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Vor wenigen Wochen landete nach SPIEGEL-Informationen ein Mann mit einer Lufthansa-Maschine aus der saudischen Hauptstadt Riad in Frankfurt am Main. Er versuchte, mit einem gefälschten Pass die Grenzkontrolle zu passieren. Als der falsche Ausweis aufflog, beantragte er für sich und seine Familie Asyl.
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The magazine reported Friday that Abdul Rauf Mohammad, who was the Taliban's health minister in Afghanistan during the late 1990s, arrived in Frankfurt from Saudi Arabia several weeks ago.
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