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Turkey: 15 soldiers killed by Kurd rebels

Oct. 4, 2008
Fifteen Turkish soldiers were killed in an overnight clash with Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey along the country's border with Iraq, President Abdullah Gul said.
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