So Mr de Villepin changed the law and the imam was on the next plane home.

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Given his past behaviour, there was a suspicion that he might fly into London, feel a bit funny and get straight back on the next plane home.

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If they call me back, I am on the next plane out there and I will do my job, do my time, and get home and back to my family.

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If the plane next to him was blown out of the sky, for example, Plank got extra points toward his return home under the theory that he, too, had been exposed to excess danger.

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