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Authorities are investigating an alleged plot to assassinate Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, in Istanbul on May 29, the anniversary of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in 1453. One suspect has been detained and two others are being sought. PKK militants have begun withdrawing from Turkish soil to Iraq, but Iraq said it "does not accept the entrance of armed groups into its territory."