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UK fighters escort Pakistan plane to airport, 2 arrests
LONDON, May 24 — British fighter jets escorted a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane to Stansted Airport near London today, where police went on board and arrested two men on suspicion of endangering an aircraft.
Passengers were leaving the plane and no one was hurt in the incident, a spokesman for the airport said.
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Rita Green carries a plastic bin of recovered items in Moore, Oklahoma, May 23, 2013, as she helps a friend salvage belongings after her uncle’s home was almost destroyed by a tornado. — Reuters
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