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Turkey asks Syria-bound Armenian plane to land in northeast, inspects cargo
• ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey's foreign ministry spokesman says Turkish authorities are searching the cargo of an Armenian plane bound for Syria.
• Selcuk Unal says Turkey granted the plane carrying aid for the Syrian city of Aleppo a permission to fly over its airspace only on condition it can search its cargo for possible military equipment.
• Uncal said: "If nothing turns out it will be allowed to continue on its route."
• Turkey forced a Syrian passenger plane flying from Moscow to Damascus to land in Ankara last week. Turkey says the Syrian Air plane was carrying military gear. Russia said that the equipment was spare parts for radar systems.
• Syria and Turkey barred each other's aircraft from flying over their territory over the weekend.
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Over 100 militants attack Pakistani police station, behead 2 policemen and kill 4 others
• ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A Pakistani official says over 100 militants have attacked a police station in the northwest, killing six policemen. Two of the killed policemen were beheaded.
• Police officer Ishrat Yar says the attack near the main northwest city of Peshawar started late on Sunday night and triggered a gunbattle that lasted for several hours. The militants were armed with heavy machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades, hand grenades and assault rifles.
• Yar also says 12 policemen were wounded in the attack in the small town of Matni, some 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of Peshawar.
• One of the beheaded policemen was a senior official who commanded several police stations in the area.
• Yar says the militants burned the police station and four police vehicles before they escaped.
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Euphoric but cautious, Muslim rebels ink Philippine pact as step to peace in strife-torn south
• MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Muslim rebels and the Philippine government over (Continued on page 22)
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