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...here's a question for the British government: Nobody can blame desperate souls for trying to flee Afghanistan's medieval Taliban regime any way they can, but granting 19 hijackers asylum in Britain would undermine international efforts to curb terrorism. The hijacking drama came to a peaceful end Wednesday night as the hijackers allowed the last remaining passengers to leave, and then walked off the plane and into police custody. Despite a call early on in the ordeal for the release of an Afghan opposition leader, the hijackers had made no specific demands after forcing the Ariana Boeing...
...plane when they'd prevented India from doing the same to a hijacked Indian Airlines plane only weeks earlier - many of the hostages may actually have been grateful for the hijacking: Besides the 19 people now in custody, at least 60 of the hostages have applied for political asylum in Britain. And while Home Secretary Jack Straw might be sympathetic toward people condemned by history to live under the Taliban, he's wary of turning Britain into the destination of choice for the hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan. He'll find it hard to show leniency...
...uncertain whether any of them is able to fly the plane. But despite an hour of furious silence, the hijackers soon resumed negotiations with British authorities - after all, they may not be planning to go anywhere, since one of their primary demands is believed to be political asylum in Britain...
...hearts and minds. It's a war on three fronts: the INS, which has ruled that Elian should be returned to Cuba; Congress, which is weighing a bill to give him U.S. citizenship; and the federal courts, in which Elian's Miami family is filing suit to win him asylum...
...street vendor who stood all of 5-foot-6 and weighed 150 lbs. And about his supposed resemblance to a sexual predator suspected of raping more than 50 women. And the fact that Diallo, who hailed from the African nation of Guinea, lied on his application for political asylum, falsely claiming he was fleeing persecution in Mauritania. Then if all else fails, lash out at Sharpton and the busload of semi-professional protesters he imports from New York City each day to chant "No justice, no peace! No justice, no peace!" in the park across the street from the courthouse...