OSLO - A passenger onboard a Turkish Airlines flight from Norway to Turkey threatened Wednesday to blow up the plane if it did not return to Oslo, Norwegian media reported.

SRINAGAR - Hardline Kashmiri separatist leader and chairman of the breakaway Hurriyat group Syed Ali Geelani said Wednesday his group will now work for troops withdrawal through "an extremely peaceful movement".

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan police registered a complaint Wednesday in connection with the killing of Punjab province governor Salman Taseer, a media report said.

ISLAMABAD - At least three civilians were killed Wednesday evening when a remote-controlled bomb exploded in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region, Xinhua reported.

RABAT - Moroccan security forces have dismantled a 27-member Al Qaeda terrorist cell in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, government sources said Wednesday.