Spain has rejected a final appeal for asylum by a son of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and his British wife and put them on a plane bound for Egypt, the Interior Ministry and a lawyer for the man said today

A SON of Osama bin Laden who grabbed headlines by marrying a British woman last year has flown to Spain and requested asylum, the Spanish government said yesterday.

A son of Osama bin Laden confirmed today he had married a British woman nearly twice his age, and voiced outrage at the publicity the wedding attracted.