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Turkey: Police clash with march to mark blast victims
by Our Foreign Desk
TURKISH police clashed with mourners yesterday after authorities banned protests by workers and students over Saturday’s Ankara peace-march bombing.
Video footage from the Dogan news agency showed police pushing back a group of demonstrators trying to reach a rally to commemorate the 128 victims of the two blasts.
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