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2 arrested, reportedly threatened to "destroy" plane en route to U.K.
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Police and rescue service vehicles, are seen Friday, May 24, 2013, at Stansted Airport, Essex, England, after a Pakistan International Airlines flight bound for Manchester from Lahore, was diverted to Stansted following an incident on board. Comment?
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'Source of all life running out'
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... flight was not to believed to be terror-related - and possibly stemmed from a family row. Passengers disembark from Pakistan International Airlines flight PK709 bound for Manchester from Lahore, Pakistan, after it was diverted to Stansted Airport, ... Comment?
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Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of May 24, 2013
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... House in New Delhi on May 20, 2013. (Adnan Adibi/Courtesy Reuters) 1. Li wraps up first foreign trip to India and Pakistan. Li Keqiang finished his first foreign trip as Chinese premier, where he visited India and Pakistan. The trip came only weeks ... Comment?
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UK-bound plane diverted, two arrested
Britain scrambled fighter jets to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on the outskirts of London and arresting two British passengers who allegedly threatened to destroy the plane. Comment?
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UK-Bound Flight from Pakistan Diverted; Two Men Arrested
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Two passengers aboard a U.K.-bound flight from Pakistan were arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft following an apparent incident over British airspace Friday. Comment?
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Family row spooked flight staff - report
British police arrested two men on a Pakistan International Airlines plane after fighter jets were scrambled to escort it to a London airport on Friday following an "incident". Police said the men were detained on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after the plane, which was carrying 300 passengers from the Pakistani city of Lahore to Manchester ... (more) Comment?
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Men arrested after RAF jet is scrambled to escort Pakistan Airlines...
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... The Ministry of Defence confirmed that the Typhoon jet, from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, escorted the diverted Pakistan International Airlines flight from Manchester to Stansted Airport. The airline had said the decision to divert the flight to ... Comment?
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UPDATED: RAF Coningsby scrambles Typhoon fighter to 'incident on...
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... an RAF Typhoon jet from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire was scrambled to escort a passenger plane travelling from Pakistan to the UK. Officers boarded Pakistan International Airlines flight PK709, which had been bound for Manchester, after it landed ... Comment?
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Terror threat? British jets scramble to intercept commercial airliner out of Pakistan
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... 21, 2008 in Lincolnshire, England. Typhoon jets were scrambled Friday to intercept a commercial airliner out of Pakistan after two men aboard tried to approach the cockpit and were later arrested. LONDON - Britain scrambled fighter jets Friday to ... Comment?
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Two men quizzed on mid-air 'fight'
They were held on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an RAF Typhoon jet was scrambled to escort the plane which was travelling from Pakistan to the UK. Comment?
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Pakistan remains opposed to drones after Obama speech
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... the United States had shifted since the attacks on September 11, 2001. Photo - REUTERS/Larry Downing Islamabad: The Pakistan government Friday repeated its view that US drone strikes in its territory were illegal, after President Barack Obama laid ... Comment?
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Pakistani official says 2 passengers threatened flight to Britain
According to a Pakistani official, two passengers on a flight from Pakistan to England today allegedly threatened to "destroy the plane" after an argument with crew. Comment?
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Three killed by suicide bomber
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... attack in Peshawar, yesterday. The bomber hit the vehicle belonging to Afghan scholar Haji Hayatullah in northwest Pakistan, killing three people, including the cleric's guard and driver. PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber yesterday hit a vehicle belonging ... Comment?
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Sharif faces 100-strong opposit...
... governments. The JUI is an active member of the next ruling coalition in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, led by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). If it opts to join hands with PTI at the federal level, the numbers of the opposition parties will go up. By ... Comment?
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Drone strikes illegal: Pakistan...
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government yesterday repeated its view that US drone strikes in its territory were illegal, after President Barack Obama laid out new guidelines for their use. Comment?
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... "Gunmen opened fire from the nearby mountains on the convoy carrying Nato military vehicles after it entered Pakistan from Afghanistan and killed a driver and and injured one of the helpers," local tribal police official Khan Dad said. ISLAMABAD: ... Comment?
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Leading News Resource of Pakistan
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Rickshaw bombing kills 12 security personnel * 17 others wounded as bomb tears through a truck used by Balochistan Constabulary * Taliban claim responsibility Staff Report QUETTA: As many as 13 people, including 12 Balochistan Constabulary men, were killed and 17 others sustained injuries in an explosion caused by a bomb rigged to a rickshaw and ... (more) Comment?
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Obama's drone speech could improve Pakistan ties
President Barack Obama's decision to impose more restrictive rules governing U.S. drone strikes and his prediction that they will be used less could pave the way for better relations with the new government of key ally Pakistan, officials and analysts said Friday. Comment?
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The World Next Week: Nawaz Sharif Becomes Pakistan's Prime...
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The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the Pakistan's newly elected prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Joe Biden's trip to South America, and Memorial Day Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player is required to play this audio clip. Comment?
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Interview with Code-Pink founder, Medea Benjamin After She 'Heckled' Obama
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... true. I know many examples where it would have been simple to capture people, such as 16-year old Tariq Aziz from Pakistan, who was in the capital city of Islamabad at a public meeting in a public hotel. Instead of capturing him there, he was killed ... Comment?
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