MOSCOW: Fugitive United States (US) intelligence leaker Edward Snowden’s struggle to find a safe haven sparked a diplomatic row on Wednesday after Bolivia President Evo Morales’s plane was diverted to Austria over suspicions he was on board.

The incident happened hours after Morales had said his country would consider a request for political asylum if Snowden submitted one.

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