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1. Seventeen PKK militants and 12 Turkish soldiers are killed during two-days shootouts in northern Iraq.
   2023-12-24 14:36:31 (First version)
2. Seventeen PKK militants and 12 Turkish soldiers are killed during two days of shootouts in northern Iraq.
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