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                    9 Killed in Clashes in Southeast Turkey

   by VOA News

   Officials in Turkey say Turkish security forces and Kurdish rebels have
   clashed in the country's troubled southeast, killing nine people.
   Authorities said Saturday three Turkish troops and three Kurdistan
   Workers Party, or PKK militants were killed in fighting in Hakkari
   province, near the border with Iraq.
   In a separate incident in Bitlis province northwest of Hakkari, three
   state-backed Kurdish village guards were killed as they helped Turkish
   security forces fight militants.
   More than 40,000 people, mostly Kurds, have been killed since the PKK
   took up arms in 1984 to demand a separate Kurdish state.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.
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