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Northwest Airlines Flight 253 plane
US probes flight 'terror attack'
A Nigerian with alleged al-Qaeda links is questioned after an attempted "act of terrorism" on a plane arriving in the US.
Home of 'UK student' searched
'Smoke and screams' on board
Passengers describe incident

Security forces and protesters 'clash in Tehran'
Iranian security forces and opposition activists have clashed in the centre of Tehran, reformist websites and witnesses say.
Fifth anniversary of Indian Ocean tsunami marked
Countries across the Indian Ocean mark five years since the catastrophic tsunami that killed almost 250,000 people.

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ENTERTAINMENT

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HEALTH

US Senate passes key health bill

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AFRICA

UN action shameful, says Eritrea

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AMERICAS

US condemns Taliban soldier video

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ASIA-PACIFIC

Anger over jailed China dissident

Death row clemency plea to China

EUROPE

Vatican admits pontiff vulnerable

Eurostar 'ignored safety rules'

MIDDLE EAST

Bin Laden's daughter 'is in Iran'

Dozens killed in Yemen air strike

SOUTH ASIA

Afghan suicide bomb kills eight

Violence marks India new state strike

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Police search at a mansion block in London as part of the inquiry into an attempted act of terrorism on a US jet.

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British officials are to visit Briton Akmal Shaikh, who is to be executed in China next week for drugs smuggling.

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