DOZENS MISSING AFTER CHINA LANDSLIDE
A Paris-bound Air France flight from the tiny East African nation of Mauritius made an emergency landing Sunday in Mombasa, Kenya, because of a suspicious package that turned out to be a fake bomb, authorities said.
All 473 people on Flight 463 were screened at Mombasa’s Moi International Airport and taken to hotels, while Kenyan authorities combed the plane, Kenya Airports Authority said on Twitter.
Air France CEO Frederic Gagey said the package, found in a bathroom, was made simply of cardboard and a kitchen timer made to look like a bomb.
Kenyan Interior Minister Joseph Nkaissery told CNN four people had been arrested in connection with the case.
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ISRAEL SEES ROCKET ATTACKS AFTER STRIKE IN LEBANON
Sirens blared in the northern Israeli city of Nahariya on Sunday after three rockets apparently fired by Hezbollah militants in Lebanon exploded near the Israeli city, Israeli Defense Forces said.
No damage was immediately reported, the Jerusalem Post said. The rocket attacks came one day after Syrian state media reported that an Israeli airstrike killed Hezbollah leader Samir Kantar near Damascus.
The Israeli government had accused Kantar of planning attacks on Israel but did not specifically claim responsibility for his death, the Post said.
Kantar spent almost 30 years in an Israeli prison before he was freed in an exchange in 2008. He was convicted in 1979 as a teenager in the deaths of four Israelis, including a police officer, and a 4year-old girl and her father. Kantar initially confessed to the murders but later said he was beaten in prison and denied involvement in all but the officer’s murder.
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Police blocked off parts of Las Vegas' famous Strip late Sunday after a crash injured several pedestrians near the Planet Hollywood hotel-casino. The Miss Universe pageant was taking place inside at the time.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that a car plowed into pedestrians with as many as 27 people injured. It also reported that ramps from Interstate 15 to Flamingo Road were closed. There were no immediate reports of fatalities, but the investigation was ongoing.
A 28-year-old grandson of former president Jimmy Carter has died, according to news reports. Jeremy Carter died after his heart stopped Saturday.