‘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 The Siddiqui family have now withdrawn a police complaint against Malik over his plans to wed Mirza, Mr Qadri said

Second Moscow bomber identified

Russian officials have confirmed the identity of the second suicide bomber to attack the Moscow metro, a 28-year-old woman from Dagestan.

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.

Attack on Pakistan US consulate

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

Musharraf set for Hay Festival

Current and former presidents join literary heavyweights among the line up for this year’s Hay Festival. The political world is represented by former Pakistan leader Pervez Musharraf while playwright Tom Stoppard appears from the world of literature.

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.

Not forgotten

A UN donor conference on Wednesday received pledges of $9.9bn (£6.5bn) in immediate and long-term aid for Haiti. The money is badly needed to help the country after the devastation of January’s earthquake.

Alert over Barrier Reef oil leak

A Chinese ship has run aground off north-eastern Australia, sparking an alert of an oil leak into the Great Barrier Reef.

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