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| Turkish hostages seized in northern Iraq are free - Davutoglu |
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| ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Saturday 49 Turkish hostages seized by Islamic State militants in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in June have been brought safely back to Turkey by the country's intelligence agency. The hostages, including diplomats, soldiers and children, were seized from Turkey's consulate-general in June. Davutoglu said they were being brought to the southern Turkish city of Sanliurfa. (Reporting by Orhan Coskun; Writing by Nick Tattersall; Editing by Paul Tait) |
| Man jumps White House fence, sparks brief evacuation |
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 By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man jumped over the White House fence and ran for several seconds towards the executive mansion on Friday, sparking an evacuation within the complex shortly after President Barack Obama and his daughters departed for the weekend. Journalists and staff were allowed back on to the grounds some time later but a partial lockdown of the northwest side of the building remained in place. Video showed the intruder running across the White House lawn toward the president's residence. A U.S. ...
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| Ex-Phoenix Suns basketball player accused of stealing from Apple store |
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| (Reuters) - Police arrested former Phoenix Suns basketball player Rex Chapman on Friday for allegedly shoplifting more than $14,000 worth of products over several months from an Apple store in Scottsdale, Arizona, authorities said. The Scottsdale Police Department said in a statement that Chapman was identified by multiple employees at the store based on his previous celebrity status as an NBA player. It said Chapman is accused of picking up items and making it appear that he was paying for them through the store's self-checkout service, using an iPhone app. ... |
| North Korea says imprisoned American tried to become 'second Snowden' |
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 By James Pearson SEOUL (Reuters) - An American recently sentenced to six years hard labour by a North Korean court pretended to have secret U.S. information and was deliberately arrested in a bid to become famous and meet U.S. missionary Kenneth Bae in a North Korean prison, state media said on Saturday. Matthew Miller, 25, of Bakersfield, California, had prepared his story in advance and written in a notebook that he was seeking refuge after failing in an attempt to collect information about the U.S. government, state media said. ...
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| Part of White House evacuated; Obama not present -witnesses |
| Friday, September 19, 2014 11:55 PM | |
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By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House staff and reporters were evacuated on Friday night by the Secret Service because an intruder was spotted running on the grounds of the complex shortly after President Barack Obama had left the building, witnesses said. Obama had just left aboard the Marine One helicopter for Camp David, the presidential retreat in nearby Maryland, when armed, uniformed Secret Service personnel ordered the press corps and members of the White House staff to evacuate. There were no further details immediately available. ...
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