81.   German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel asked Syria and Lebanon on Saturday to help rein in a Kurdish guerrilla leader who has threatened suicide bombings against Germans.

82.   German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel, who chaired the meeting, said he urged Baykal to enter peace talks with Kurdish guerrillas fighting for independence in eastern Turkey.

83.   Germany has been hit by a wave of violent Kurdish protests since Kurdish guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan was captured by Turkey, where he risks the death penalty.

84.   He is known for his opposition to torture and the forced evacuation of Kurdish villages in southeastern Turkey by the military in its war against Kurdish guerrillas.

85.   His Democratic Left Party headed into the elections boosted by public euphoria over the mid-February capture of Kurdish guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan in Kenya.

86.   Human Rights Watch also condemned abuses committed by the Kurdish guerrillas, he said.

87.   Hundreds of Kurds were forced by local military officials to join a government militia fighting Kurdish guerrillas and were beaten if they refused, human rights activists reported Monday.

88.   Housing rights is a sensitive issue in Turkey, where the army has engaged in a war with Kurdish guerrillas fighting for autonomy.

89.   Hundreds of writers, journalists and politicians have been jailed in Turkey for promoting Kurdish cultural rights or allegedly supporting Kurdish guerrillas seeking autonomy in southeastern Turkey.

90.   Iraq has criticized Turkish raids into northern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish guerrillas.