Hijacking ends as security forces seize Moscow bound airliner hijacker
In Moscow 155 hostages were freed as security forces stormed an Ilyushin-62 after a hijacker demanded 10 million dollars and safe passage to Switzerland. The man, a 59 year old from Magadan, claimed explosives and was captured with the plane towed to a remote airport area.
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Interior Ministry
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Yakutsk
Komi
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Estonia
Great Britain's oldest woman dies at 114
Britain's oldest woman Lucy Askew, who lived through the reigns of four kings and two queens, died at 114 in a nursing home northeast of London. She never married and remained gentle and deeply faithful, with a brother Frank who died this year after turning 100.
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Naked biker heads to Stockholm club to prove he is unarmed
A naked motorcyclist rode toward the Denvers MC clubhouse in Aesta, Stockholm, to show he carried no weapon while en route to see his former girlfriend. Several motorists alerted police, and officers diverted him, taking him home before he reached the club.
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Global warming pact nears historic final approval
Industrial nations reached a near agreement on a treaty to cut heat trapping gas emissions as talks continued. The deal targets about 6 percent cuts below 1990 levels for 34 industrialized nations starting 2008, with developing countries facing nonbinding targets. Congress faces likely opposition though observers see cautious progress amid a fierce lobbying environment and Senate opposition.
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