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.

Sunday, 21 October, 2007 , 15:12 AFP — Thirty-two Kurdish rebels and 12 Turkish soldiers were killed Sunday in heavy clashes in southeast Turkey prompted by a rebel attack on a military patrol, the Turkish army said Sunday.

Sunday, 21 October, 2007 , 14:19 AFP — Iraq's president said on Sunday that Baghdad could not deliver Kurdish rebel leaders to Turkey, as the crisis over the Iraq-based fighters intensified with the killing of 12 Turkish soldiers.

Sunday, 21 October, 2007 , 13:45 AFP — Nearly 1,000 people took to the streets here Sunday in an impromptu demonstration to protest against mounting violence by separatist Kurdish rebels after fighting in the country's southeast left 35 people dead.