KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on a visit overshadowed by a Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, called on Iraqi leaders on Tuesday to urgently implement a national reconciliation roadmap.
Turkish troops crossed overnight into the Iraqi Kurdish province of Dahuk, about 200 km (120 miles) from the city of Kirkuk, where Rice's plane first touched down. A Turkish military official said they clashed with separatist guerrillas.
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