Saturday, 1 April, 2006 , 15:37 AFP — The death toll from a week of violent street clashes between Kurdish youths and security forces in Turkey rose to eight Saturday with fresh riots near the Syrian border.

Saturday, 1 April, 2006 , 13:59 AFP — The chief prosecutor in the Saddam Hussein trial said on Saturday that documents depicting the ex-president's role in the killings of around 180,000 people, mostly Kurds, in the Anfal campaign were ready.

Saturday, 1 April, 2006 , 13:25 AFP — Kurdish protestors went on the rampage in southeastern Turkey on Saturday in the fifth day of deadly street clashes with security forces that have raised fears of new ethnic bloodshed.

Friday, 31 March, 2006 , 20:01 AFP — A stray bullet killed a toddler Friday as Kurdish protesters battled security forces in southeastern Turkey, a hospital said, raising the death toll this week to seven.

Friday, 31 March, 2006 , 18:56 AFP — Turkey Friday repeated its call for Denmark to close down a Danish-based Kurdish television channel which it considers a mouthpiece for violent Kurdish separatists.

Monday, 27 March, 2006 , 15:03 AFP — More than 100 people were arrested last week in northern Syria when a demonstration by thousands of Kurds celebrating their New Year turned violent, a human rights activist said Monday.

Sunday, 26 March, 2006 , 16:37 AFP — Iraqi Kurdistan's President Massud Barzani asked leaders of the two main Kurdish parties to form a single government for the autonomous region in the north of the country.

Saturday, 25 March, 2006 , 17:07 AFP — Turkish army troops killed 14 Kurdish rebels in operations in the east of the country in the most violent clashes of recent months, security forces here said Saturday.

Friday, 24 March, 2006 , 11:11 AFP — The top US military officer on Friday ruled out any action against separatist Turkish Kurd rebels in northern Iraq before Iraqi authorities are able to bring the security sitation in their country under control and set up a strong government.

Thursday, 23 March, 2006 , 17:47 AFP — Nineteen people were injured Thursday when Turkish riot police broke up a demonstration in the southeastern city of Hakkari against the arrest of a Kurdish politician, the regional government said.