Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Merkel lands in India after Iran blocks plane

By Andreas Rinke


NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Iran briefly refused to allow a plane carrying German Chancellor Angela Merkel to India to cross its air space Tuesday, forcing the aircraft to circle over Turkey for almost two hours before obtaining clearance.


Merkel, the latest in a series of world leaders to come to India to do business with Asia's third largest economy, landed safely, but Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle summoned Iran's ambassador to Germany following the

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