Federal police prepare to enter a hijacked Boeing 737 plane at the international airport in Mexico City September 9, 2009. Hijackers seized an AeroMexico passenger plane in Mexico with more than 100 people on board on Wednesday but the incident ended quickly without bloodshed, and nine suspects were detained. In the first hijack drama to hit Mexico in decades, pilots of the Boeing 737 radioed in after taking off from the Caribbean resort of Cancun to say they had been hijacked in mid-air, Transport Minister Juan Molinar told reporters. Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

Federal police prepare to enter a hijacked Boeing 737 plane at the international airport in Mexico City September 9, 2009. Hijackers seized an AeroMexico passenger plane in Mexico with more than 100 people on board on Wednesday but the incident ended quickly without bloodshed, and nine suspects were detained. In the first hijack drama to hit Mexico in decades, pilots of the Boeing 737 radioed in after taking off from the Caribbean resort of Cancun to say they had been hijacked in mid-air, Transport Minister Juan Molinar told reporters.

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  1. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum visited the Airshow in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday Nov. 15, 2009. The airshow attracts many orders, with Boeing announcing orders on Tuesday Nov. 17, getting requests for 737-800 jetliners from two Algerian airlines although this week's order book for the weeklong aviation fair, the Middle East's biggest, looks likely to be only a fraction of the previous show's $155 billion total.
  2. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: People watch as Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, touches down on the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.

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  1. JAT Tehnika mechanics work on maintening of Russian Transaero Boeing 737, in front of JAT Boeing 737-300, in technical maintenance hangar at Belgrade International airport, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. JAT Airways said Wednesday that all its flights have been grounded indefinitely because its maintenance company has stopped servicing its planes over unpaid bills. JAT said that none of its aircraft has taken off since Tuesday evening, when aviation maintenance company JAT Tehnika halted its work on JAT's fleet.
  2. A visitor takes a picture of Boeing passenger airliner models on display at the China Aviation Expo in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.
  3. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Crew members exit a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier with Space Shuttle Discovery mounted atop after landing at the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
  4. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, taxis back to the mate-demate area after landing at the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
  5. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, taxis back to the mate-demate area after landing at the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
  6. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, taxis back to the mate-demate area after landing at the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
  7. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, taxis back to the mate-demate area after landing at the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
  8. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Crew members exit a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier with Space Shuttle Discovery mounted atop after landing at the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
  9. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, touches down on the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
  10. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, touches down on the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
  11. Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, is towed along the tarmac at the shuttle landing facility after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Sept. 21, 2009.
  12. Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, returns to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Sept. 21, 2009.
  13. Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, returns to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Sept. 21, 2009.
  14. Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, returns to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Sept. 21, 2009.
  15. The space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, lifts off from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009. The space shuttle Discovery is on a cross-country flight to Florida after landing from space earlier this month in Southern California.
  16. The space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, lifts off from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009. The space shuttle Discovery is on a cross-country flight to Florida after landing from space earlier this month in Southern California.

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  8. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (L) looks at his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki during a meeting in Tehran December 8, 2009.
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