Bombs aimed at police kill 10, hurt 14

* ISLAMABAD – Bombings killed 10 people and wounded at least 14 in Pakistan yesterday, including an attack in a police complex in the capital the same day lawmakers huddled for a private briefing on the militant threat facing the country.

Bomb kills senior Shiite lawmaker * BAGHDAD – An Iraqi lawmaker loyal to anti-United States Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was killed yesterday when a bomb struck his convoy in Baghdad, officials said. Syria says two missing Americans arrested * DAMASCUS, Syria – Two American journalists who went missing during a vacation in Lebanon eight days ago were arrested yesterday in Syria after they crossed the Lebanese-Syrian border with the help of smugglers, Syrian officials said.Somali pirates free 15, hold 67 Filipinos * MANILA – Pirates in Somalia released 15 Filipino seamen and four other crewmen of a chemical tanker hijacked nearly two months ago, but were still holding 67 other Filipino sailors, officials said yesterday.Quantas plane had glitch before plunge * SYDNEY – Qantas Airways said yesterday it will financially compensate all passengers who were on board a plane that made a terrifying plunge this week, tossing people around the cabin and injuring dozens.Aus intercepts 17 more asylum seekers * SYDNEY – The Australian Navy has detained 17 suspected asylum seekers at sea just a week after a boatload of Afghans, Iranians and Indonesians was intercepted off the country’s coast, officials said on Tuesday.Syria says two missing Americans arrested * DAMASCUS, Syria – Two American journalists who went missing during a vacation in Lebanon eight days ago were arrested yesterday in Syria after they crossed the Lebanese-Syrian border with the help of smugglers, Syrian officials said.Somali pirates free 15, hold 67 Filipinos * MANILA – Pirates in Somalia released 15 Filipino seamen and four other crewmen of a chemical tanker hijacked nearly two months ago, but were still holding 67 other Filipino sailors, officials said yesterday.Quantas plane had glitch before plunge * SYDNEY – Qantas Airways said yesterday it will financially compensate all passengers who were on board a plane that made a terrifying plunge this week, tossing people around the cabin and injuring dozens.Aus intercepts 17 more asylum seekers * SYDNEY – The Australian Navy has detained 17 suspected asylum seekers at sea just a week after a boatload of Afghans, Iranians and Indonesians was intercepted off the country’s coast, officials said on Tuesday.