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US-backed Kurdish rebels come under Turkish attack in Sheikh Issa town and other areas in northern Aleppo province.

Former NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen defends intervention against Gaddafi, and we debate Kurdish independence in Iraq.

Around 500 people evacuated and 26 treated for breathing difficulty, but no elevated chemical readings found.

Opposition cries foul as officials suspend vote to remove leader

Organisers staged demonstrations after authorities closed down five makeshift mosques on administrative grounds.

Downgrade would have hit international confidence in Lisbon’s economic programme