Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 18:25 AFP — The United States said Tuesday that it may provide Turkey with intelligence to help its armed forces strike Kurdish rebels based in Iraq, but downplayed talk of joint military operations.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 17:49 AFP — The United States may provide Turkey with information enabling its armed forces to strike Kurdish rebels based in Iraq, the White House said Tuesday, downplaying talk of joint military operations.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 16:23 AFP — A pro-Kurdish news agency close to Kurdish separatists fighting Turkey on Tuesday published what it said were pictures of eight soldiers the rebels say they took hostage in recent clashes.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 16:13 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday ordered the closure of offices run by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), saying Iraq would no longer allow the "terrorist" group to operate on its soil.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 16:11 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Tuesday Baghdad will shut down the offices of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and not allow the "terrorist" group to operate on Iraqi soil.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 15:43 AFP — Amid tension along the frontier with Turkey and threats from Ankara to strike at rebel bases inside northern Iraq, Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters have turned into border guards.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 15:35 AFP — Turkey is considering economic sanctions against Iraq over the presence of Kurdish rebel sanctuaries there, Anatolia news agency quoted Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying Tuesday.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 14:37 AFP — The US State Department said Tuesday it was hunting for a diplomatic resolution to tensions on Turkey's border with Iraq, after a report raised the possibility of US-Turkish strikes on Kurdish rebels.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 13:39 AFP — The government on Tuesday ordered Turkey's RTUK broadcasting watchdog to ban "negative" radio and television broadcasts concerning a Kurdish rebel attack at the weekend that killed 12 soldiers dead.

Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 12:43 AFP — Tens of thousands of angry Turks took to the streets across the country Tuesday to protest Kurdish rebel violence as 12 soldiers, slain in an ambush at the weekend, were laid to rest.