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Turkey wants the United States to speed up procedures for extraditing U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, the man Turkey accuses of orchestrating last month’s violent coup attempt, the country’s prime minister said Saturday.
The march in the rebel-held capital, Sanaa, was in support of a new combined governing council the rebels and Saleh announced late last month, but which was immediately rejected by the internationally recognized government and the United Nations.
Yemen’s war pits troops loyal to the government, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, against the Shiite rebels and Saleh loyalists.
China and Myanmar said Saturday that they have pledged to forge closer ties as “blood brothers,” as Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi prepared to wrap up a visit to Beijing, her first diplomatic trip since taking power in March.
The neighboring countries also said in a joint statement that they would strengthen trade and cooperation on issues along the border, where fighting between Myanmar government forces and rebels have occasionally spilled over.
Afghan security forces are currently battling the Taliban in at least 15 of the country’s 34 provinces, according to the Defense Ministry.
Prosecutor Hilda Pineda said Lopez Alonzo was a truck driver for the Guatemalan army unit that carried out the killings.