Friday, April 20, 2012

No hope of survivors in Pakistan plane crash: police

No hope of survivors in Pakistan plane crash: police

No hope of survivors in Pakistan plane crash: police

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Pakistani rescue workers and local residents search the site of a plane crash in RawalpindiA passenger airliner crashed near Islamabad on Friday while trying to land during a thunderstorm, officials said, with all 127 people on board believed dead.

Pakistani passenger jet with 127 on board crashes

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Pakistani rescue workers amid of a wreckage of the Boeing 737 passenger plane which crashed in the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, April 20, 2012. Sobbing relatives of those on the flight flocked to the airport, and officials said there appeared to be no survivors from the 127 people on board.(AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)A Pakistani passenger jet with 127 people on board crashed into wheat fields Friday as it was trying to land in a thunder storm at an airport near the capital Islamabad, officials said. Sobbing relatives of those on the flight flocked to the airport as a government minister expressed little hope of finding survivors.

Charred wreckage litters Pakistan plane crash site

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A plane wheel (C) lies amid debris at the scene of the plane crashThe smell of burning filled the air at the scene of Friday's deadly plane crash on the outskirts of Islamabad, where chunks of charred wreckage lay scattered across farmland.

Singapore PM finally taps into Facebook, Twitter

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Lee Hsien Loong is engaging social media to better connect with citizensSingapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong joined Facebook and Twitter on Friday to better connect with citizens who have increasingly vented their frustrations with his government on social media.

Myanmar opposition set to boycott parliament

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Aung San Suu Kyi and other NLD members elected to parliament do not want to take an oath to Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party said Friday it planned to boycott Myanmar's parliament next week in a row that threatens to overshadow the activist's landmark election to public office.

Hacker attack underlines Web role in China scandal

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FILE - In this file photo taken on March 11, 2012, Chongqing party secretary Bo Xilai attends a plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. North Carolina-based Boxun.com was forced to move to a new web hosting service Friday, April 20, 2012, after its previous host said the attacks were threatening its entire business, website manager Watson Meng told The Associated Press. He believes the attacks were ordered by China's security services, but it isn't clear where they were launched from. The assaults on Boxun's server followed days of reporting on Bo Xilai, formerly one of the country's most powerful politicians, who was fired as head of the mega-city of Chongqing and suspended from the party's Politburo amid accusations of his wife's involvement in the murder of a British businessman. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)A massive hacker attack has crippled an overseas website that has reported extensively on China's biggest political turmoil in years, underscoring the pivotal role the Internet has played in the unfolding scandal.

All dead in Afghan chopper crash American: US

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NATO chopper crashes in AfghanistanAll four NATO troops killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan on Thursday were American, US officials said.

Passenger plane crashes near Islamabad: police

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The Bhoja airline flight from Karachi came down outside Islamabad airportA passenger plane carrying 126 people crashed while trying to land during bad weather near Islamabad on Friday evening, officials said.

Officials say passenger jet crashes in Pakistan

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Pakistani aviation officials say a passenger jet with 127 people on board has crashed close to the capital.

Kazakhstan journalist targeted in savage attack

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A journalist in western Kazakhstan has been stabbed and shot in an attack that his colleagues say may have been motivated by his reporting.

Fishermen blast premier dive sites off Indonesia

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This photo taken in March 20, 2012 shows coral reefs damaged by fishermen in the waters of Tatawa Besar, Komodo islands, Indonesia. Coral gardens off the Komodo Islands were just a few months ago teeming with clouds of brightly colored reef fish, octopi with fluorescent banded eyes and black-and-blue striped sea snakes. Today, after being pounded by increasingly brazen blast fisherman, several diving sites within the U.N. World Heritage Site have been transformed into desolate grey moonscapes. (AP Photo/Michael W. Ishak)Coral gardens that were among Asia's most spectacular, teeming with colorful sea life just a few months ago, have been transformed into desolate gray moonscapes by illegal fishermen who use explosives or cyanide to kill or stun their prey.

Chinese 13-year-old golf prodigy misses cut record

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China's 13-year-old amatuer golfer Guan Tianlang is seen during the first round of the Volvo China Open in TianjinChinese prodigy Guan Tianlang, 13, missed out on becoming the youngest player to make the cut in a European Tour event when he finished 12 over par after 36 holes at the Volvo China Open on Friday.

China overturns tycoon's death sentence

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China's Supreme People's Court in BeijingChina's high court overturned the death sentence on a former tycoon Friday, in a case that caused an uproar over the nation's use of capital punishment for economic crimes.

India's new missile 'operational in two years'

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India successfully tested the Agni V in OrissaIndia's new long range missile, capable of delivering a nuclear warhead anywhere in China, will be operational within two years, its developers said Friday, a day after the weapon's maiden test.

India's Reliance shows 21.2% fall in Q4 profit

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Mukesh AmbaniReliance Industries, India's largest private firm, on Friday reported a drop in its fourth quarter net profit -- its second successive fall -- hurt by declining gas output from its offshore fields.

Oil up to near $103 amid strong corporate earnings

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Oil prices rose to near $103 a barrel Friday as strong earnings reports offset signs the U.S. economic recovery remains uneven.

Bears on rampage in Japan kill two women

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Bears have escaped from their enclosures in a park in northern JapanBears killed two women after escaping from their enclosures in a park in northern Japan, police said Friday, admitting they still did not have a handle on the incident as night fell.

Japan all-girl group ad 'encourages homosexuality'

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AKB48 is one of the world's highest grossing acts with more than $200 million in CD and DVD sales last yearA commercial showing members of wildly popular all-girl band AKB48 passing bite-sized candies seductively from mouth-to-mouth is under fire in Japan for encouraging homosexuality.

'Chinese' hackers deface Philippine website

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A woman uses a keyboard in Hong Kong with keys illustrating Chinese Hackers claiming to come from China defaced the website of the Philippines' top university on Friday to assert their country's claim over the hotly disputed South China Sea, the government said.

Ex-Thai PM Thaksin's niece banned from politics

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Thaksin Shinawatra was deposed after a bloodless coup by royalist generals in 2006Thailand's top court has banned the lawmaker niece of fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra from politics for five years for a false financial declaration, a court official said Friday.

Bin Laden widows' deportation 'few more days' away

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Osama bin Laden's family has been held in Pakistan since he was killed last MayThe deportation of Osama bin Laden's family from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia will take at least a few more days and is being discussed between the two countries, their lawyer said on Friday.

Officials: 4 Americans die in Afghan chopper crash

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A U.S. Army helicopter crashed in bad weather during a night flight in Afghanistan, and all four American crew members were killed, U.S. and Afghan officials said Friday.

Afghan official: US chopper crashed in bad weather

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A U.S. Army helicopter crashed in bad weather during the night in Afghanistan as it was en route to respond to a suicide attack on a local police checkpoint, an Afghan official said Friday.

N. Korean rally calls for death of S. Korea's Lee

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The crowds marched off the square, shouting Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied Friday, screaming hatred for South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak and calling for his death over alleged insults during the North's anniversary celebrations.

Nepal war children head from poverty to university

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One of Nepal's top private schools has opened its doors for 20 children, rescued seven years agoThe gates of one of Nepal's top private schools swing open and 20 children who hope to be the doctors, lawyers and scientists of tomorrow spill out into a smart Kathmandu suburb.
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