Bomb kills senior Shiite lawmaker * BAGHDAD - An Iraqi lawmaker loyal to anti-United States Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was killed yesterday when a bomb struck his convoy in Baghdad, officials said.

Syria says two missing Americans arrested * DAMASCUS, Syria - Two American journalists who went missing during a vacation in Lebanon eight days ago were arrested yesterday in Syria after they crossed the Lebanese-Syrian border with the help of smugglers, Syrian officials said.

Somali pirates free 15, hold 67 Filipinos * MANILA - Pirates in Somalia released 15 Filipino seamen and four other crewmen of a chemical tanker hijacked nearly two months ago, but were still holding 67 other Filipino sailors, officials said yesterday.

Quantas plane had glitch before plunge * SYDNEY - Qantas Airways said yesterday it will financially compensate all passengers who were on board a plane that made a terrifying plunge this week, tossing people around the cabin and injuring dozens.

Aus intercepts 17 more asylum seekers * SYDNEY - The Australian Navy has detained 17 suspected asylum seekers at sea just a week after a boatload of Afghans, Iranians and Indonesians was intercepted off the country's coast, officials said on Tuesday.

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