels in the country's mainly Kurdish southeast, local security officials said Wednesday.

Tuesday, 30 May, 2006 , 14:47 AFP — Two Saudis on the kingdom's most-wanted list of suspected Al-Qaeda militants are being held in Iraqi Kurdistan, a Saudi-owned daily reported Tuesday.

Tuesday, 30 May, 2006 , 14:11 AFP — Two soldiers and two Kurdish rebels were killed Tuesday in fresh violence in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, local security officials said.

Tuesday, 30 May, 2006 , 09:29 AFP — The Kurdish mayor Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey risks up to one year in jail for allocating a public ambulance to transport the body of a Kurdish rebel killed in fighting with the army, judicial sources said Tuesday.

Friday, 26 May, 2006 , 16:03 AFP — The United States has started talks with the new Baghdad government on "effective action" against Turkish Kurdish rebels holed up in northern Iraq, the US ambassador said here Friday.

Wednesday, 24 May, 2006 , 18:44 AFP — A radical Kurdish group said Wednesday it was responsible for a fire at the cargo section of Istanbul's Ataturk airport, the hub of international air travel in Turkey, which slightly injured three people and caused delays in air traffic.

Tuesday, 23 May, 2006 , 18:12 AFP — Armed Kurdish rebels blew up part of a natural gas pipeline in eastern Turkey early Tuesday, disrupting the flow of gas, a local official said.

Monday, 22 May, 2006 , 14:33 AFP — Frenchwoman Manuela Ramin-Osmundsen has quit as head of Norway's immigration department over a scandal in which she was accused of tacitly allowing issue of illegal residence permits to Iraqi Kurds, the government said Monday.

Monday, 22 May, 2006 , 10:39 AFP — A Turkish soldier was killed and another wounded Monday in separate landmine explosions blamed on Kurdish rebels in the east and southeast of the country, local security sources said.