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after he was transferred to a hospital inside a Cairo prison to serve his life sentence.
• The official says Mubarak's wife, former first lady Suzanne Mubarak, and her two daughters-in-law were visiting him in prison Sunday morning after rumors circulated that he had died. Mubarak was admitted to the Torah prison after a judge convicted him on June 2 of failing to stop the killings of protesters during last year uprising which forced him out of power.
• The official says Mubarak lives only on liquids and yogurt. The official, who is in the prison, spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media.
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Syrian National Council opposition group elects Kurd as new leader

• BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria's main opposition group in exile, the Syrian National Council, has elected a Kurdish dissident as its new leader at a meeting in Turkey, a council statement said.
• Abdulbaset Sieda, a 56-year-old activist who has been living in exile in Sweden for many years, was

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