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Morsi Vows to Honor Int'l Treaties, Says 'Revolution Continues'

Egypt's president-elect Mohammed Morsi on Sunday insisted that the revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak would continue until its goals were met and vowed to honor Egypt’s international treaties, in his first address after being declared the country's next leader.

"The revolution continues, until all its demands are met," he said in a speech broadcast live on state television, hours after the election commission declared him the winner of this month's run-off vote.

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Arab World Welcomes Morsi's Win, Hamas Hails 'Historic Moment'

Arab governments and leaders welcomed on Sunday the election of the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi as Egypt's first president following the ouster of Hosni Mubarak.

But in Israel, which has a 1979 peace treaty with Egypt, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's spokesman, Mark Regev, said his office was "not saying anything at this stage."

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Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi Declared Egypt's President

Muslim Brotherhood member Mohammed Morsi was on Sunday declared the first president of Egypt since a popular uprising ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak, the head of the electoral commission announced.

"The winner of the election for Egyptian president on June 16-17 is Mohammed Morsi Eissa al-Ayat," said Farouq Sultan, the commission's head.

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Tunisia Extradites Gadhafi’s PM Mahmoudi to Libya

Tunisia on Sunday extradited Moammar Gadhafi’s former prime minister to Libya, the government announced, despite protests from his lawyers and rights groups that he faces execution.

Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, who fled to neighboring Tunisia last September shortly after rebel fighters took the capital Tripoli, "was extradited this morning," a spokesman for Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali told Agence France Presse.

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Report: Rescue Teams Locate Turkish Jet's Wreckage

Search and rescue teams have located the wreckage of the Turkish military jet shot down by Syria, CNN-Turk television reported on Sunday without citing a source.

The wreckage has been found at a depth of 1,300 meters, it said, without giving its precise location. The Turkish foreign ministry said it could not confirm the report.

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Turkish Jets Bomb Kurd Positions in Northern Iraq

Turkish warplanes have carried out strikes on suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq, the army said on Sunday.

The general staff said on its website the air strikes had hit "nine targets belonging to the separatist terrorist organization" referring to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), on June 22-24.

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NATO to Meet after Turkey Accuses Syria of Downing Jet in Int’l Airspace

NATO said it will hold an emergency meeting after Ankara on Sunday accused Syria of downing a Turkish jet in international airspace, raising fears that tensions could soar in the tinderbox region.

While admitting that a Turkish F-4 phantom jet briefly strayed into Syrian territory on Friday, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said it was clearly out of it when it was shot down.

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Australian FM: Release of ICC Team in Libya Some Way Off

The release of a legal team held in Libya since a visit to slain leader Moammar Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam more than two weeks ago appears some way off despite "constructive" talks, Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr said Sunday.

Four International Criminal Court (ICC) staff, including Australian lawyer Melinda Taylor and her Lebanese interpreter Helene Assaf, have been held in Zintan since June 7 after travelling there to help prepare Seif al-Islam's defense.

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At Least 63 Killed as Syria Violence Hits New Heights

Violence in Syria killed at least 63 people on Sunday, nearly half of them troops who died in clashes with rebels, as the bloodshed reached new heights, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

At least 16 soldiers were killed in the northern Aleppo province, while one died in an attack on his vehicle in neighboring Idlib province and the rest died in fighting elsewhere in Idlib and in the provinces of Damascus and Deir Ezzor in the east.

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Iran Urges ‘Restraint’ over Syria-Turkey Jet Crisis

Iran has urged Ankara and Damascus to show "restraint" over Syria's shooting down of a Turkish fighter jet, Iranian state media reported on Sunday.

Tehran "asks both sides to show calm and restraint, and hopes that with tact and tolerance and dialogue this issue will be evaluated and through a peaceful resolution, tranquility and stability will be preserved in the region," Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi was quoted as saying.

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