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US Planes Searching For Nigeria Kidnapped Girls

The US is flying "manned" intelligence missions over Nigeria to try to track down nearly 300 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram fighters.

Washington has also shared "commercial satellite imagery" with the Nigerian military in the hunt for the missing teenagers, a senior US official said.

Experts are examining a new video issued by Boko Haram claiming to show about 130 of the youngsters, who the group claims have converted to Islam.

US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said: "Our intelligence experts are combing through every detail of the video for clues that might help ongoing efforts to secure the release of the girls.

Gold Bars Worth £620k (155 Million Naira) Found In Plane Toilet

Cleaners working on an aircraft in India have found 24 gold bars worth more than $1m (£620,000) stuffed into a toilet compartment, officials have said.

The plane, belonging to Jet Airways, was being cleaned at Kolkata airport on Tuesday after a trip from the eastern city of Patna. It had previously been flying on international routes.

Airport director BP Mishra said the 1kg bars were found inside two bags that were left in the toilets of the plane.

Man Dies As Plane Crashes Into House

A US man died and another was injured when a small plane crashed into a house in Washington State.

Both were travelling in the four-seater, Cessna-type aircraft when it hit the home in Woodinville, King County, on Saturday afternoon.

Sheriff's office spokeswoman Cindi West said a man was declared dead at the scene and another was airlifted to Harborview Medical Centre.

No-one was hurt on the ground, she added.

It is understood the owners of the large, detached property were not in at the time of the crash.