Three Turkish soldiers wounded in land-mine explosion ANKARA, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Three soldiers were wounded when a roadside land-mine exploded in eastern Turkish province of Bingol on Friday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

Turkish forces this week targeted a Kurdish separatist group attempting to enter Turkey from the northern Iraq, the Turkish military said Saturday. Military officials said Turkish warplanes targeted outlawed PKK separatists in northern Iraq Friday and Saturday, Hurriyet reported.

By The Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he told Turkish leaders Thursday that they should end an offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq as soon as possible. Yet even as Gates made his appeal, the Turkish military pressed ahead.

By Associated Press CUKURCA, Turkey -- Turkey's military said Monday it had killed 41 more separatist Kurdish rebels in clashes in northern Iraq, raising the reported guerrilla death toll in a cross-border operation to 153.

CIZRE, Turkey (AP) -- Supported by air power, Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq on Friday in their first major ground incursion against Kurdish rebel bases in nearly a decade. But Turkey sought to avoid confrontation with U.S.-backed Iraq, saying the guerrillas were its only target.