US denies backing Turkey raid
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The US denies it gave permission for Turkish aircraft to carry out strikes against the PKK in northern Iraq.
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THE IRA today denied any involvement in the Â£22 million raid on the Northern Bank headquarters in Belfast. A senior republican source claimed: &quot;We are dismissing any suggestion or allegation that we were involved.
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Russia's foreign ministry rejects US claims that an arms shipment to Venezuela could be sold on to rebels.
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The United States reassured Turkey over a military operation in northern Iraq which has reportedly claimed the lives of ethnic Turkmen civilians, but Ankara appeared unimpressed.
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The British government is denying reports it will deploy troops to Iraq in the lead-up to the American election, as a show of support to US President George Bush&#39;s re-eleciton bid.
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The United States denied it had held contacts with Hamas as a leader of the radical Palestinian group has claimed. &quot;We don&#39;t conduct business with designated terrorist organisations.
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The United States continued efforts today to steer Turkey away from a military incursion into northern Iraq, after a cross-border raid by Kurdish rebels on Sunday killed 17 Turkish soldiers and raised the prospect of an escalating conflict.
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Turkey has warned the United States it could halt cooperation in Iraq after a US offensive last week against insurgents in the northern town of Tal Afar reportedly resulted in the deaths of scores of ethnic Turkoman civilians.
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BRUSSELS  - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood firm behind Ankara&#39;s bid to join the European Union, rejecting calls to recognise Cyprus and dismissing any new conditions to win EU entry.
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The U.S. military and Iraqi government denied reports on Thursday that al Qaeda's leader in Iraq had been killed in a raid but said DNA tests would be conducted on bodies recovered after the attack to make sure.
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The United States insisted on Tuesday that it was working closely with Turkey on a whole range of issues regarding Iraq amid reports that Turkey warned that it would halt
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US House of Representatives leader Nancy Pelosi refused here Monday to be drawn on whether the United States would back Germany&#39;s strong position on climate change at next week&#39;s G8 summit.
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An alleged threat to blow up US ships   may not have come from Iranian speedboats, US navy sources say.
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Â· Britain alarmed by critics in US administration Â· Ministers deny mission in southern Iraq has failed
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The U.S. military on Thursday denied media reports that its forces had killed the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq.
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The US military denied reports that the coalition in Afghanistan had launched air strikes to quell fighting in the west of the country.
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Â· Call for US to move against Kurdish guerrillasÂ· PKK behind bombings in Ankara, say authorities