Bomb scare: Garuda Indonesia Flight GA408 was forced to return to

Bomb scare: Garuda Indonesia Flight GA408 was forced to return to
Soekarno-Hatta International Airport just minutes after take-off
Tuesday evening when airport officials received a telephone call
claiming that there was a bomb onboard. After the plane landed
safely, police evacuated all 280 passengers and began scouring
the plane and all the luggage aboard. The exhaustive search was
continuing at 9:30 p.m. with no bomb found so far. The plane was
bound for Denpasar, Bali -- JP

Yemen acts on bin Laden's supporters: Yemeni forces stormed a
hideout of Islamic militants linked to Osama bin Laden on Tuesday
in the first military action of its kind in Yemen since the
September 11 attacks on the United States. Tribal and security
sources said that 12 people from both sides were killed and at
least 22 wounded when special forces used helicopters and tanks
against the al-Jalal tribe, who were sheltering the militants in
Marib province, some 140 kms (85 miles) east of the capital
Sanaa. -- Reuters

Mugabe criticizes UK, U.S. sanctions: Zimbabwean President
Robert Mugabe accused the United States and Britain on Tuesday of
mobilising sanctions against his government, and vowed to press
ahead with a controversial land seizure program. Mugabe said the
U.S. Zimbabwe Economic and Democracy Bill, which aims to press
Harare to ensure free elections and protect land ownership, was
"a bold insult to the people of Zimbabwe". -- Reuters