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The Turkish military reported Sept. 2 a Turkish troop was killed by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in an ambush that occurred in Hakkari, a southeastern Anatolian town bordering Iraq and Iran. 

The Hungarian police in Budapest continue to block the main train station for some 3,000 refugees who wish to travel to western European countries.

Many have spent the night in front of the station.

A former head of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) youth branch was killed on Aug. 31 in a gun attack in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r.

Unknown assailants attacked Yunus Koca, who was a pharmacist, in front of his drugstore in Diyarbak?r?s central Yeni?ehir district. Koca was badly wounded and rushed to hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries.

People who denounce the perpetrators of acts of terrorism could be awarded up to 4 million Turkish Liras, according to a new regulation that was published in the Official Gazette.

Novinite has asked Japan's Ambassador to Bulgaria Takashi Koizumi to comment on international nuclear affairs and also on bilateral relations, in a month when the world marked the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.

Three Turkish police officers were killed, 11 police officers and 14 civilians were injured late Aug. 28 in three separate attacks in the eastern province of Tunceli and the southeastern provinces of ?anl?urfa and Mardin by suspected members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

According to the French News Agency, six people, including a 7-year old child and 3 civilians were killed in the ongoing clashes between the Turkish special forces and the Kurdish PKK rebels in two separate incidents in Turkey, Thursday.

The number of troops dispatched to Bulgaria's borders will increase, according to Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev.

In a Friday interview for bTV, Nenchev made clear that the military presence at the border was set to increase due to the unprecedented migration pressure.

Polish officials have reportedly confirmed that a Nazi military train, which purportedly carried treasure looted from death camp victims, has indeed been found near the town of Walbrzych.

A pair of anonymous treasure hunters approached officials in the town last week via a lawyer to claim they had found the legendary Nazi treasure train.

The report by McClatchy, the U.S. publishing company, alleging that Turkish intelligence tipped off the al Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front, and led to the recent routing by the group of opposition forces trained in Turkey by the U.S., has seriously ruffled Ankara?s feathers.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Tanju Bilgic said the report was an ?ill-intentioned and lowly slander.?