Soldiers suspected of hotel attack caught

ISTANBUL • Turkey has arrested 11 fugitive soldiers suspected of being involved in an attack on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's hotel during the night of a failed coup, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus has said.

Mr Erdogan was in the resort of Marmaris on July 15 but dashed to Istanbul before the hotel came under attack.

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Aboriginal leader to co-lead abuse probe

SYDNEY • An Australian Aboriginal leader was appointed to investigate the abuse of teenagers at a detention centre after the judge named to lead the inquiry resigned, saying he lacked the confidence of the indigenous community.

Attorney-General George Brandis yesterday said two royal commissioners would now head the inquiry - one of them is Mr Mick Gooda, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner on the government's Human Rights Commission.

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Nigerian behind $80m online fraud arrested

LAGOS • A Nigerian behind an online fraud network which engineered scams worth more than US$60 million (S$80 million) has been arrested , Interpol said yesterday.

The suspect ran a network which used malware and carried out the fraud. He also had money laundering contacts in China, Europe and the US.

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