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(AP) BAGHDAD — Iraq says it’s waiting for the U.S. to provide evidence that its airspace is again being used by Iran to ship weapons to Syria. An Iraqi spokesman acknowledged that Iran is ferrying supplies through Iraqi airspace but said Tehran has assured Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that the flights contain food and other humanitarian aid for victims of Syria’s civil war. Spokesman Ali al-Moussawi said the U.S. has promised to provide proof that the Iranian flights are shuttling arms — a violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution. Record 100,000 refugees flee Syria in August aloneSyrian rebel leafer calls to rebuild country after regime fallsEgypt President Mohammed Morsi slams Syria regime at Iran summit More in After the Arab Spring Earlier this year, 바둑이사이트 Washington pressured Iraq to stop any Iranian weapons shipments through its airspace. Three U.S. senators visiting Baghdad Wednesday said the flights pose a renewed threat to Mideast stability. The new flights were first reported by the New York...

(AP) TRIPOLI, Libya – Deposed Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi’s notorious spy chief is in custody in Tripoli after extradition from Mauritania, Libya’s premier said Wednesday, a step toward bringing the man linked to aircraft bombings and atrocities to justice. A plane carrying Abdullah al-Senoussi landed in the afternoon at Metiga air base at the heart of Tripoli in the afternoon. From there he was flown by helicopter to the Hill Prison in the capital. “Abdullah al-Senoussi will be have a fair trial according to international standards for human rights, the rights from which Libyans were deprived,” Prime Minister Abdurrahim el-Keib told reporters in Tripoli. The former spy chief is accused of complicity in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie, 바카라 승률 Scotland, as well as the Abu Salim prison massacre of more than 1,200 inmates by Qaddafi’s regime in 1996 and another airplane bombing in 1989. Libya elects former Qaddafi foe interim president Mauritania, Libya, the International Criminal Court and France all asked to try the former intelligence chief. Libya and the ICC are embroiled in a similar dispute over where to try Seif al-Islam Qaddafi, known as the dictator’s political heir apparent. He is being held by a militia in western Libya. The Libyan government said recently it would put him on trial there. The Libyan official said al-Senoussi is being held together with...

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(AP) LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria’s navy on Wednesday retook an oil tanker hijacked off the country’s largest city, freeing 23 Indian sailors held hostage by pirates who fled as the navy arrived, a spokesman said. None of the sailors was hurt in the hijacking of the MT Abu Dhabi Star, which happened off the coast of Lagos, said Pat Adamson, a spokesman for Dubai-based Pioneer Ship Management Services LLC. The Nigerian navy was providing an escort for the vessel Wednesday afternoon to make sure it arrived safely at Lagos’ busy port, Commodore Kabir Aliyu said. The pirates who took over the vessel fled when they saw the Nigerian naval ship on the horizon, Adamson said. It was unclear whether they stole any of the ship’s cargo, though the crew had begun an inspection of the ship, the spokesman said. The pirates targeted the ship as it was anchored off the coast Tuesday night, Aliyu said. The sailors onboard sent distress signals as the pirates boarded the Singapore-flagged ship, with their last message indicating they had locked themselves inside a panic room on the vessel, Aliyu said. During the short hijacking, the ship’s management received no ransom demands for the crew, Pioneer Ship Management Services said. That’s not unusual, as pirates in the region increasingly target oil tankers for their cargos, holding control of the vessels only long enough to...