Wednesday, 26 April, 2006 , 15:39 AFP — Iraq handed a note to Turkey on Wednesday seeking information on a recent Turkish military build-up on the Iraqi border, officials here said.

Monday, 24 April, 2006 , 07:44 AFP — Three Kurdish rebels and one Turkish soldier were killed at the weekend in clashes in a mountainous zone of mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey, authorities announced Monday.

Sunday, 23 April, 2006 , 19:26 AFP — The head of the Turkish army on Sunday defended a military build-up in the country's restive southeast as a normal and necessary step against mounting violence from armed Kurdish rebels.

Sunday, 23 April, 2006 , 10:56 AFP — Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Sunday defended the Kurdish peshmerga militia, insisting they were a "regulated force".

Saturday, 22 April, 2006 , 15:09 AFP — Jalal Talabani, the first Kurdish president in Iraq's history, was reelected Saturday, cementing his people's powerful role on the national stage after suffering years as second-class citizens.

Saturday, 22 April, 2006 , 14:55 AFP — Turkey's main armed Kurdish rebel group alleged on Saturday that the army was preparing for an incursion into neighbouring Iraq to hunt down its militants, and warned that Ankara would suffer from such a move.

Saturday, 22 April, 2006 , 09:27 AFP — Two homemade bombs exploded in the mainly Kurdish city of Batman in southeastern Turkey overnight, causing material damage but no casualties, local security sources said Saturday.

Friday, 21 April, 2006 , 12:47 AFP — A bomb exploded in a garbage container in the western Turkish city of Izmir on Friday just seconds before the arrival of a military bus, but there were no casualties, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Friday, 21 April, 2006 , 11:38 AFP — The Turkish army has deployed thousands of troops to the country's southeastern corner, preparing to intensify operations against separatist Kurdish rebels who have stepped up violence in the region, the press quoted officials as saying Friday.

Thursday, 20 April, 2006 , 14:10 AFP — A Turkish prosecutor who called for a top general to be investigated for alleged illegal actions in the fight against Kurdish rebels was sacked Thursday for misconduct, the Anatolia news agency reported.