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Turkey keeps accusing Syrian Kurds despite denials

Thursday, 18 February 2016 10:13 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 18 February 2016 10:12 PM ]

This handout picture released by Turkish Prime Minister Press Office, on February 18, 2016, shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) shaking hands with Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, Hulusi Akar (L) during his condolence visit at the General Staff headquarters in Ankara. AFP

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Turkey insists on accusing Syrian Kurdish fighters of being behind Wednesday’s car bomb attack in the capital Ankara despite the fighters’ denial.
Swiss inspection company, SGS, denies any responsibility for the security of a US oil company site in Iraq where an amount of radioactive material went missing last year.
The US plans to dispatch 15-thousand troops to a military exercise with South Korea next month, amid growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
China confirms it has deployed weapons on a disputed island in the South China Sea.
In India, protests against the arrest of a university student, which rocked the capital New Delhi, have now spread to many other cities.

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