Sunday, 21 October, 2007 , 20:42 AFP — Turkey said Sunday that it was not afraid of "paying the price" to win victory over Kurdish separatists based in northern Iraq after a rebel ambush near the Iraqi border left 12 soldiers dead.

Sunday, 21 October, 2007 , 18:05 AFP — Turkey vowed strong action Sunday against Kurdish separatists after 12 of its soldiers and 32 rebels were killed in clashes sparked by an ambush near the tense border with Iraq.

Sunday, 21 October, 2007 , 17:25 AFP — Washington on Sunday said it was "outraged" at an ambush by "terrorist" Kurdish rebels on a Turkish military patrol that killed at least 12 soldiers, amid spiking cross-border tensions.

Sunday, 21 October, 2007 , 17:17 AFP — Turkey's civilian and military leaders convened here Sunday in an emergeny meeting to discuss Ankara's response after 12 Turkish soldiers and 32 Kurdish rebels were killed in heavy clashes sparked by an ambush near the Iraqi border, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Sunday, 21 October, 2007 , 17:17 AFP — British Foreign Secretary David Miliband condemned an ambush by Kurdish rebels on a Turkish military patrol Sunday that killed 12 soldiers, and called on other countries in the region to do the same.

Sunday, 21 October, 2007 , 17:03 AFP — Iraqi President Jalal Talabani rejected on Sunday the idea that Kurdish rebel leaders holed up on Iraq's mountainous border with Turkey could be rounded up and handed over as demanded by Ankara.

Sunday, 21 October, 2007 , 16:51 AFP — Iraq on Sunday condemned an ambush by Kurdish rebels on a Turkish military patrol that killed 12 soldiers, an attack that has further raised cross-border tensions.

Sunday, 21 October, 2007 , 16:17 AFP — Turkey's Defence Minister Vecdi Gonul said here Sunday there were "no hostages" being held by Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, denying reports from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Sunday, 21 October, 2007 , 16:17 AFP — Turkey has plans to make a cross-border incursion to attack Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq but "not urgently", Turkish Defence Minister Vecdi Gonul said Sunday.

Sunday, 21 October, 2007 , 15:49 AFP — French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner appealed for restraint on Sunday following clashes in southeast Turkey that claimed the lives of 12 Turkish soldiers and 32 Kurdish rebels.