31.   They included Turkish embassy dependents and other Turkish nationals living in Albania.

32.   Two Turkish nationals and a Turkish-Cypriot were arrested by Greek-Cypriot authorities for allegedly spying on the divided Mediterranean island, officials said Sunday.

33.   Turkey denied Wednesday conducting espionage in Chechnya after a Turkish national was arrested by Russian authorities and charged with spying.

34.   Turkish foreign ministry spokesman Nurettin Nurkan said authorities believed there were six or seven hijackers, all Turkish nationals of Caucasus origin.

35.   Two Britons, a Turkish national and three Kyrgyz helicopter crew members were among the dead, the Canadian embassy said.

36.   It also said several Turkish nationals without diplomatic immunity had been arrested on spying charges.

37.   It said a young Turkish national was arrested by US soldiers in Afghanistan in early January, and that Washington had informed Berlin about the incident.

38.   Nine other defendants, including a Turkish national arrested along with the MP, received jail terms ranging from two to four years.

39.   Nurkan said the hijackers were believed to be six or seven people, all Turkish nationals of Caucasus origin.

40.   Police were said to have been alerted after statements by a Turkish national arrested at Frankfurt airport as he was about to fly to Pakistan.