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U.S. lauds Kurdish reconciliation in Turkey - UPI.com

"U.S. lauds Kurdish reconciliation in Turkey

Published: Oct. 21, 2009 at 6:27 PM

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Washington supports efforts by the Turkish government to reconcile its differences with the Kurdish minority, U.S. State Department officials said.

Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, called on members of his blacklisted organization to form 'peace groups' in an effort to resolve the so-called Kurdish question."

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