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