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US plane impounded in Zimbabwe; body and cash found on board

FARAI MUTSAKA change rate, 1 million rand site says Western Global Air- that the dead person had shipment consignee was
Associated Press is worth $62,500. lines is based in Estero, Flor- sneaked into the plane’s the South African Reserve
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) Authorities here learned ida. The airline on Monday landing gear, which sev- Bank. This particular flight
— Zimbabwean aviation the money belonged to said the cargo belonged to ered his arm when it con- was from Germany to
authorities impounded a the South Africa Reserve the South African Reserve tracted, causing blood to South Africa, we are told
U.S.-registered cargo jet, a Bank, the country’s central Bank and the dead body splatter onto the fuselage for the South African gov-
senior official said Monday, bank. Police planned to is- belonged presumably to a and arousing the suspicion ernment. During a routine
after a dead body later sue a statement later Mon- stowaway. Zimbabwe po- of the ground crew when fuel stop in Zimbabwe, a
believed to be a stowaway day. lice said it was still investi- the flight landed here. body was found in the low-
and millions of South Afri- The plane had landed in gating the matter. In a response to AP queries, er compartment. The body
can rand were found on Harare for refueling, said The crew did not know Western Global Airlines said is presumed to be a stow-
board. Civil Aviation Authority of there was someone else on it didn’t have the identity of away who may have en-
The Herald, a state-run Zimbabwe general man- the plane, according to a the dead person, believed tered the airplane during a
newspaper, reported that ager David Chawota. He police officer, who insisted to be a stowaway. previous stop. The situation
the MD-11 trijet was trav- said the jet, registered with on anonymity because he “The aircraft is leased to is currently under review,”
eling from Germany to Western Global Airlines, is not authorized to speak Network Airline Manage- the airline said in an e-mail
South Africa “with millions was impounded at Harare to the press. It appears from ment, a longtime customer response to The Associated
of rands.” At today’s ex- airport on Sunday. A web- photos on social media based in the UK, and the Press.q

Obama to welcome Southeast Asian leaders to US for talks

President Barack Obama whistles as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White ers of Indonesia, Malaysia, Rice said the nations are
House in Washington. Obama and the leaders of Southeast Asian nations are gathering in South- the Philippines, Singapore, important partners on is-
ern California for an unprecedented two days of talks on economic and security issues. Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, sues ranging from the
Laos, Myanmar and Cam- economy to maritime se-
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci) bodia have assembled in curity and counterterrorism
the U.S. at Obama’s invita- to climate change.By host-
DARLENE SUPERVILLE edented two days of talks Association of Southeast tion and not on the mar- ing the summit, “we want
Associated Press on economic and security Asian Nations, or ASEAN, for gins of another gathering. to make very clear that the
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. issues and on forging deep- a summit at Sunnylands, a China is not a member of United States is going to be
(AP) — President Barack er ties amid China’s asser- storied California desert es- ASEAN. at the table and a part of
Obama and the leaders tive presence in the region. tate where Obama held his The summit was conceived setting the agenda in the
of Southeast Asian nations Obama on Monday will first meeting with China’s as part of Obama’s mis- Asia Pacific in the decades
are gathering in Southern welcome each leader current president. sion to raise the U.S. profile to come,” Ben Rhodes,
California for an unprec- from the 10 members of the This is the first time the lead- and help set the agenda Rice’s deputy, told report-
in the fast-growing Asia- ers before the summit.
Pacific, where China’s Monday’s talks will focus
territorial claims over dis- on the economy and us-
puted waters have raised ing innovation and entre-
international concerns and preneurship to promote in
led to friction with ASEAN the region. After a working
countries. Member coun- dinner at the estate, the
tries make up the world’s conversation shifts Tuesday
seventh-largest economy to regional security issues,
and represent the fourth- including the South China
largest trading partner with Sea and counterterrorism,
the U.S. before the summit ends.
“U.S.-ASEAN relations have China says it has a historical
never been stronger,” Su- right to virtually all of the
san Rice, Obama’s na- South China Sea and has
tional security adviser, de- built seven artificial islands.
clared Monday. q

4 US reporters arrested in Bahrain on uprising’s anniversary

JON GAMBRELL in an attack on its officers. statement, The Post told The ington Post.” rested the other three, they
Associated Press The U.S. Embassy in Ma- Associated Press that Day, Photographs of the report- said. The witnesses spoke
DUBAI, United Arab Emir- nama said it was “aware who had blogged on the ers working in Sitra, a large- to the AP on condition of
ates (AP) — Bahrain has of the arrest of four U.S. website and appeared on ly Shiite community south anonymity for fear of being
arrested four American citizens in Bahrain” on Sun- its HuffPost Live program, of the capital that has seen arrested.
journalists covering the an- day but that it could not was not on assignment for repeated protests, circulat- An Interior Ministry state-
niversary of its 2011 uprising discuss the case due to the outlet at the time of ed on social media, includ- ment alleged one of the
amid a long crackdown on privacy concerns. Police her arrest. “The safety of ing one image of Day be- four journalists “was wear-
dissent in the tiny Gulf na- said one of the journalists journalists is of utmost im- ing filmed while speaking to ing a mask and participat-
tion, witnesses said Mon- was a woman and three portance to The Huffington a masked protester. ing in attacks on police
day. were men. Witnesses iden- Post and we have secu- On Sunday, police arrested alongside other rioters in
Police said they detained tified the woman as Anna rity measures in place for a photographer working Sitra.” The statement also
four Americans for provid- Therese Day, an American our reporters around the with the group, the two wit- said the journalists entered
ing “false information that freelance journalist who world,” the statement read. nesses said. Later that night, the country between Thurs-
they were tourists,” while had contributed previously “Anna Day is not employed police surrounded the area day and Friday on tourist
also alleging one took part to The Huffington Post. In a or contracted by The Huff- with checkpoints and ar- visas. q