Turkey denied a report on Wednesday it had launched a major incursion into northern Iraq to crush Kurdish rebels, but a military source said troops had conducted a limited raid across the mountainous border.
A power plant in Minnesota has begun embracing an odorous but intriguing new concept, using local turkey droppings to produce electricity.
Turkey's Foreign Ministry and military General Staff on Wednesday denied a Web site report that 50,000 Turkish troops had crossed into northern Iraq to crush Kurdish rebels hiding there.
The Minnesota plant burns turkey litter to generate electricity, but critics say it spews more pollutants.
Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq early Wednesday to chase Kurdish guerrillas who attack Turkey from bases there, three Turkish security officials said. Turkey’s foreign minister denied its troops had entered Iraq.
Turkey denied yesterday that its soldiers had crossed into northern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels, amid a heavy Turkish troop build-up on the border and rising anger in Ankara about the death toll from recent attacks.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he will propose a new approach to stop Turkey's bid to join the European Union before the end of the year.
Environmental advocates question the earth-friendliness of burning turkey waste to generate electricity.
Turkey has denied reports that its troops have launched a major incursion into northern Iraq, targetting Kurdish miltants. This has also been confirmed by the White House and Baghdad officials.
A power plant in Minnesota has begun embracing an odorous but intriguing new concept, using local turkey droppings to produce electricity.During the last few weeks, the power plant in Benson has been taking the manure produced by the region's turkey population and using the putrid collection to create an expensive form of electricity, The New York Times said Wednesday.The fact that the power ...