Stolen Passports on Plane Not Seen as Terror Link
The 19-year-old, Pouria Nourmohammadi Mehrdad, was using a stolen Austrian passport to travel to Germany, where he was to meet his mother, said Khalid Abu Bakar, the inspector general of the Malaysian police. “We are in contact with his mother,” Mr …
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Ottawa student faces five days in Chinese jail over expired visa
Jesse Konrad, who's been studying business at the Shanghai International Studies University since June, said that on Friday morning, two Shanghai policemen knocked on his door asking for his passport. Konrad said he didn't realize it, but his visa had …
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Stolen passport passengers didn't choose Malaysian flight intentionally: report
The tickets expired before Mr. Ali got back to her so she rebooked the two men on the Malaysia Airlines flight, making the reservation through China Southern Airlines, which code-shares the flight. She said a friend of Mr. Ali paid for the tickets in …
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