61.   The banned groups have threatened to resist the ban.

62.   Ten suspected members of the banned Vasat group were detained last week after police stormed their homes and offices in Ankara, the agency said.

63.   The arrests brought to six the number of people detained in connection with the banned group in the past two months.

64.   The congresswomen are demanding the list of banned groups be made public, with reasons why their applications were rejected, and an appeals process be set up.

65.   The Dutch government Tuesday was awaiting a Turkish extradition request for a leading member of a banned Kurdish separatist group arrested in the Netherlands four months ago.

66.   The hunger strikers are mostly members of banned leftist militant groups.

67.   The leader of another banned Christian group in southeastern China was sentenced to death in December on cult charges, according to human rights groups.

68.   The separatists, belonging to the banned group of National Socialist Council of Nagaland, used automatic weapons in their attack on the police commandos, David said.

69.   The United States has since put Jaish on the list of banned terrorist groups.

70.   The targets of the crackdown are not just the banned groups, a senior police official said on the condition of anonymity.