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ISTANBUL AP 鈥?Fifty-two people are still in the hospital four days after suicide bombers attacked Istanbul s Ataturk Airport, killing at least 44 others, the city s governor said Saturday.The governorate said 184 airport victims have been discharged from hospitals so far, including 13 people released Saturday. It said 20 people were still in intensive care.Three militants armed with assault rifles and suicide bombs attacked one of the world s busiest airports on Tuesday night. Althou dunk panda gh no one has claimed responsibility for the attack, Turkish officials say they believe it was the work of the Islamic State group.Turkish authorities have detained at least 24 people in raids in several Istanbul neighborhoods over possible connections to the attack. Seventeen other people were detained in the province of Gaziantep, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid an unannounced visit to the airport on S salomon supercross aturday. He said a prayer in front of a memorial set up for the victims, which features the pictures of airport employees who were killed in the rampage.Prosecutors have established the identity of two of the three airport attack adidas samba ers 鈥?giving their names as Rakim Bulgarov and Vadim Osmanov 鈥?and were trying to identify the third, Anadolu said. Other media reports have given different versions of Osmanov s name.Investigators attentions have reportedly focused on whether a Chechen extremist known to be a top lieutenant in the Islamic State group masterminde
NEW YORK - New York City is expanding its same-sex marriage plans for Sunday so all 823 couples who entered the city s nuptial lottery will have the chance to wed on the first day gay marriage is legal, the mayor s office said Thursday.Initially, city officials had projected that about 2,500 couples might show up at the city clerk s offices hoping to get married on Sunday, but by the time the 48-hour lottery had drawn to a close on Thursday, 823 couples had signed up 151; 59 more than the city had planned to accommodate.City officials decided to adjust their plans so that no one will be turned away, although 74 couples are being asked to move their celebrations from Manhattan to one of the city s other four boroughs, said Marc LaVorgna, a spokesman for Mayor Michael Bloomberg. NYC to hold lottery for first gay we stanley us dding slotsNY Legislature legalizes gay marriageMore than 530 couples had asked for a slot at the city s Manhattan venue, where celebratory crowds and television cameras are expected to gather on Sunday morning. The city clerk s offices will st stanley cup ay open until each couple has been served, but would-be brides and grooms must arrive by 3:45 p.m., LaVorgna said. Once they arrive, couples will be seen by judges who will perform three steps all at once: stanley thermobecher granting a marriage license, granting on a case-by-case basis a waiver of the waiting period and performing a ceremony. Couples who wish to have their ceremony performed elsewh Rqbi Marjan, One-Eyed Afghan Lion, Dies
ISTANBUL AP 鈥?Fifty-two people are still in the hospital four days after suicide bombers attacked Istanbul s Ataturk Airport, killing at least 44 others, the city s governor said Saturday.The governorate said 184 airport victims have been discharged from hospitals so far, including 13 people released Saturday. It said 20 people were still in intensive care.Three militants armed with assault rifles and suicide bombs attacked one of the world s busiest airports on Tuesday night. Althou dunk panda gh no one has claimed responsibility for the attack, Turkish officials say they believe it was the work of the Islamic State group.Turkish authorities have detained at least 24 people in raids in several Istanbul neighborhoods over possible connections to the attack. Seventeen other people were detained in the province of Gaziantep, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid an unannounced visit to the airport on S salomon supercross aturday. He said a prayer in front of a memorial set up for the victims, which features the pictures of airport employees who were killed in the rampage.Prosecutors have established the identity of two of the three airport attack adidas samba ers 鈥?giving their names as Rakim Bulgarov and Vadim Osmanov 鈥?and were trying to identify the third, Anadolu said. Other media reports have given different versions of Osmanov s name.Investigators attentions have reportedly focused on whether a Chechen extremist known to be a top lieutenant in the Islamic State group masterminde
