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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, July 17

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Three top commanders who were held hostage by the Gulenist coup attempters were saved on July 16, Defense Minister Fikri Isik announced on Saturday night.

"Our commander of air staff, naval staff and the second chief of general staff were saved from the Akinci Base where they were held and are in good condition," Isik told reporters in the capital Ankara, adding that it was early to say that the coup danger was completely over, while urging caution. (Turkey-Coup-Commander)

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ISTANBUL -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday reiterated a call for his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama to hand over the leader of an opposition movement accused of being behind the coup attempt in Turkey.

"Please meet our request if we are strategic partners," Erdogan said in remarks delivered in Istanbul. (Turkey-U.S.-Extradition)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday reiterated the U.S. "unwavering support" for the democratically-elected civilian government of Turkey in the aftermath of a coup attempt.

Obama made the remarks at a White House meeting with his national security and foreign policy advisers, where he received an update on the situation in Turkey, where reportedly at least 194 people were killed and 1,100 others wounded in the military coup attempt on Friday. (U.S. -Turkey-Support)

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KAMPALA -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday pushed a strong message for no new fighting between the two rival army factions in South Sudan.

In a state house statement issued here, Museveni and Ban said despite receiving unconditional support regionally and internationally, President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar have squandered the good will that was so generously given at the birth of the new nation. (UN-Uganda-South Sudan)

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THE HAGUE -- A few hundred Dutch Turks gathered on Saturday in the center of Rotterdam to demonstrate against the military coup attempt in Turkey.

The participants walked from the Wilhelmina Square in procession over the Erasmus Bridge, waving Turkish flags and shouting slogans against the military coup attempt which started on Friday night in Turkey. They also called for Turkish unity. (HAGUE-Turkey-Demonstration) Endi