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Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border, Putin warns of 'serious consequences'

Moscow: Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border on Tuesday, saying the jet had violated its air space, in one of the most serious publicly acknowledged clashes between a NATO member country and Russia for half a century.

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