Turkey Lifts YouTube Ban After Two Days

March 9, 2007

(AP) -- Turkey lifted its ban on YouTube Friday, an official for the country's largest telecommunications firm said, two days after a court ordered the Web site blocked because of videos that allegedly insulted the founder of modern Turkey.

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