Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 21:15 AFP — Turkey's prime minister and air force chief denied Wednesday that Turkish warplanes had conducted raids in northern Iraq against separatist Kurdish rebels.

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — Turkey said Wednesday that the United States had begun to share intelligence on Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, and reaffirmed its readiness for cross-border military strikes if necessary.

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — Iraqi President Jalal Talabani ruled out a Turkish "invasion" of his country and said the cross-border crisis over Kurdish rebels was easing, in an interview published on Wednesday.

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — Threats by Islamists followed by a car bomb that wounded her brother forced Lina Behnan and her family to seek haven in Iraq's Kurdish region along with thousands of their Christian compatriots.

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — Turkish troops fought Kurdish rebels near the Iraqi border on Tuesday in clashes that left four soldiers dead as Turkey reportedly hit Kurdish targets inside northern Iraq.

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — Four soldiers, one of them an officer, were killed in fighting with Kurdish rebels Tuesday in southeast Turkey close to the Iraqi border, the Turkish army said in a statement.

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — Turkish warplanes bombed three Iraqi villages near the border town of Zakho in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Tuesday but caused no casualties, a security official said.

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — Four Turkish soldiers were killed in fighting with Kurdish rebels Tuesday in the country's restive southeast close to the Iraqi border, security sources here said.

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — The Turkish military has clamped a news blackout on the upcoming court martial of eight soldiers held captive for two weeks by Kurdish rebels following an ambush last month near the Iraqi border.

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 , 17:46 AFP — Turkish warplanes on Tuesday pounded a suspected Kurdish rebel position a few kilometres (miles) inside Iraqi territory, TV news channels here reported.