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MOSCOW (AP) — A Dubai airliner trying to land in southern Russia crashed and burned in strong wind today, killing all 62 people aboard. A list published by the Emergencies Ministry showed the Boeing 737-800 operated by the budget carrier FlyDubai was carrying 55 passengers, most of them Russian, and seven crew members, whose nationalities were not immediately known. It was the airline's first crash since it began operating in 2009.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The top suspect in last year's deadly Paris attacks is now in custody in Belgium and France is expected to ask that his extradition be fast-tracked. Salah Abdeslam, a French national, will face police questioning today. He was seized in Brussels yesterday hospitalized after being shot in the leg. A 2002 European agreement speeds up the extradition process, particularly for grave crimes.
BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group has released another propaganda video featuring captive British photojournalist John Cantlie. This time he is purportedly in Mosul, Iraq and is shown mocking U.S. airstrikes on IS media kiosks, likely speaking under duress. It's the first video of him since February, 2015, when he appeared in what he said was Syria's Aleppo province. IS has long used Cantlie for propaganda purposes.
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Tribune Publishing Co.'s purchase of the Orange County Register and the Press-Enterprise of Riverside, California has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge at the request of the U.S. Department of Justice. The department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the purchase. Tribune says the order could kill the deal for the bankrupt papers. That would make second bidder Digital First Media the likely new owner.
MOSCOW (AP) — The International Space Station crew has greeted some new mates today. A Soyuz space capsule carrying two Russians and an American docked with the station about six hours after blasting off early Saturday from Russia's manned space launch complex in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. That means that for now, the station crew expands to six members.
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