TURKEY BOMBS NORTHERN IRAQ AGAIN

Turkish warplanes again bombed suspected Kurdish rebel bases deep inside northern Iraq. Turkey blames the PPK rebels for penetrating in its territory and attacking troops, RBK reports. Turkish aircraft have struck northern Iraq three times during the past 10 days in a campaign that began with a larger bombing raid on December 16. Tensions have escalated in recent months after Turkish soldiers were killed by PKK fighters in a series of attacks. The Turkish military says it killed between 150 and 175 PKK members in its air attack on December 16.

Headlines for January 12, 2008

GEORGE BUSH WAS REMINDED ABOUT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
In Bethlehem, U.S. President George W. Bush was reminded about the Armenian Genocide. After talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Mr Bush attended Chapel of the Nativity of Christ ...
TURKEY BOMBS NORTHERN IRAQ AGAIN
Turkish warplanes again bombed suspected Kurdish rebel bases deep inside northern Iraq. Turkey blames the PPK rebels for penetrating in its territory and attacking troops, RBK reports. Turkish aircraft ...
U.S., GERMANY PLANNING TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
The United States and Germany have agreed to recognize Kosovo after it declares independence and to urge the rest of Europe to follow suit, say senior European Union diplomats close to negotiations over ...
PLEBISCITE OUTCOMES HARDLY TO SPEED UP GEORGIA’S ACCESSION TO NATO
The plebiscite outcomes will hardly speed up the process of Georgia’s accession to NATO, said Matthew Bryza, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs. “Certainly, the opinion ...
GEORGIA HAS NO CHANCE UNLESS UKRAINE JOINS NATO
“The Abkhazian conflict will not be resolved and Georgia will not be invited to NATO in the near future,” Columbia University Professor Robert Legvold said. “I think the issue will not be discussed at ...