Friday, 24 May 2013 08:25
Two men have been arrested after British fighter jets were launched to divert a civilian plane carrying nearly 300 passengers from Pakistan to England after a threat call was made to air traffic control.
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Two men have been arrested after British fighter jets were launched to divert a civilian plane carrying nearly 300 passengers from Pakistan to England after a threat call was made to air traffic control.

Turkey's parliament has backed a controversial bill restricting the consumption and advertising of alcohol in the predominantly Muslim country.

Police in London have arrested a man and a woman in connection with the murder of a British soldier near a military barrack.

The rights of millions of refugees and migrants have been abused in the past year, Amnesty International has said in its annual report on global human rights.

British police are investigating the murder of a soldier who was attacked with a meat cleaver near an army base in South London.

Around 200 people hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze in a Stockholm suburb during the second day of rioting, which was triggered by the fatal police shooting of a man wielding a knife.

About 600 Afghan interpreters who served with British forces fighting the Taliban in southern Afghanistan will be allowed to stay in the UK, the government has said.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah are "propping up" Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and giving him increasing support.

David Cameron, British prime minister, is facing deepening splits within his Conservative Party, with a divisive bill to legalise gay marriage returning to parliament.

At least three people have been killed in back-to-back car bombings in the semi-autonomous Russian republic of Dagestan, Interfax news agency reports citing authorities.
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Woolrich London Killing: Terrorism or False Flag? |
| Stephen Lendman | |
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Bhopal gas disaster - WikiLeaks reveal US role |
| Proloy Bagchi | |
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Educational Apartheid & Social Inequity |
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America's Greatest Challenge |
| Timothy V. Gatto | |
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Murder, Inc. |
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Remembering Perot: Last Chance for Americans against Globalization |
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