21.  But rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK said they would continue to fight Turkish forces.

22.  Clerides had urged the bikers Sunday to cancel their protest, fearing it would lead to a full-scale confrontation with Turkish forces.

23.  Cyprus has been beefing up its defenses to counter a perceived threat from the vastly superior Turkish forces.

24.  Cyprus protested to the U.N. peacekeeping force Tuesday that Turkish forces had fired at two Greek Cypriot fishing boats.

25.  Defense Minister Ismet Sezgin said Sunday that Turkish forces would conduct maneuvers along the Turkish-Syrian border in November.

26.  During the conflict, he helped lead Arab guerrillas fighting Turkish forces allied with the Germans.

27.  Fears grew Monday that weekend clashes between stone-throwing Greek Cypriot protesters and Turkish forces occupying the north of the Mediterranean island point to a new confrontation.

28.  Greece has sent seven ships to shadow a seven-vessel Turkish force at the islet, inhabited by a small herd of goats.

29.  Greece has sent seven ships to shadow a seven-vessel Turkish force at the islet, inhabited only by a small herd of goats.

30.  Greece Monday said American weapons were propping up Turkish forces in northern Cyprus and called on the United States to demand their removal.