Sunday, 11 December, 2005 , 15:58 AFP — US Central Intelligence Agency chief Porter Goss arrived in Turkey on Sunday for talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and intelligence officials.

Sunday, 11 December, 2005 , 03:11 AFP — Jalal Talabani, Iraq's first Kurdish president in modern history and tipped to win a top position in December's election, has catapulted his people to the fore after years as second-class citizens.

Saturday, 10 December, 2005 , 19:38 AFP — Syrian security forces on Saturday dispersed a Kurdish protest in Damascus organized to coincide with the UN-designated International Human Rights Day, an AFP correspondent said.

Friday, 9 December, 2005 , 21:39 AFP — Four Turkish soldiers and two Kurdish guerrillas were killed in a rebel attack on a military unit, and a series of blasts went off in southeast Turkey Friday, officials said, in the latest wave of mounting violence in the mainly Kurdish region.

Friday, 9 December, 2005 , 20:42 AFP — Three blasts went off almost simultaneously in a town in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey Friday, injuring at least one person and causing material damage, officials and press reports said.

Friday, 9 December, 2005 , 19:52 AFP — Three blasts went off in a town in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeastern corner Friday, injuring one person and causing material damage, Anatolia news agency reported.

Friday, 9 December, 2005 , 17:43 AFP — Lawyers for a Dutch chemicals trader accused of aiding genocide by selling poison gas ingredients to the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein on Friday asked the court to dismiss the case, ANP news agency said.

Friday, 9 December, 2005 , 16:31 AFP — The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is committed to cooperating with Turkey in its fight against armed rebels of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), FBI director Robert Mueller said here Friday.

Friday, 9 December, 2005 , 13:34 AFP — Kurdish rebels attacked a military unit Friday in southeastern Turkey, killing four soldiers and wounding two, in the latest act of mounting unrest in the mainly Kurdish region, officials said.

Friday, 9 December, 2005 , 11:06 AFP — Four Turkish soldiers were killed Friday in fighting during a military operation against separatist Kurdish rebels in the mainly Kurdish southeast of the country, officials said.