Plane diverted after pilot suffers heart attack

 

 

A United Airlines flight (not pictured) was forced to make an emergency landing when its pilot fell ill

A plane carrying 161 passengers was forced to make an emergency landing after the pilot suffered what was later proved to be a fatal heart attack.

The United Airlines flight from Houston, Texas to Seattle, Washington was diverted to Boise, Idaho on Thursday evening.

Chinese police rescue 92 abducted children

 

 

 The one-child policy in China is thought to fuel trafficking

Chinese police have rescued 92 abducted children and held 301 suspected members of a huge trafficking network, the authorities say.

They say two women were also freed in an operation involving police forces in 11 provinces of the country.
The traffickers are believed to have targeted children in the south-western Yunnan and Sichuan provinces and then sold them in other regions.

Super Six a must win

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Delta Queens coach, Peter Dedevbo has said his side will defend the women’s league title at the Super Six holding from October 18 to 25 in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state.
The Super Six billed for the Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenagoa is the last programme on the Nigeria Women's Professional League (NWPL) calendar that eventually decides the winners of the league.
The teams that have qualified for the final six are title holders, Delta Queens, Nasarawa Amazons, FC Robo, Bayelsa United, Pelican Stars and Cup holders, Rivers Angels.

Argentine child allowed sex change on official documents

 

 Parents say the child identified herself as a girl as soon as she learned to speak

The authorities in Argentina have approved an official gender change for a six-year-old child.

The case, grounded on the last year's gender identity bill, is the "first in the world", local media reports.
The legislation allows sex and name changes on official documents without the need for court approval.
The child was born a boy in 2007, but her parents said she started identifying herself as a girl as soon as she started to speak.

Venezuela arrests 22 over cocaine in plane to ParisThe Venezuelan authorities have now arrested 22 people in connection to a massive cocaine haul found on an Air France flight from Caracas to Paris.

 

 

The Venezuelan authorities have now arrested 22 people in connection to a massive cocaine haul found on an Air France flight from Caracas to Paris.

Eight members of the National Guard and nine Air France and airport staff have been detained on drug charges

The guards were in charge of security at Caracas airport, where 31 suitcases were smuggled on to the plane.
About 1.3 tonnes of cocaine were seized at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport earlier this month.
The members of the National Guard and nine of the civilians were charged by a court of conspiracy and "aggravated illicit trafficking of narcotic and psychotropic substances."
But another five civilian suspects have not yet appeared before the court.

US braces for possible government shutdownPresident Obama: "Nobody gets to threaten the full faith and credit of the US just to extract political concessions"

 

President Obama: "Nobody gets to threaten the full faith and credit of the US just to extract political concessions"

The US government is bracing for a possible shutdown, as Republicans and Democrats in Congress remain deadlocked on a budget to continue its funding.

Agencies have begun making contingency plans ahead of the 1 October deadline to pass a new funding resolution.