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MURSITPINAR, Turkey: Islamic State jihadists met dogged Kurdish resistance in the high-profile Syrian battleground town of Kobane Sunday but they put Iraqi forces under heavy pressure, prompting the first US-led relief drops.<\/p>\n

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