World IN BRIEF : SWEDEN : Piracy Charges Filed Against Hijacker

Air piracy charges were filed against a man who used grenades to hijack a Russian airliner. His wife, suspected of helping to plan the takeover, was also charged. The two, accused of commandeering an Aeroflot jet on Saturday with roughly 72 people aboard, were jailed pending appearances in a Stockholm court. It was not immediately clear whether the couple would be extradited to Russia or prosecuted in Sweden, where the man, who initially appeared to be acting alone, surrendered. The couple were identified as Tamerlane Musayev, 27, and his wife, Marina, 26. They were reportedly from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic torn by an ethnic war with neighboring Armenia.