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Still, Turkey's PKK troubles are part of a larger set of problems with Kurds in the region. Turkey has accused the Iraqi Kurdish administration in northern Iraq of failing to do enough to clamp down on the PKK. This week, Turkey raised the possibility of economic sanctions against northern Iraq, including restrictions on the flow of traffic and goods at a key border crossing from Turkey into Iraq, as well as cutting off electricity that Turkey supplies to the region. Turkey's biggest fear is that Iraqi Kurds are intent on establishing a separate Kurdish state on their border...
...They sell a lot of knock-offs here too, though. Is the Chinese government really doing what they say they are to clamp down on that...
...community yesterday in Dorchester at the first of a series of meetings led by the Boston Public Health Commission and Mayor Thomas M. Menino. The goal of the meetings is to bring together public health officials, teenagers, and high school and community leaders to devise strategies to clamp down on the violence. The survey was administered to a random sample of more than 1,200 students from 18 public high schools in Boston last year. “The data system provides an infrastructure to find out where interventions should be targeted and whether or not they work...
...falling-out with its Leftist supporters over a contentious nuclear deal with the U.S., elections could be called any time now. An issue like organized retail helps rally millions, and opposition parties have been quick to latch on to it. More mass protests and populist moves to clamp down on big retail - like the Uttar Pradesh government's order to shut down Reliance Fresh - can be expected in the months to come...
...halftime adjustments by the coaches, Murphy said, that allowed Williams and the defense to clamp down in the final two quarters...