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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has invited his Iraqi counterpart Nuri al-Maliki to Ankara to discuss measures against the safe haven that Turkish Kurd rebels enjoy in northern Iraq. Under mounting pressure to toughen measures against resurging rebel violence ahead of elections on July 22, Erdogan told the CNN Turk news channel late Friday he was awaiting a response to a letter he sent recently to Maliki proposing talks by the end of June. Full Story