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LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — The president of Cyprus says the hijacking of an EgyptAir plane isn't connected to terrorism and a Cyprus government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, says the Egyptian man "seems (to be) in love." The plane hijacked in Egypt was forced to land in Cyprus where most passengers were eventually allowed to get off. Egypt's civil aviation minister says 4 crew members and 3 passengers remain on board.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Authorities say hundreds of Islamic extremists remain on the streets of Islamabad today, protesting the hanging of a man who killed a secular governor. The protest has brought the most sensitive parts of Pakistan's capital to a standstill. The protesters are demanding their country strictly enforce Shariah (shah-REE'-yuh), or Islamic, law. Protesters ignored warnings that Pakistan will fight extremists.
PARIS (AP) — Brussels' mayor says he believes and hopes that the Islamic extremist network behind the attacks in Brussels and Paris has been badly damaged in the aftermath of the attacks in Belgium's capital. Speaking in Paris, the mayor of Brussels says that much analysis needs to be done but it's obvious there were security shortcomings or "these attacks would not have happened."
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Another violent incident in Taiwan's capital is stirring debate over whether the normally placid island republic of 23 million people is becoming less safe and whether the death penalty should be abolished. A transit police officer was stabbed in the head today, one day after a young girl was decapitated in apparently random attacks. The officer has non-life-threatening injuries and suspects are in custody in both cases.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A nonprofit group that investigates possible wrongful convictions says its findings show that prosecutors seem mostly immune to accountability for misconduct and mistakes that have left innocent people convicted. The Innocence Project examined 660 criminal cases in Arizona, California, Pennsylvania, New York and Texas where courts ruled there had been prosecutorial misconduct. Their report found only one prosecutor had been disciplined.
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