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| EgyptAir plane hijacked to Cyprus, most passengers freed | |  By Yiannis Kourtoglou and Nadia El Gowely LARNACA, Cyprus/CAIRO (Reuters) - An EgyptAir plane flying from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus on Tuesday by a man Cypriot state media said was demanding the release of women prisoners in Egypt. After the aircraft landed at Larnaca airport, the hijacker released everyone onboard except three passengers and four crew following negotiations, Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Fathy said. Eighty-one people, including 21 foreigners and 15 crew, had been onboard the Airbus 320, Egypt's Civil Aviation Ministry said in a statement.
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| EgyptAir hijacker asking for release of prisoners in Egypt - Cyprus media | |  CAIRO (Reuters) - The hijacker of an EgyptAir airplane that was diverted to Cyprus on Tuesday has asked for the release of female prisoners in Egypt, the Cyprus state broadcaster reported. All but seven people on board the aircraft, which was traveling from Alexandria to Cairo, have been released. The pilot had reported that the hijacker was strapped with explosives, but Egyptian authorities have not confirmed this. (Reporting by Michele Kambas, Writing by Michael Georgy, Editing by Angus MacSwan)
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| Cyprus foreign ministry names hijacker as Seif Eldin Mustafa | |  REUTERS - Cyprus' foreign ministry on Tuesday identified the hijacker of an EgyptAir flight forced to land in Cyprus as Seif Eldin Mustafa in a tweet. It did not provide further details. "The situation is still ongoing," it said. Earlier, two Cypriot broadcasters reported the hijacker had dropped a letter on the apron of Larnaca airport that appeared to be demanding the release of prisoners in Egypt. Eygptian state media had earlier identified the hijacker as a different man. (Reporting By Michele Kambas; editing by John Stonestreet)
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| Japan public divided as laws easing limits on military take effect | |  By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - Laws loosening the limits of Japan's pacifist constitution on its military took effect on Tuesday as surveys showed the public remained divided over a change that allows Japanese troops to fight overseas for the first time since World War Two. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said the security legislation, the biggest change in Japan's defence policy since the creation of its military in 1954, is vital to meet new challenges including a rising China. Critics say the changes, which triggered demonstrations ahead of their enactment last September, violate the pacifist constitution and increase the risk of involvement in foreign wars.
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| Released Brussels suspect had alibi - lawyer | | | The Brussels bombings suspect charged with terrorist murder, but then released on Monday, had a credible alibi and was definitely not the 'man in the hat' captured by security cameras at the airport before the blasts, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Olivier Martins said there was no forensic evidence tying his client, Faycal Cheffou, to the scene, and said he had been charged on the basis of testimony by a taxi driver, who drove the suspected bombers to the airport. Cheffou was released four days after being detained near the prosecutor's office in Brussels. |
| Turkey's Erdogan says will meet Obama at summit this week | |  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he would meet U.S. President Barack Obama at a nuclear summit in Washington this week, amid differences over Syria and Turkey's domestic policy direction. Erdogan will be among more than 50 world leaders at the Nuclear Security Summit on Thursday and Friday. There has been intense speculation in the Turkish media as to whether he would meet Obama, with some suggesting a failure to do so would be a deliberate U.S. snub.
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| Egypt says seven people remain on hijacked plane | |  Egypt's Civil Aviation Minister said seven people including three passengers remained on board an EgyptAir plane that was hijacked and diverted to Cyprus on Tuesday. The hijacker had not made any concrete demands so far, said Sherif Fathy, who declined to give the nationalities of the passengers still on the plane. Egypt is sending a plane to Cyprus to pick up stranded passengers, some of whom had been traveling from Alexandria to Cairo for connecting flights abroad.
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| Belgian federal parliament takes additional security measures - spokeswoman | |  Belgium's federal parliament took additional security measures but kept its threat level at three on a four tier scale, a spokeswoman said, denying reports that the threat level for the institution had been officially raised. "We have been told to take additional security measures, above ground as well as below ground," a spokeswoman said, adding the threat level for the building remained at three. Belgium lowered the alert level for the whole country to three last week after a series of arrests of suspects following the March 22 bomb attacks in Brussels.
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| Children in Yemen bear brunt of brutal war - UNICEF | |  A UNICEF report also said all sides in the war had "exponentially increased" the dragooning of child soldiers, with 848 documented cases - including boys as young as 10 - forced to fight. Tensions appear to be easing between the Iran-allied Houthis, who control most of northern Yemen, and Saudi-led forces after a year of war, over 6,200 deaths and a humanitarian crisis in the Arab world's poorest country. "On average, at least six children have been killed or injured every day," said the report "Childhood on the Brink".
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| Myanmar lifts state of emergency in conflict-torn Rakhine state | |  Myanmar President Thein Sein, in a surprise move hours before leaving office, lifted a state of emergency in the restive western state of Rakhine, imposed after clashes between Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims in 2012. Thein Sein announced the move in state media on Tuesday, a day before a president from Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) will be sworn in at an official handover, after the NLD won the Nov. 8 election by a landslide.
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| More passengers released from hijacked Egyptair plane | |  Four to five more passengers were seen leaving an Egyptair plane hijacked and diverted to Larnaca airport in Cyprus on Tuesday, Cypriot state media said. Earlier, Egyptair reported four foreign passengers and seven-member crew had been left onboard after about 49 people were released. Citing security sources, Cypriot state media reported that the motives of the hijacker appeared personal, and had asked to contact his ex wife, who lives in Cyprus.
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| All in good time: draft Thai charter handed over ahead of August vote | |  Thailand's junta-appointed charter committee handed over a draft constitution to the military government at an auspicious time on Tuesday, the last step before it is put to a vote in August, something that could speed up Thailand's return to democracy. Number nine in Thai is pronounced "gao" which sounds like the word for "advance".
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| EU puts Britons at risk from dangerous criminals, 'Out' campaigners say | |  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union puts British families at risk by allowing the free movement of dangerous criminals, campaigners who want Britain to leave the bloc said on Tuesday, an argument dismissed as "scaremongering of the worst kind" by EU supporters. Polls show that concerns about migration and border controls are likely to play a big role in how Britons will vote in a referendum on June 23 on Britain's EU membership. The Vote Leave campaign, one of the groups pushing for an exit, compiled a dossier listing people who it described as the 50 most dangerous citizens from EU countries in Britain and who committed offences including murder and rape in the country.
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| Ukraine parliament approves resignation of chief prosecutor | |  KIEV (Reuters) - The Ukrainian parliament approved on Tuesday the resignation of General Prosecutor Viktor Shokin, an official seen by the Ukraine's Western backers as an obstacle to tackling corruption. The United States has repeatedly called for top-to-bottom reform of the general prosecutor's office, which anti-graft campaigners have said plays a key role in protecting vested interests and allowing corrupt practices to flourish. The motion to approve his resignation passed with 289 votes, comfortably over the 226 required. ...
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| EgyptAir hijacker may have personal motives - Cyprus broadcaster | | | Cyprus broadcasting (CYBC) reported that the hijacker of an EgyptAir plane that was forced to land in Cyprus on Tuesday may have personal motives. The hijacker had an ex-wife in Cyprus, CYBC said. Witnesses said the hijacker threw a letter on the apron of the airport in Larnaca, written in Arabic, asking that it be delivered to his ex-wife, who is Cypriot. |
| Tymoshenko's Fatherland Party won't join Ukraine coalition unless conditions met | |  The head of Ukraine' Fatherland Party, Yulia Tymoshenko, said on Tuesday that her party had up to 15 conditions that needed to be met before a coalition could be formed. "If we want to save this parliament ...then we have to outline together 10-15 categorical conditions that must be met before the formation of any coalition," she said in parliament. Late on Monday Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk's party said it had agreed to form a new alliance with Fatherland and Ukraine's biggest faction, belonging to President Petro Poroshenko.
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| EgyptAir says only crew and four foreigners remain on hijacked plane | | | CAIRO (Reuters) - EgyptAir said in a statement on Tuesday that only crew and four foreigners remained on a hijacked Egyptian plane that was forced to divert to Cyprus. It had said in a previous statement that the number of foreigners remaining on the aircraft was five. (Reporting by Mostafa Hashem Writing by Lin Noueihed; Editing by Mark Potter) |
| EgyptAir says all passengers freed except five foreigners, crew | | | EgyptAir said negotiations had resulted in the release of all passengers on the hijacked Egyptian plane except for five foreigners and the crew. "The negotiations with the hijacker have resulted in the release of all the plane passengers with the exception of the crew and five foreigners," the airline said in a statement. |
| About 30 to 40 passengers of hijacked EgyptAir plane freed - Cyprus media | | | ATHENS (Reuters) - About 30 to 40 passengers onboard a hijacked EgyptAir plane that was forced to land in Cyprus were released, Cyprus state media reported on Tuesday. Earlier, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation reported that 55 passengers were on board and a crew of seven. (Reporting by Michele Kambas; Editing by Angus MacSwan) |
| Some passengers of hijacked EgyptAir plane being released - Cyprus broadcaster | | | ATHENS (Reuters) - A number of passengers onboard a hijacked EgyptAir airliner which was forced to land in Cyprus on Tuesday were being freed, Cyprus broadcaster CYBC reported. The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation earlier reported that 55 passengers were on board and a crew of seven. (Reporting by Michele Kambas; Editing by Angus MacSwan) |
| Pilot of hijacked Egyptair plane was threatened by a passenger with suicide belt - ministry | | | A passenger with a suicide belt threatened the pilot of a hijacked EgyptAir plane that was diverted to Cyprus on Tuesday, the Civil Aviation Ministry said. In a statement, the ministry said pilot Omar al-Gammal had informed authorities that he was threatened by a passenger who possessed a suicide belt and forced him to land in Larnaca. |
| EgyptAir hijacker strapped with explosives - Cyprus broadcaster | | | ATHENS (Reuters) - The hijacker who forced an EgyptAir flight heading to Cairo from Alexandria to land in Cyprus is thought to be strapped with explosives, Cyprus broadcaster CYBC said on Tuesday. The airplane was parked at an apron at Larnaca airport. The hijacker asked police to back away from the aircraft, the broadcaster said. (Reporting by Michele Kambas; Editing by Angus MacSwan) |
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