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Turkish court convicts Kurdish politician over speeches

6:47 a.m. CDT, May 24, 2012

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, May 24 (Reuters) - Kurdish
parliamentarian Leyla Zana, a former Nobel Peace Prize nominee,
was sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Turkish court on
Thursday for spreading militant propaganda in a series of
speeches she made over four years ago, court officials said.

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