‘Diplomat detained’ on US plane

A man has been detained after he tried to set fire to his shoes on a US flight, reports say.

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Cricketer Malik ‘divorces first wife’ ahead of celebrity wedding

Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik is reported to have divorced an Indian woman, ahead of his planned marriage to Indian tennis star Sania Mirza. Imran Qadri, a community elder in the Indian city of Hyderabad, said Malik divorced Ayesha Siddiqui on Wednesday. The Siddiqui family have now withdrawn a police complaint against Malik over his plans to wed Mirza, Mr Qadri said

Blasts kill at least 28 in Iraq

A series of large explosions has hit the centre of Baghdad killing at least five people, reports say.

Party politics

As Gordon Brown is due to confirm the general election will be held on 6 May the papers are awash with party politics. cries, predicting the arrival of a "frenzy" of electoral combat. The Daily Mail hails "the most defining" election for a generation, while the Daily Telegraph says the "election battle lines are drawn"

Prison stand-off draws to close

A protest by dissident republican prisoners at Maghaberry prison has ended.

Prisoners’ jail protest goes on

A security alert at Maghaberry Prison is under way after dissident republican inmates barricaded themselves into a dining room. A suspicious object was thrown from the room, where up to 30 prisoners gathered on Sunday morning after attending Mass. Visits at the high-security prison have been suspended

To infinity…

Time was when a four-star rating for a hotel was the marker of sheer, unbridled luxury. Then it was five stars, then six and seven

Limb loss rises among UK troops

Rising numbers of UK service personnel are losing limbs as a result of serving in Afghanistan, official figures show. Some 54 lost part or all of a limb in 2009, including 26 who lost more than one, the Ministry of Defence says. That compares with 30 amputees in 2008 and 12 the year before

Attack on Pakistan US consulate

A series of explosions has been reported in the north-west Pakistani city of Peshawar.

Hero dog

An Army search dog who saved British soldiers in Afghanistan from a booby trap "did not know how to sit" a year ago, according to his handler. Chocolat, a Belgian Shepherd, sniffed out enough explosives to make 10 improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The find was made in a bazaar in the Nad-e-Ali region of Afghanistan.

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