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.

Wednesday, 7 December, 2005 , 21:18 AFP — The Dutch state prosecutor requested a 15-year-jail sentence Wednesday for chemicals trader Frans van Anraat who is on trial here on genocide charges for supplying ingredients used by Saddam Hussein in poison gas attacks.

Wednesday, 7 December, 2005 , 16:36 AFP — The UN chief's special representative to Iraq, Ashraf Qazi, on Wednesday expressed "serious concern" over violence during the war-torn country's general election campaign.

Wednesday, 7 December, 2005 , 16:07 AFP — Police have seized about a kilogrampounds) of plastic explosives and detained nine people in an operation that foiled planned bomb attacks in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, officials said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 7 December, 2005 , 05:44 AFP — Three Iraqis, including a candidate standing in the country's key December 15 election, have been killed in attacks on the offices of the Islamic Union of Kurdistan, party sources said Wednesday.

Tuesday, 6 December, 2005 , 11:58 AFP — Two Turkish soldiers were wounded Tuesday when they stumbled on a mine planted by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels, Anatolia news agency said citing local sources.

Monday, 5 December, 2005 , 15:12 AFP — Fifteen Kurds from Iraq and Iran on Monday demanded damages from Dutch chemicals trader Frans van Anraat who is on trial here on genocide charges for supplying ingredients used by Saddam Hussein in nerve gas attacks on Kurdish towns in the 1980s.