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28/12/2009 19:45

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Skier killed in Alps avalanche - Bomb bid suspect was banned from UK - Britain pleads with China as execution looms .



Skier killed in Alps avalanche

A British skier who went missing in the Alps on Christmas Day has died after being caught in an avalanche, French police have said.

Bomb bid suspect was banned from UK

The man at the centre of the failed Detroit airliner bomb plot was probably not acting alone, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said today.

Britain pleads with China as execution looms

A British man convicted of smuggling drugs into China was told on Monday he would be executed in the next few hours, as his family made a last-minute plea for clemency, arguing he is mentally ill.

Family pleads for Briton's life

Campaigners and family members are pleading for the life of a Briton who is due to be executed in China after being convicted of smuggling heroin.

Govt says fighting for death row man in China

The government insisted Monday it was doing everything in its power to prevent a British citizen being executed in China for drug smuggling, as supporters protested he was mentally ill.

Feds assess terror watchlists after airline attack

Federal authorities met Monday to reassess the nation's system of terror watchlists to determine how to avoid the type of lapse that allowed a man with explosives to board a flight to the U.S. even though he was flagged as a possible terrorist.

NJ man in Brazil case: Son not yet calling me Dad

A man who brought his son home to the United States from Brazil after winning a bitter custody battle said in an interview aired Monday that he's thrilled they have been reunited but is still waiting to be called "Dad."

9 dead, including at least 6 kids, in Miss. fire

Nine people, including at least six children, died early Monday in an apartment fire, officials said.

Percy Sutton, Harlem political pioneer, dies at 89

Percy Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul, has died. He was 89.

TSA: 2 passengers detained after flight to Phoenix

Two men thought to have been acting suspicious aboard a flight bound for Phoenix were detained and questioned by federal anti-terrorism authorities before they were released, the FBI said Sunday.

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