"Southern Turkish regions ablaze, Kurdish rebels suspected
11:53 | 09/ 07/ 2007
ANKARA, July 9 (RIA Novosti) - Turkish authorities have said that forest fires blazing in south Turkey could have been deliberately set by Kurdish separatists, local media reported Monday.
The fires have already consumed nearly 1,500 hectares over the past two days, including near popular resorts on the Aegean coast, forcing the evacuation of some 300 foreign tourists."
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