The World - News from April 2, 1987
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he will not return two military aircraft flown to Egypt by Libyan defectors last month until Libya hands over three Egyptians he blames for a bloody 1985 hijacking of an EgyptAir jetliner to Malta. “Give me the three Egyptians and take your aircraft,” Mubarak was quoted as saying by the state-run Middle East News Agency. Sixty people were killed during a 20-minute battle between Egyptian commandos and the hijackers.
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