Italian officials said Wednesday they intend to prosecute a Turkish man for hijacking an airliner despite his appeal for political asylum on the grounds that he is being persecuted as a Christian in Muslim Turkey. The Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-400 with 113 people aboard was hijacked Tuesday during a flight from Tirana, Albania, to Istanbul, Turkey. It landed in the Adriatic port city of Brindisi in southern Italy after Italian air force fighter jets escorted the aircraft there. Full Story
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