Two men who tried to hijack a Turkish plane have surrendered after all 136 passengers and crew escaped unharmed.

From the plane to …midnight express!!!

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has revealed he was the guest of two wealthy families at a villa in the US where he has just spent a holiday. The 44,000-euro (£29,800) rent on the luxury villa, near Boston, was paid by the Cromback and Agostinelli families, Mr Sarkozy told French paper Le Monde.

He’s a good employee and should be awarded!!!

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At least 31 members of the Ethiopian opposition charged with post-election violence in 2005 are pardoned.

Till the next time!!!

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Southern African leaders are putting no public pressure on Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to solve his country's dire political and economic crises.

They missed Idir Amin!!! They did the same with him till they found out his cannibal habits and then it was …I didn’t know!!!

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The man who ruled Rwanda until his overthrow in 1959, King Kigeli Ndahindurwa V, says he wants to return home for the first time in 48 years.

I bet he has Alzheimer otherwise there is no excuse for him forgetting. Let’s hope that Rwanda people didn’t forget!

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The international aid group, Care, has rejected a donation of $45m (£22.7m) from the United States government. Care criticised the way US food aid is distributed, saying it harms local farmers, especially in Africa. It said wheat donated by the US government and distributed by charities introduced low prices that local farmers are unable to compete with.

Africans prefer healthy food instead of hamburgers and greasy chips.

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White House press secretary Tony Snow announces that he will leave the job before President Bush's end of term.

The mice leave first the sinking boat!

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Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani has said he is not in favour of the creation of a Palestinian state, contradicting current US policy. In an essay, he said it was not in the US interest to help create a state that, he said, would support terrorism.

He won the Jews lobby votes and lost …everybody else!!!

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At least 99 American soldiers killed themselves last year, the US army's highest suicide rate in 26 years, according to a new report.

George …go home!!!

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Officials from Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) have denounced reported US plans to designate the force as a foreign terrorist unit as "worthless". But an unnamed Iranian foreign ministry official said it was too early to comment officially because Tehran had not been told about the possible move.

Isn’t it the Tehran state in the list as well?

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Iran has arrested two Chinese nationals for allegedly spying on military and nuclear facilities.

There is a real party down there with 007, 006, 005 and 000 as guest stars!!!

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The Foreign Office is advising against all non-essential travel to Jamaica because of Hurricane Dean, which has claimed three lives in the Caribbean.

No reggae this summer!!!

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Exactly 25 years ago the world's first compact disc was produced at a Philips factory in Germany, sparking a global music revolution.

And …what’s next?

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A British woman who claims she is the mother of Michael Jackson's children has been denied a role in the custody settlement, AP news agency reports.

Fine, the kid might have been hers but …who is the father?

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No news from Berlusconi!

Should I worry? Where is the European clown or he has been overshadowed by Sarkozy?

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A 70-year-old granddad who skates around a Lancashire town at midnight has become an internet celebrity.

Rock and roll granddad!!!

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