BBC News - Turkey admits 35 civilian deaths near Kurdish village, Dec 29, 2011

"A senior Turkish official has acknowledged that 35 civilians were killed in an air strike near a Kurdish village close to the border with Iraq.
Turkey's military said earlier it had targeted suspected Kurdish militants.
But the victims of Wednesday night's attack are believed to have been villagers involved in smuggling cigarettes into Turkey from Iraq.
Governing party vice-president Huseyin Celik said an investigation was looking into possible intelligence failures."

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FIJILIVE- Turkish air strike kills 35 Kurds in blunder, Dec 29, 2011

"Turkish air strike kills 35 Kurds in blunder
Turkish fighter jets killed 35 Kurds in an air strike the country's ruling party admitted Thursday could have been a "blunder" that mistakenly hit civilians instead of Kurdish separatists.
Turkey's military command said it had launched an air raid on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants after a spy drone spotted a group moving toward its sensitive southeastern border under cover of darkness late Wednesday.
"According to initial reports, these people were smugglers and not terrorists," said Huseyin Celik, vice-president of the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP)."

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TELEGRAPH Au. - Actress Debra Messing was having an affair with Smash co-star Will Chase before announcing divorce from Daniel Zulman, Dec 29, 2011

"AN ACTRESS, who announced nine days ago she was getting a divorce, is having an affair with co-star.
Debra Messing, 43, best known for starring in TV comedy Will and Grace and 2008 movie The Starter Wife, announced on December 20 that she was divorcing her husband of 10 years, the writer and producer Daniel Zelman."

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Helicopter Crash Kills Medical Team, Dec 29, 2011

"On Monday, a Mayo Clinic medical team in Jacksonville, Florida departed around 5:45am on a helicopter with a pilot, surgeon and technician. The group was on its way to retrieve a heart for a transplant, but all of them were killed when the helicopter crashed. Due to this, the transplant patient has been left waiting for another organ to become available."

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