11.   A London-based Kurdish television station was regarded as an important source of information by Kurds in this southeastern Turkish city.

12.   A tornado touched down Tuesday near this southeastern Minnesota city, downing power lines and damaging homes and businesses, authorities said.

13.   A moderate earthquake rocked this southeastern city Saturday, but caused no damage or injuries, the Istanbul Kandilli observatory said.

14.   A state security court on Saturday arraigned a top Kurdish leader after weeks of questioning and put him in a jail in this southeastern city.

15.   A time bomb exploded outside a post office in this southeastern city Tuesday, seriously injuring three people, police said.

16.   Adams said the junta has also made funds abailable to rehabilitate oil refineries in the southeastern cities of Port Harcourt and Warri.

17.   All the victims were swept away by flooding in the city triggered by three days of heavy rains that cut off most of the southeastern city.

18.   An expert trying to defuse one of a series of bombs set in this southeastern city died Sunday evening when a bomb exploded in his hands.

19.   As he made the statement, a suspected Kurdish rebel blew himself up near a military garrison in southeastern Sirnak city.

20.   Bertha was not expected to hit the U.S. mainland, but the U.S. Hurricane Center in Miami told southeastern coastal cities to keep an eye on the storm.