Hijacked Sudanese plane lands in Libya. A plane, hijacked not too long after leaving Sudan’s Darfur region, landed in Kufra, Libya, reports CNN. The plane, believed to be hijacked by rebels, had about 87 passengers and 10 crew members on board, although the number of hijackers onboard is not known. Some of the passengers on the plane were officials from Sudan’s interim government, according to a Sudanese news service. They originally had wanted to land the plane in Egypt, but the Egyptian government would not give them permission, said Sudan’s U.S. ambassador, John Ukec. But at least one Egyptian official is saying that story is not true. “The hijacked plane never entered Egyptian airspace. It never requested to land on Egyptian soil …We understand that it had a tank that would allow it to fly for four hours. It flew directly toward Kufra,” said the leader of Egypt’s civil aviation control. The airline says passenger safety is their number one priority. “We are in contact with Libyan officials because of this dangerous event. We want to resolve the situation as soon as we can in a way where we can guarantee the safety of all our passengers,” an Sun Air airlines official told a Sudanese news service.

Castro says judge deserved to get kicked in the face

Cuba’s former leader, Fidel Castro, stuck up for an athlete who kicked an Olympic judge in the face, reports The Associated Press. Angel Matos, who competed for Cuba in this year’s Olympics doing taekwondo, was so mad he was disqualified from a match that he kicked the judge in the face. Officials of the sport would like him to be banned for life for the conduct, but Castro is standing strong behind Matos, saying he “was predisposed and indignant” when he was unfairly disqualified. “He couldn’t contain himself.” Matos was actually winning the match when, after a hard fall to the mat, he had to take an injury timeout. Competitors are only allowed one minute, so he was disqualified when he took more time than allotted. Cuba’s showing in boxing also got Castro heated and crying foul. “I saw when the judges blatantly stole fights from two Cuban boxers in the semifinals. Our fighters … had hopes of winning, despite the judges, but it was useless. They were condemned beforehand,” he wrote in a newspaper editorial. Cuba, considered an Olympic boxing powerhouse, took home no boxing golds this year. (They won four silver and four bronze boxing medals).  Overall, the nation only took home two golds in this year’s games, which is less than the nine they won in Athens.