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|| From: Diane Monaco
|| [Happy New Year to our Iranian friends from around the world. Diane]
Over here there were 500 arrests in Istanbul and Mersin bec Newruz celebrations were banned but the pro-PKK crowd came out anyway. 1 person was killed by a police armored car and 2 police were killed when they drove an armored car off a bridge. But in Diyarbakir and Ankara celebrations were held with minimal harrasment and much Kurdish song and dance. EU observers attended the Diyarbakir Newruz.
Hakki