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Syrian national security chief dies from bombing wounds

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 03:08 AM PDT

National TV says Gen. Hisham Ikhtiyar is the fourth member of President Bashar Assad's inner circle to die from Wednesday's rebel attack on security headquarters in the capital.

DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syrian TV said Friday that the country's national security chief has died of wounds suffered in a bombing carried out by rebels here in the capital.

Omar Suleiman dies at 76; former head of Egyptian intelligence

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 08:56 PM PDT

Omar Suleiman epitomized Egypt's repressive police state under President Hosni Mubarak. He was hastily named vice president in the final days of Mubarak's rule.

CAIRO — Omar Suleiman, Egypt's former spymaster and a confidant of deposed leader Hosni Mubarak, died Thursday in a U.S. hospital, months after his unsuccessful presidential bid to restore the old guard to power after a national revolution, state media reported. He was 76.