31.   Another boatload of Kurdish refugees has set sail for Italy, a Kurdish television reported Saturday.

32.   APTV coverage includes a report from a Kurdish refugee camp.

33.   Clandestine arrivals by hundreds of Kurdish refugees from Turkey earlier this year led to an outcry by Germany and other EU members who demanded that Italy tighten its frontiers.

34.   Eight countries meet over Kurdish refugee problem.

35.   Further details also emerged Thursday of shelling from artillery batteries inside Iraq that the Iranians claim killed eight Kurdish refugees Wednesday at a camp in Iran.

36.   France has stepped up its patrols at the Italian border due to a wave of Kurdish refugees trying to enter Italy, police sources said Saturday.

37.   Germany laid out border-tightening measures on Monday that it is demanding Italy, Greece and Turkey take to stem an inflow of Kurdish refugees to Europe.

38.   In Izmir at the weekend, Kurdish refugees had to be taken to safety from their Turkish compatriots for safety.

39.   Instead Turkey says it is ready to send thousands of troops across the frontier to prevent any influx of Kurdish refugees.

40.   Iran claims eight Kurdish refugees were killed and they blame the Iraqi army and the allied Kurdistan Democratic Party.