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Passenger saw fire on engine of Qantas flight (AP)
november 05, 2010by latadmin
AP – A Qantas Boeing 747 with 431 people on board landed safely in Singapore late Friday after an engine caught fire minutes after it took off from the city-state,...
U.S. names supporters of Pakistani terrorist groups
november 04, 2010by latadmin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Thursday against individuals and groups that it said support two Pakistan-based terrorist...
Indian shares close at record high on Diwali eve
november 04, 2010by latadmin
MUMBAI (AFP) – Indian shares closed at an all-time high on Thursday, fuelled by a surge in buying of newly floated Coal India and strong foreign appetite for...
Philippine leader calls for terror warning lift (AFP)
november 04, 2010by latadmin
AFP – President Benigno Aquino on Thursday urged the United States and other foreign governments to lift travel warnings over an imminent terrorist attack in the...
Indonesian volcano erupts again; death toll at 44 (AP)
november 04, 2010by latadmin
AP – Eruptions at Indonesia’s deadly volcano appeared to be intensifying Thursday as towering clouds of ash shot from the crater with a thunder-like roar,...
Kurdish TAK rebels say behind Istanbul bombing (Reuters)
november 04, 2010by latadmin
Reuters – A group linked to Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) guerrillas claimed responsibility on Thursday for a suicide bomb attack in central Istanbul at the...
China’s Hu to sign deals, discuss G20 with Sarkozy (Reuters)
november 04, 2010by latadmin
Reuters – Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday pledged close cooperation with France as it prepares to take over the G20 presidency, at the start of a two...
China says flood of dollars could spark new crisis (AP)
november 04, 2010by latadmin
AP – Unrestrained printing of dollars could spark a new global crisis, an adviser to China’s central bank warned Thursday as Asian governments braced for an...
Qantas grounds A380s after Singapore air drama (AFP)
november 04, 2010by latadmin
AFP – Australia’s Qantas Airways grounded all its Airbus A380s Thursday after an engine failure forced one of the superjumbos to make a dramatic emergency...
Two airlines ground A380s after emergency landing (Reuters)
november 04, 2010by latadmin
Reuters – Qantas Airways and Singapore Airlines suspended flights of Airbus A380 superjumbos on Thursday after an engine appeared to break apart in flight, forcing...