Austria: Snowden not aboard Bolivian president's plane

Austrian authorities inspected Bolivian President Evo Morales' government plane at Vienna airport and found no unauthorised people on board, Deputy Chancellor Michael Spindelegger said on Wednesday.

France and Portugal abruptly cancelled air permits for Morales' plane en route from Moscow on Tuesday, apparently due to fears fugitive ex-US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden could be on board. Bolivian and Austrian officials denied this. (Reuters)