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Deadly Blasts Boost Political Tensions In Turkey

by Renee Montagne, NPR
July 28, 2008

Two bombs went off Sunday in a crowded neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey. It was the deadliest attack against civilians in Turkey in five years, and it happened on the eve of court deliberations on whether to ban the Islamic-oriented ruling party for allegedly trying to undermine secularism.

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