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Saturday, December 26, 2009

Reports: Kurdish protesters clash with police in southeast Turkey

"Reports: Kurdish protesters clash with police in southeast Turkey

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (CP) – 6 hours ago

ANKARA, Turkey — A news agency says police have clashed with stone-throwing Kurdish demonstrators protesting the recent arrest of 23 Kurds on charges of links to Kurdish rebels.

The private Dogan news agency says clashes broke out Saturday in the mainly Kurdish towns of Yuksekova and Cizre, near the border with Iraq. There were no immediate reports of any arrests or injury."

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