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...passengers, Koveysvo Bransizkas, 46, and his son Prano Algirdas, 18, were seized by Turkish military authorities. The two readily admitted hijacking the craft while it was on a short run between the Soviet Georgian cities of Batumi and Sukhumi. They said they wanted to escape Russia and requested political asylum...
Dohrn, 28, joins Cleaver and Timothy Leary both of whom are also on the ten-most-wanted list-in seeking political asylum in Algeria. Leary arrived in Algiers with his wife on Saturday after escaping last month from jail in California where he was serving a ten-year term on a narcotics charge...
...government of Algieria announced last night in Algiers that Leary has been granted political asylum. Leary escaped Sept. 12 from prison in San Luis Obispo, Calif., where he was serving a ten-year term for possession of marijuana...
...Boston-area students, including 200 from Harvard, have signed a petition urging the Turkish government to grant political asylum to two Russians charged with last week's hijacking of a Soviet airliner...
After the first Russian hijacking in 12 years, Branziskas Korejevo and his 18-year-old son face almost certain execution in the Soviet Union if not granted asylum by the Turkish government...