71.   Turkey set off the crisis this month by threatening to take military action against Syria if it did not stop supporting Kurdish rebels.

72.   Turkey was concerned that some of the refugees might be Kurdish rebels who have waged a separatist campaign in Turkey and that the refugees might have a prolonged stay.

73.   Turkish officials say they will not withdraw from northern Iraq until the border areas are secured to stop the Kurdish rebels from returning.

74.   Police on Wednesday stormed a suspected Kurdish rebel hide-out in this southeastern city, killing one alleged militant who refused to surrender, officials said.

75.   Parliament passes amnesty for Kurdish rebels.

76.   Parliament on Tuesday began debating a measure that would remove the military judge from the tribunal hearing the treason trial of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan.

77.   Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit rejected Wednesday any compromise with Kurdish rebels in response to a call by an imprisoned Kurdish leader for his guerrillas to lay down their arms.

78.   Prime minister refuses compromise with Kurdish rebels.

79.   Prosecutors demanded the death sentence Tuesday for Abdullah Ocalan in their closing arguments in the treason trial of the Kurdish rebel leader.

80.   Prosecutors on Tuesday demanded the death sentence for Abdullah Ocalan in closing arguments in the treason trial against the Kurdish rebel leader.