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Insurgents detain observers in Ukraine

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine – An official says pro-Russian forces have detained a team of military observers traveling across eastern Ukraine with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

The team was being held in the eastern city of Slovyansk late Friday, according to Stella Khorosheva, a spokeswoman for the town’s self-proclaimed separatist mayor. She said the group possessed “suspicious materials,” but said they were unharmed and would be released after further investigation.

The OSCE wrote on Twitter that they had lost communication with the German-led team, but all members of the OSCE monitoring team were safe.

Pro-Russian insurgents have seized police stations and government buildings in at least 10 cities and towns in eastern Ukraine in April.

Malaysian airline to check passports

UNITED NATIONS – The head of the international police agency Interpol says a “major airline in Malaysia” soon will start checking travelers’ passports against its global database of 40 million stolen or lost travel documents.

The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 last month revealed a gaping loophole in aviation security when Interpol said its database had information about the theft of two passports used to board it – but national authorities hadn’t checked the database.

Associated Press



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