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                       Turkey Detains 9 in Twin Bombings

   Turkey`s deputy prime minister says nine people have been detained for
   twin car bombings Saturday that killed at least 43 people.
   Besir Atalay told reporters Sunday that the nine are being questioned
   about the attack, and that there have been some confessions. Reuters
   news agency says all are Turkish citizens.
   Earlier Sunday, Syria`s information minister said Damascus is not
   responsible for bombings Saturday that killed scores of people and
   wounded more than 100 others in the Turkish town of Reyhanli, near the
   Syrian border.
   Omran al-Zoubi said in a news conference that "no one has the right to
   make false accusations." He said flatly that the bombings were not the
   work of the Syrian government.
   On Saturday, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu blamed the
   bombings in Hatay province on Syria, and said Turkey has the right to
   "take every kind of measure" in response.
   No one claimed responsibility for the bombings. But Turkish Deputy
   Prime Minister Bulent Arinsaid called the government of Syrian
   President Bashar al-Assad "the usual suspect."
   Hatay province hosts a large number of Syrian refugees from the civil
   war. Arinsaid says they have become targets for the government in
   Damascus.
   U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the bombings were "awful" news
   and that the United States stands with Turkey.
   U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned the attacks and said no
   cause or grievance ever justifies targeting civilians.
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