Thursday, September 10, 2009 MEXICO CITY: Some of the passengers from a hijacked Aero Mexico flight were seen leaving the plane Wednesday, witnesses said. Passengers have been freed from a hijacked airplane in Mexico City, but the crew remains aboard. Passenger Adriana Romero told media that all passengers have been released unharmed from the Cancun-to-Mexico City flight, Aero Mexico Flight 576, but the crew is still being held hostage. The airplane is sitting on the runway at Mexico City's international airport. The airport remains open. Mexican news media report the hijackers are three Bolivian citizens who are demanding to talk with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, though Romero says she saw only one hijacker.Mexican network TV says the plane was carrying 104 passengers. Mexican television shows police leading at least 5 handcuffed men from hijacked jetliner.
BEIRUT: Thousands of people converged Saturday on central Beirut to mark the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Lebanese former premier Rafiq Hariri.Waving Lebanese flags and carrying pictures of the slain leader, men, women and children gathered under sunny skies in Martyr's Square where members of the parliamentary majority were to address the crowd. The rally comes as final preparations are underway in The Hague for the launch of the international tribunal set up to bring Hariri's killers to justice. It also comes as the country prepares for legislative elections in June that will pit Western-backed political parties against a Hezbollah-led alliance backed by Syria and Iran.Hariri died in a massive car bombing on February 14, 2005 that also killed 22 others. The assassination was widely blamed on then Lebanese power-broker Syria, which has denied any involvement. The attack on the Beirut seafront was one of the worst acts of political violence to rock Lebanon since t...
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