31.   Hundreds of municipal employees demanding back pay clashed with police at this Mediterranean resort on Saturday during a protest in which eight people were injured, police said.

32.   In Antalya, the Mediterranean resort city where the championships are being held, Berube has been ranked in the upper of two competitive brackets.

33.   In the Mediterranean resort of Antalya, strong winds knocked down a minaret, a statue and several palm trees.

34.   Istanbul is apparently the favored location, but the Aegean city of Izmir and the Mediterranean resort of Antalya have also put in bids.

35.   Istanbul is apparently the favored location, but the Mediterranean resort of Antalya is also a possibility.

36.   It named the Mediterranean resort town of Nahariya as a major target.

37.   Jaime de Mora y Aragon, a flamboyant aristocrat who became a symbol of the lush life at the posh Mediterranean resort of Marbella, died Wednesday.

38.   Karayavuz and two others were convicted of raping three Dutch women, slitting their throats and dumping them in a ravine in the Mediterranean resort of Alanya.

39.   Kurdish guerrillas set a restaurant on fire after robbing Turkish customers near this popular Mediterranean resort city, the Anatolia news agency said Tuesday.

40.   Meanwhile, special commando teams were battling Kurdish rebels in mountains near the famous Mediterranean resort city of Antalya, reports said.