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(FILES) This file picture dated 22 December 2006 shows Rashid Rauf (C), a Briton allegedly involved in a plot to blow up transatlantic jets, leaving court after an appearance in Rawalpindi. "Rashid Rauf escaped from police custody and we are making every possible effort to re-arrest him," interior ministry spokesman Brigadier Javed Cheema, told AFP 16 December 2006. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM