| Tense scene as Trump supporters meet protesters in Arizona Posted: 22 Aug 2017 06:27 PM PDT  Temperatures and tempers ran hot as President Trump prepared to hold a rally at the Phoenix Convention Center on Tuesday evening.
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| Spain suspect says terror cell planned big attack on monuments Posted: 22 Aug 2017 03:14 PM PDT  A suspected member of the terror cell that unleashed carnage in Spain last week admitted to a judge on Tuesday that the jihadists had planned to hit monuments in an even bigger attack. Mohamed Houli Chemlal, 21, said he knew of the plans two months ago, as he, and three other suspects, appeared in court for the first time since twin attacks killed 15 people and wounded more than 100. The four are the only surviving suspects from what was believed to be a 12-man terror cell that rammed a van into pedestrians on a tourist-packed boulevard in Barcelona on Thursday.
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| Some anchors throw shade at eclipse Posted: 22 Aug 2017 08:14 AM PDT  Monday's total solar eclipse captivated the nation and dominated news coverage, but not every anchor was as delighted, or even interested, as their audience.
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| ExxonMobil: Oil and gas giant ‘misled’ the public about climate change, say Harvard experts Posted: 23 Aug 2017 05:53 AM PDT  Fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil "misled the public" about the risks posed by climate change, an analysis of its public and private announcements on the subject by two Harvard University academics has concluded. While the company's scientists and senior executive largely accepted the scientific consensus that global warming is real and poses significant risks, it spent thousands of dollars on regular advertorials in The New York Times (NYT) and other newspapers, in which it sought to cast doubt on the science. In some cases, the firm, led by the current US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, from 2006 to 2016, even contradicted itself.
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| Violence in Charlottesville leads to soul-searching at ACLU Posted: 23 Aug 2017 03:12 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Faced with an angry backlash for defending white supremacists' right to march in Charlottesville, the American Civil Liberties Union is confronting a feeling among some of its members that was once considered heresy: Maybe some speech isn't worth defending.
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| Firefighters BBQ Sausages Made of Pigs They Rescued From Fire, Then Land in Hot Water Posted: 23 Aug 2017 03:15 PM PDT  The fire department apologized and took down the offending sausage images.
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| Woman Claims 'False Imprisonment' On 'Burning Hot' Plane: 'We Were Melting' Posted: 23 Aug 2017 11:23 AM PDT  "It was burning hot," she said. "We were melting."
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| U.S. Warns Cancun Travelers of Rise in Homicides at Resorts Posted: 23 Aug 2017 10:39 AM PDT  Quintana Roo alone has seen 169 murders this year
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| Trump Attacked McConnell on Russia Probe: NYT Posted: 22 Aug 2017 11:00 AM PDT  Rachel Maddow shares a new report from the New York Times about the strained relationship between Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell and notes that the intensifying Trump Russia investigation may be wearing on Trump.
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| US convict granted stay of execution after new DNA evidence Posted: 22 Aug 2017 12:53 PM PDT  With only hours to spare, the governor of the US state of Missouri on Tuesday halted the execution of a man whose lawyers argued new DNA evidence exonerated him of a 1998 murder. Governor Eric Greitens stayed the execution of Marcellus Williams, 48, who was convicted of fatally stabbing a woman more than 40 times during a robbery at her home in the Midwestern state. Williams was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Tuesday, but the governor ordered the formation of an investigative panel to reconsider the facts of the case.
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| Typhoon Hato hits Hong Kong and southern China Posted: 23 Aug 2017 12:55 PM PDT ![Typhoon Hato hits Hong Kong and southern China]( "Typhoon Hato hits Hong Kong and southern China") Typhoon Hato, a maximum category 10 storm, slammed into Hong Kong, Macau and China's Guangdong province. Thousands of residents along the Chinese coast were evacuated.
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| Mexican soldiers seize 140 pounds of fentanyl at US border Posted: 22 Aug 2017 07:24 AM PDT ![Mexican soldiers seize 140 pounds of fentanyl at US border]( "Mexican soldiers seize 140 pounds of fentanyl at US border") MEXICO CITY (AP) — Soldiers in northern Mexico say they have seized a surprisingly large stash of the powerful opioid fentanyl from a truck near the U.S. border.
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| Timeline: North Korea - Countdown to a standoff Posted: 22 Aug 2017 12:35 PM PDT  (Reuters) - In North Korea's effort to become a nuclear power capable of striking the United States, leader Kim Jong Un has telegraphed what his scientists and weapons experts are achieving. Over the past two years, the country has moved from a fledgling nuclear program to possessing the technology to at least strike the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam. Most Western experts accept that North Korea is close to putting a nuclear warhead on an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that can reach the continental United States, but this has not been independently verified.
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| WATCH: 'Demon Goat' In India Has Human-Like Face Posted: 22 Aug 2017 04:50 PM PDT  The goat's human-like face scared villagers.
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| When is the next total solar eclipse? 2024 'will be even better' Posted: 21 Aug 2017 05:44 PM PDT  The 'Great American Eclipse' captivated millions around the world - it was the most-observed and most-photographed eclipse in history. However, if you misssed it, do not despair: the next eclipse takes place on July 2, 2019 - crossing Chile and Argentina. Great American eclipse, in pictures And Americans won't have to wait long for the next US eclipse - an event that many scientists believe will be even more impressive than Monday's natural wonder. Britons will have to wait somewhat longer. Great American eclipse, in pictures Chile and Argentina are next An eclipse on July 2, 2019 will span a huge arc across the southern Pacific, before crossing South America. The moon is expected to block out the sun for up to 4 minutes and 33 seconds over Chile and Argentina - far longer than Monday's 'Great American Eclipse', which lasted a little more than two minutes in the path of totality. Chile and Argentina also have the good fortune of being under the path of a total eclipse the following year, in 2020. The Second Great American Eclipse Americans will have to wait less than seven years for the next total solar eclipse - an event that scientists predict will top the August 21 2017 event. The path of the total eclipse will travel through Mexico, Texas and up across the highly-populated north-east of the US. The April 8, 2024 eclipse will pass over cities such as Austin, Dallas, Cleveland, New York, and Montreal. It will hit Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, which also witnessed the total eclipse on Monday. The university has branded itself "The Eclipse Crossroads of America". The last total eclipse in the US was 38 years ago. How about the UK? It's a long time before there'll be another total solar eclipse in the UK - 73 years to be precise. There have been just eight total eclipses in Britain across the past five centuries. 1999 was the last one, which was visible in Devon and Cornwall. There won't be another until September 23, 2090. Other notable forthcoming eclipses 2021: Antarctica 2026: the Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, Spain 2027: Morocco, Spain, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia 2028: Australia, New Zealand 2030: Botswana, South Africa, Australia To keep updated, Nasa keeps a record of every solar eclipse that will take place over the next 1,000 years.
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| Donald Trump accused by CNN Don Lemon of lying 'directly to the American people' at Phoenix rally Posted: 23 Aug 2017 03:47 AM PDT  Donald Trump has been accused of lying "directly to the American people" at a rally in Arizona by a CNN anchor. One of those counter protesters, Heather Heyer, 32, was killed when a car drove into a crowd of them. Mr Trump claimed the media had distorted their reporting of his response to the which saw him as he blame "many sides" for the violence and stop short of explicitly condemning the far right.
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| 'Tired of Flesh,' Cannibal Hands Himself In Posted: 22 Aug 2017 05:30 AM PDT  When questioned, he produced parts of a human leg and a hand.
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| Remains of US sailors found on warship that collided off Singapore Posted: 22 Aug 2017 07:19 AM PDT  Divers have found the remains of some of the 10 sailors who went missing when a US destroyer collided with a tanker off Singapore, the navy said Tuesday, the latest deadly accident involving an American warship. The US Navy has announced a fleet-wide global investigation after the incident Monday involving the USS John S. McCain and the merchant vessel, which left a gaping gash in the destroyer's hull.
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| Navy dismisses 7th Fleet commander after warship accidents Posted: 23 Aug 2017 08:22 AM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. Navy dismissed the commander of the Asia-based 7th Fleet on Wednesday after a series of warship accidents raised questions about its operations in the Pacific.
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| Fleeing Maduro critic says Venezuela now lawless Posted: 23 Aug 2017 01:12 PM PDT  Brasília (AFP) - Venezuela's fugitive former top prosecutor resurfaced in Brazil on Wednesday claiming to possess "a lot" of proof of President Nicolas Maduro's corruption and warning that her life remains in danger. Days after a dramatic escape from chaotic Venezuela, Luisa Ortega, 59, turned up the heat on Maduro, who has asked Interpol to issue a "red notice" warrant for the arrest of his critic. Ortega -- speaking at a crime-fighting conference in the Brazilian capital with representatives from the Latin American regional trading alliance Mercosur -- said Maduro enriched himself in a massive corruption scheme uncovered at Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht.
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| As Syria war tightens, U.S. and Russia military hotlines humming Posted: 23 Aug 2017 05:00 PM PDT  By Phil Stewart AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar (Reuters) - Even as tensions between the United States and Russia fester, there is one surprising place where their military-to-military contacts are quietly weathering the storm: Syria. It has been four months since U.S. President Donald Trump ordered cruise missile strikes against a Syrian airfield after an alleged chemical weapons attack. In June, the U.S. military shot down a Syrian fighter aircraft, the first U.S. downing of a manned jet since 1999, and also shot down two Iranian-made drones that threatened U.S.-led coalition forces.
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| Charlottesville Shrouds Its Confederate Statues In Black To Mourn Heather Heyer Posted: 23 Aug 2017 12:22 PM PDT  The city of Charlottesville, Virginia, began draping its Confederate monuments in large black fabric on Wednesday to honor the woman killed while counter-protesting a white nationalist rally in the city earlier this month. The city covered the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Wednesday afternoon along with the statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson at another nearby park.
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| Priest urges haters to repent; reveals his Ku Klux Klan past Posted: 22 Aug 2017 01:41 PM PDT  McLEAN, Va. (AP) — Forty years ago he was a Ku Klux Klan "wizard," burning crosses on black families' lawns. Now, after decades as a Catholic priest, he's coming forward about his past.
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| NASA releases stunning image of the total solar eclipse from space Posted: 23 Aug 2017 02:46 PM PDT  NASA offered extensive coverage of the August 21 total solar eclipse and the space agency isn't done sharing.
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| Father, Son Arrested for Dark Web Drug Trafficking Posted: 23 Aug 2017 09:27 AM PDT  "He got his son, Philip Luciano, involved," states a federal court complaint. "Philip was the one who knew how to use the dark web: Philip set up their account on the dark web and handled the transactions."
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| Confederate flags in NYC window met with rocks, suit, tarp Posted: 22 Aug 2017 09:00 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The Confederate flags had been in a Manhattan apartment's windows for over a year. And then, in a matter of days last week, they were met with hurled rocks, a punched-out window, a tarp hung over them and legal action.
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| China defends ally Pakistan after Trump criticism Posted: 22 Aug 2017 01:14 AM PDT  China defended its ally Pakistan on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States could no longer be silent about Pakistan's "safe havens" for militants and warned it had much to lose by continuing to "harbor terrorists". Trump on Monday committed the United States to an open-ended conflict in Afghanistan, signaling he would dispatch more troops to America's longest war and vowing "a fight to win".
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| IS claims beheading of 11 at Libya checkpoint Posted: 23 Aug 2017 09:37 AM PDT  At least 11 people were beheaded Wednesday in an attack claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group on a checkpoint manned by forces of Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar. Haftar's spokesman Colonel Ahmad al-Mesmari said "at least nine soldiers were beheaded... in addition to two civilians" when the jihadists attacked at dawn in the Al-Jufra region about 500 kilometres (300 miles) south of Tripoli. IS claimed responsibility for the attack via its Amaq propaganda channel on the Telegram messaging app, saying its fighters had killed or wounded "21 members of Haftar's militia".
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| Woman Lost In Woods For Month Was High On Meth, Police Say Posted: 23 Aug 2017 10:02 AM PDT  "Me, personally, I think she was on meth," said Bullock County Sherrif Raymond Rodgers.
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| Democrats Nix Idea Of Trading Dreamers' Protections For Border Wall, More Deportations Posted: 22 Aug 2017 12:11 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Democrats on Capitol Hill said Tuesday they won't allow President Donald Trump to use undocumented young people as leverage to get support from the lawmakers for building a border wall, locking up more immigrants and cutting legal immigration.
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| Boy, 14, arrested in Saudi for 'improper public behaviour' by dancing to Macarena in street Posted: 23 Aug 2017 12:25 AM PDT  A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in the Saudi city of Jeddah for dancing to the Macarena song in a street. The boy was accused of "improper public behaviour" for enjoying the 1990s pop hit as he crossed a road. Jeddah boy dancing in the middle of Tahlia Street is the hero we need pic.twitter.com/fui9v2UuDF— Ahmed Al Omran (@ahmed) August 19, 2017 Mecca police said the unnamed boy also disrupted traffic. It was unclear if he was going to be formally charged. In a 45-second video clip, shared widely on social media, the boy stops halfway across the road and starts the well-known dance routine. The footage was first posted last year, but his arrest was reported on Monday. Some said the boy was a "legend" and "hero", while others apparently agreed with the Saudi authorities, stating that he behaviour was "immoral". That's the kind of son I wanna have ������ https://t.co/iCDJ8Kyfdk— Sahira Nahari (@sahiranahari) August 22, 2017 I love him https://t.co/Joa5BHdkvJ— آيمي روكو (@AmyRoko) August 22, 2017 Earlier this month, a singer was arrested in the religiously conservative Islamic kingdom for using the 'dab' move in an onstage dance. Abdallah al-Shahani performed the dance at a music festival in the city of Taif in southwestern Saudi Arabia. The dance had been banned in the Kingdom by the National Committee for Drug Control, on the grounds that it advocated or encouraged drug abuse, according to Saudi media. A young woman was arrested last month after footage emerged of her wearing a miniskirt and crop top at an archaeological site. The woman is being questioned after footage emerged of her walking through a fort The unnamed woman was detained by Saudi Arabia's vice and virtue police on charges of wearing "indecent clothing". لو كانت اجنبية كان تغزلوا بجمال خصرها وفتنتة عيناها .. بس لانها سعودية يطلبوا محاكمتها ! #مطلوب_محاكمة_مودل_خلود pic.twitter.com/ttYqynySN2— فاطمة العيسى (@50BM_) July 16, 2017
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| Doctors Bombarded by Calls From Those Who Believe They Suffered Eye Damage During Eclipse Posted: 22 Aug 2017 03:06 PM PDT  While most sky watchers have nothing to worry about, a few people may have suffered serious eye damage.
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| President's spiritual adviser: When you oppose Trump, you are 'fighting against the hand of God' Posted: 23 Aug 2017 01:28 PM PDT  Paula White, a televangelist and spiritual adviser to Donald Trump, appeared on television Tuesday to defend the president amid recent controversy using an unlikely Biblical comparison.
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| Panera's New Cups Show You How Much Sugar You're Drinking, And It's Terrifying Posted: 23 Aug 2017 03:00 PM PDT  These facts aren't so sweet.
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| Sheriff: 2 elderly couples in NC killed while playing cards Posted: 22 Aug 2017 12:10 PM PDT ![Sheriff: 2 elderly couples in NC killed while playing cards]( "Sheriff: 2 elderly couples in NC killed while playing cards") ENFIELD, N.C. (AP) — Four elderly North Carolina people found shot to death after an apparent home invasion were killed while they played cards, a sheriff said Tuesday.
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| U.S. erred in declining protections for remote grizzly bears: judge Posted: 23 Aug 2017 04:08 PM PDT  By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - U.S. wildlife managers erred when they declined to list as endangered a small population of grizzly bears in the remote reaches of Idaho and northwest Montana, a federal judge has ruled in what conservationists on Wednesday hailed as a huge victory. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2014 determined the fewer than 50 grizzlies that roam the Cabinet Mountains and Yaak River drainage in the Northern Rockies were not in danger of extinction and did not warrant re-classifying as endangered or threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act.
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| Iraqi forces advance towards heart of IS-held bastion Posted: 23 Aug 2017 10:29 AM PDT  Iraqi forces Wednesday recaptured several districts and advanced towards the centre of Tal Afar, one of the Islamic State group's last strongholds in the country, as aid workers braced for an exodus of civilians fleeing the fighting. Six weeks after routing the jihadists from Iraq's second city Mosul, Iraqi forces launched an assault Sunday on Tal Afar, where an estimated 1,000 jihadists are holed up.
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| California cities fear violence at latest right-wing protests Posted: 23 Aug 2017 02:49 PM PDT  Seeking to prevent a pair of right-wing weekend rallies from spiralling into violence, Bay Area authorities are vowing a bolstered police presence and urging counter-protestors to stay away as federal officials rebuffed a high-profile attempt to halt a San Francisco rally. While organisers of the events in Berkeley and San Francisco have disavowed racism and violence, elected officials and police officers are on high alert after a car rammed into a a crowd of counter-protesters against a white supremacist march in Charlottesville, Virginia two weekends ago. Ahead of a scheduled "No Marxism in America", rally in Berkeley, posters announcing "Nazis are coming" have appeared around town, a message promoted by the Berkeley branch of an anti-fascist group - called Antifa for short - that has battled with white supremacists in the past.
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| The Latest: Trump says US will 'probably' end NAFTA Posted: 22 Aug 2017 08:56 PM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's visit to Arizona (all times PDT):
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| 800-Year-Old Coffin Breaks After Some Genius Tries To Put A Kid Inside It Posted: 23 Aug 2017 02:44 PM PDT  An 800-year-old coffin was smashed to the floor of a U.K. museum last week after someone reportedly tried to put a child inside it for a photo.
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| The ISS delivers a view of the solar eclipse you just have to see Posted: 22 Aug 2017 10:53 AM PDT  Now that all the eclipse hype has died down you probably think it's time to move on with your boring old non-eclipse life and get back to business. Nope! Now that the celestial event has wrapped up we get to gawk at all the awesome photos taken from all over North America, and even some particularly fantastic shots from the International Space Station. Obviously, viewing the eclipse from space is tricky business. When you're on the ground, all you have to do is look skyward and, assuming you're within an area that the moon's shadow will hit, you'll see what all the fuss is about. For astronauts aboard the ISS, location is equally important, and while the space station's position wasn't ideal for eclipse viewing, the crew still managed to snap some great photos.  That big dark spot is (obviously) the shadow of the moon moving across Earth, blocking out the sun for anyone in its path. The extremely dark center is the spot of totality, where the eclipse is best viewed, while the lighter shadows are experiencing a partial eclipse. It's a great shot, but it actually pales in comparison to the photo captured way back in 1999 from Russia's Mir space station during an eclipse:  The Mir happened to be in the perfect position to capture this glorious shot of the "bruised" Earth, and while the ISS wasn't able to snag quite as nice of a photo, it's still a really cool shot anyway. The next total solar eclipse is slated to occur on July 2nd, 2019. Its path will take it across a huge chunk of the Pacific Ocean as well as a slice of South America, so the ISS will have another opportunity to capture eclipse gold very shortly.
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| Christina El Moussa Swears By These Healthy Brownies Posted: 22 Aug 2017 07:44 AM PDT  "I seriously had them, like, every single day for four months."
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| British tourist held in Turkish prison after being arrested at airport with coins he found while snorkelling Posted: 23 Aug 2017 01:39 AM PDT  A British father was arrested in front of his family at a Turkish airport after trying to bring home 13 historic bronze coins he found while snorkelling on holiday. Toby Robyns, 52, was arrested at Bodrun airport on Turkey's Aegean coast and could face up to five years in prison if convicted of trying to take artifacts out of the country. Mr Robyns, an ambulance driver from Southwick, West Sussex, told police he had no idea it was against the law to take the coins. "We were on a daily tour. When our boat stopped I took my goggles and dove into the water. There were broken ceramics in the sea. When I cleaned the sand off with my hand I saw the coins. I never thought that carrying them would be a crime," he said, according to a Turkish police statement. Gold coins found on the ocean floor in Turkey by divers. File picture Credit: Rex Features Police said the coins were 800 years old and were found when Mr Robyns put his luggage through an X-ray machine at the airport. Mr Robyns' wife, Heidi, and two young sons returned to the UK while he was reportedly taken to a prison in Milas, around 30 miles away. Mrs Robyns declined to comment when reached at the family home near Brighton. The family had been on a two-week summer holiday in Bodrun Mr Robyns has not been charged with a crime but is likely to be held in prison until prosecutors make a decision. Turkey's judicial system is on an August break, meaning that Mr Robyns could face several weeks in prison before any decision is made. He appeared before a magistrate's court the day after his arrest but will need to appear before a higher court if he is charged. He could face between three and five years in prison if convicted of smuggling historical artifacts, according to the BirGun newspaper. Milas Prison in Turkey, where Toby Robyns is being held Credit: Google Street View Mr Robyns was snorkelling near the island of Yassi Ada off of Bodrun. The island is sometimes called "a ship's graveyard" because of the number of wrecks that litter the waters around it. Of the dozens of sunken ships the most famous is a 4th century Roman wreck that ran into a reef near the island. Jugs, dishes and lamps were all found onboard. The area was rocked by a 5.3 magnitude earthquake on August 8 and it is possible that the coins found in shallow waters by Mr Robyns had been dislodged the tremors. The Foreign Office said it was helping in the case. "We are assisting a British man following his arrest in Bodrum, and remain in contact with his family and the Turkish authorities." Tim Loughton, the MP for East Worthing & Shoreham he was "helping with the case of Toby Robyns and liaising with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office". James Stoneham, a family friend, told The Sun: "They are accusing him of taking Turkish artefacts which he was obviously unaware of. "It was a huge shock for everybody. This was harmless fun on a holiday you've enjoyed — and now he has been put in prison. He's going to have to be held for possibly a month." Mr Stoneham added: "He found a number of coins among the rocks and sand. When he went to get his flight home they dragged him off and searched his hand luggage."
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