TURKISH jet fighters bombed Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq early yesterday, Turkey’s military said, marking an escalation of force against the outlawed separatist group. An Iraqi official said the planes attacked several villages, killing one woman.

Turkey fired about 15 artillery shells toward Kurdish villages in the border area of northern Iraq today but caused no casualties, an Iraqi army officer said.

Turkey fired about 15 artillery shells toward Kurdish villages in the border area of northern Iraq today but caused no casualties, an Iraqi army officer said.

Greek and Turkish Cypriots alike have voiced their support for the bulldozing of one of Europe’s most enduring symbols of division.

RESCUERS dug frantically in the rubble of a school dormitory yesterday, hunting for 135 children believed trapped after a powerful earthquake rumbled through southeastern Turkey. Reports say up to 100 people were killed and 390 injured.

Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul today said he saw no immediate need for Turkish troops to intervene in northern Iraq, apparently satisfied with United States assurances that Kurdish forces would pull out of two key northern Iraqi cities.