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Turkish policemen killed in Kurdish rebel attack


Wednesday, 5 April, 2006 , 08:23 AFP A policemen died in hospital from injuries sustained in an armed attack by Kurdish rebels in the southeast of the country, hospital sources here said Wednesday.

Turkey seizes explosives used by Kurdish militants


Wednesday, 5 April, 2006 , 06:45 AFP Turkish security forces have seized ten kilos (22 pounds) of plastic explosives, mainly used by Kurdish militants, in the country's biggest city Istanbul, local officials said Wednesday.

Iraq sentences 12 Ansar al-Islam members to death


Tuesday, 4 April, 2006 , 17:15 AFP A court in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region Tuesday sentenced to death 12 members of militant group Ansar Al-Islam for numerous killings and explosions, an Arbil judiciary official said.

Death toll in Turkey's Kurdish riots rises to 15


Monday, 3 April, 2006 , 10:10 AFP The death toll from a week of violent clashes between Kurdish protestors and Turkish police rose to 15 Monday when two more people died from their injuries, an official said.

Kurdish group threatens Turkey's tourist areas


Monday, 3 April, 2006 , 08:43 AFP An armed Kurdish rebel group that has claimed several deadly bomb attacks in Turkey in the past threatened Monday to hit tourist targets across the country.

Death toll in Turkey's Kurdish riots climbs to 13


Monday, 3 April, 2006 , 08:35 AFP A week of violent clashes between Kurdish protestors and police in southeastern Turkey has spread to Istanbul and left 13 dead nationwide, a senior official said Monday.

Four reported dead in fresh Kurdish riots in Turkey


Sunday, 2 April, 2006 , 22:59 AFP A molotov cocktail attack set ablaze a bus in Istanbul late Sunday, resulting in three deaths, as Kurdish riots rattling southeast Turkey for six days spead to the west, the CNN Turk news channel reported.

Three reported dead as molotov cocktail burns bus in Istanbul


Sunday, 2 April, 2006 , 22:43 AFP A molotov cocktail attack set ablaze a bus in Istanbul late Sunday, resulting in three deaths, in the sixth day of Kurdish riots in Turkey, the CNN Turk news channel reported.

Kurdish riots claim two more lives in Turkey


Sunday, 2 April, 2006 , 20:35 AFP Two more people were reported dead Sunday in a sixth day of Kurdish riots in Turkey, bringing the death toll to 10, as the violence spread from the southeast to the country's biggest city Istanbul.

Week of violence revives fears of ethnic conflict in Turkey


Sunday, 2 April, 2006 , 16:19 AFP A ninth person was reported to have died Sunday in the violence that has flared in southeast Turkey for the past week in the most serious urban disturbances to hit the region in a decade.