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cuss what Bergdahl is saying while being treated at a U.S. military medical facility in Germany.
• The official says it is difficult to verify the accounts Bergdahl is providing about conditions of his captivity in the hands of the Taliban. He was released a week ago after nearly five years in captivity.
• The New York Times reports Sunday that Bergdahl is not yet emotionally prepared to return to his family.
• His release in exchange for five Taliban militants from Guantanamo Bay has ignited a political firestorm.
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• CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was sworn in on Sunday as president for a four-year term, taking the reins of power in a nation roiled since 2011 by deadly unrest and economic woes.
• El-Sissi's inauguration came less than a year after the 59-year-old career infantry officer ousted the country's first freely elected president, the Islamist Mohammed Morsi, following days of mass protests by Egyptians demanding he step down.
• El-Sissi took the oath of office before the Supreme Constitutional Court at the tribunal's Nile-side headquarters in a suburb south of Cairo, the same venue where Morsi, now on trial for charges that carry the death penalty, was sworn in two years ago.
• Sunday was declared a national holiday and tight security was enforced by the police and military throughout Cairo.
• The somber ceremony was held at a red carpeted hall adorned by Egypt's red, white and black flags and attended by the entire Cabinet of Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab as well as el-Sissi's wife and children.
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• NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan remained hospitalized as state and federal officials continued their investigation of a six-vehicle crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that took the life of a Morgan friend and left two others seriously injured, authorities say.
• Morgan, 45, was in critical condition and his family arrived to be with him after a

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