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Friday, April 01, 2011

Report: 7 Kurdish rebels killed in clash in southeast Turkey

"Report: 7 Kurdish rebels killed in clash in southeast Turkey

By The Associated Press – 38 minutes ago

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's state-run news agency says seven Kurdish rebels have been killed in a clash with troops near the country's border with Syria.

The Anatolia agency says the clash broke out late Thursday near the border town of Hassa, after a group of rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, ignored troops' call to surrender and opened fire."

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