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Turkish court blocks access to websites publishing Charlie Hebdo's cover featuring Prophet

A local Turkish court has ordered to block access to pages on websites publishing the Jan. 14 cover of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, featuring the Prophet Muhammad.

The issue is the first since a deadly attack on the magazine?s Paris office claimed the lives of 12 people, including prominent cartoonists.

Turkish court rules for $12,000 compensation for shepherd girl killed by army explosive

A Turkish court has ruled for a compensation of 28,000 Turkish Liras (around $12,000) for the death of Ceylan Önkol, a 12-year-old shepherd girl who was killed while grazing her cattle near her home in Lice, in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, allegedly by an explosive fired by the Turkish Armed Forces in 2009.

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