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Sudanese jet hijackers want to fly to Paris: Libya TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Hijackers who forced a Sudanese airliner to land in Libya have demanded fuel to fly on to Paris, Libya's state news agency Jana said on Wednesday. Georgians angry but not shocked at Russian move TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgians on the streets of Tbilisi reacted defiantly but without surprise on Tuesday to Russia's recognition of two rebel provinces, some refusing to accept they may have lost Abkhazia and South Ossetia for good. Thai police tighten noose round protesters BANGKOK (Reuters) - Two thousand Thai police took up positions in and around Bangkok's Government House on Wednesday, tightening the noose on protesters camping outside the prime minister's office to try to oust him from power. Air France plane skids off runway in Montreal TORONTO (Reuters) - An Air France-KLM Boeing 747 aircraft on a flight from Paris skidded off the runway after landing at Montreal's Trudeau airport on Tuesday but there were no injuries or serious damage, police said. Strong quake hits Siberia MOSCOW (Reuters) - An intense earthquake measuring nine on the Richter scale hit the Lake Baikal area of eastern Siberia on Wednesday, triggering reports of panic, but there were no casualties or major damage, officials said. Malaysia's Islamists endorse Anwar, PM pressured KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's Islamist party, a key partner in Anwar Ibrahim's opposition coalition, moved quickly to endorse him on Wednesday, removing a major obstacle in his push to win power. Kurdish journalists under assault in Iraq ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's northern Kurdish enclave may be a haven of relative peace and serenity but independent journalists there say challenges to the political establishment are being met with intimidation and threats. U.N. says has evidence air strikes killed 90 Afghans KABUL (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Tuesday it had found convincing evidence that 90 Afghan civilians, most of them children, were killed in air strikes by U.S.-led coalition forces in western Afghanistan last week. Suicide bomber kills 28 police recruits in Iraq QARAH TAPPAH, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of police recruits in northern Iraq on Tuesday killing 28 people, in an attack that showed that parts of Iraq have yet to see the security gains felt elsewhere. Hit men kill 5 at family gathering in Mexico CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen invaded a ranch in northern Mexico and opened fire on a family gathering, killing five people in the third big attack in Chihuahua state this month.