Istanbul bombings ’suspects held’

A number of people have been arrested over last Sunday’s double bombings in Istanbul that killed 17 people, Turkey’s interior minister says.
Besir Atalay blamed Kurdish separatist rebels for the blasts, and said most of those involved had been detained.
Although he did not specify how many people had been arrested, a prosecutor said separately [...]

US presses for end to Turkey raid

Turkey’s incursion into northern Iraq “should be as short and precisely targeted as possible”, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said. Mr Gates was speaking after talks with top Turkish officials [...]