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Turkish man detained for "smuggling antiquities" out of Egypt

Turkish man detained for "smuggling antiquities" out of Egypt Cairo - Security officials at Cairo's airport on Tuesday detained a Turkish man they said was trying smuggle antiquities out of Egypt, airport authorities said.

A source in the Cairo airport, speaking on to the German News Agency dpa on condition of anonymity, said the man was trying to carry out 27 Coptic Christian artifacts, including three antique bibles, textiles, and old sheets of papyrus bearing paintings of geometric shapes, animals and birds.

Turkey's ruling party loses support but still on top

Turkey's ruling party loses support but still on topAnkara - Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) swept local elections on Sunday but saw its primary vote fall, with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan disappointed at the party losing a number of provinces and failing to win others it had targeted.

With around 99 per cent of the vote counted as of Monday morning, the AKP had registered 39 per cent of the vote, compared to 23.2 per cent for the main opposition Republican People's Party and 16.1 per cent for the Nationalist Movement Party.

2ND LEAD: Six dead, around 100 injured in Turkish election clashes

2ND LEAD: Six dead, around 100 injured in Turkish election clashesAnkara  - Six people were killed and around 100 injured as a number of clashes broke out during Turkey during Sunday's local elections, the CNN-Turk news channel reported.

Fighting was reported at a number of polling booths in eastern and south-eastern Turkey with two deaths reported in Diyarbakir and one each in Sanliurfa, Kayseri, Van and Kars.

1ST LEAD: Four dead, more than 50 injured in Turkish poll violence

1ST LEAD: Four dead, more than 50 injured in Turkish poll violence Ankara  - Four people were killed and more than 50 injured as a number of fights broke out in Turkey during Sunday's local elections, the Dogan news agency reported.

Fighting was reported at a number of polling stations in eastern and south-eastern Turkey with two deaths reported in Diyarbakir province and one each in the provinces of Sanliurfa and Kars.

Two Germans still in coma in Turkey with suspected alcohol poisoning

TurkeyAnkara - Two German tourists were being kept alive by life support machines in a Turkish hospital on Sunday, days after one of their friends died of suspected alcohol poisoning, according to doctors.

"There has been no change in their situation," a doctor from the Andolu Private Hospital in Antalya told the German Press Agency dpa. Four others were still listed as being in a serious condition.

Spanish media celebrate best ever national team

Spain translates Arabic inscriptions at the Alhambra Madrid - The Spanish media was full of praise on Sunday for the country's national football team after the previous day's hard-fought 1-0 defeat of Turkey.

There was agreement across Spain that not only is Vicente del Bosque's side one of the strongest on Planet Football at the moment - but also that it is the best ever national side in the 100-year history of the Spanish federation.

The statistics surrounding "La Seleccion" speak for themselves:

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