Friday, November 5, 2010

Cuba says all 68 on board died in plane crash (Reuters)

Cuba says all 68 on board died in plane crash (Reuters)

Cuba says all 68 on board died in plane crash (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 12:42 AM PDT

Reuters - All 68 people on board an Aero Caribbean plane were killed when it crashed in mountainous central Cuba on Thursday after issuing an emergency call, a government website said on Friday.

Charter plane crashes in Pakistan, no survivors (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:33 PM PDT

Reuters - A small plane with at least 21 people on board chartered to international oil company ENI crashed after taking off from Pakistan's Karachi airport on Friday, killing all on board, an aviation official said.

Death toll from Indonesia volcano doubles overnight (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 08:18 PM PDT

Mount Merapi volcano erupts spewing out towering clouds of hot gas and debris as seen from Wukirsari village in Sleman, near the ancient city of Yogyakarta, November 4, 2010. Mount Merapi has killed at least 42 people since it began erupting on October 26 and more than 70,000 people have been displaced, according to Indonesia's National Disaster Management Board. REUTERS/BeawihartaReuters - Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano erupted with renewed ferocity on Friday, killing another 39 people and blanketing the surrounding area with ash.

Qantas says A380 engine failure may be "design issue" (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 11:15 PM PDT

Technicians look at the damaged engine of Qantas Airways A380 passenger plane QF32 after it was forced to make an emergency landing at Changi airport in Singapore November 4, 2010. REUTERS/David LohReuters - A faulty part or a design issue may have caused the engine failure on a giant Airbus A380, forcing the Qantas Airways flight to make an emergency landing in Singapore, Qantas chief Alan Joyce said on Friday.

Six Americans killed in Mexico's drug war city (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 04:30 PM PDT

Reuters - Gunmen have killed six U.S. citizens in separate attacks since Saturday in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, the U.S. consulate said on Thursday, as Mexico struggles to halt surging murders.

Obama's India Trip: What to Do to Further U.S.-India Ties (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 12:05 AM PDT

Time.com - The American President has a chance to further ties that have not been so good since the 1940s. Here are four ways to do so

RBS plunges into red with third quarter loss (AFP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 12:53 AM PDT

Britain's Royal Bank of Scotland, which had earlier returned to profit, plunged back into the red in the third quarter with a net loss of 1.146 billion pounds (1.3 billion euros), it said Friday(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Britain's Royal Bank of Scotland, which had earlier returned to profit, plunged back into the red in the third quarter with a net loss of 1.146 billion pounds (1.3 billion euros), it said Friday.

Israelis mull leaving settlers in Palestine (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 11:18 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2010 file photo a Jewish settler holds an Israeli flag during a protest march near the Jewish settlement of Yitzhar, with the village of Burin seen in the background. It has become an article of faith in the Israeli-Palestinian equation: Israel's withdrawal from occupied lands must be accompanied by a removal of Jewish settlers who moved there over the years — even if this means forcibly displacing tens if not hundreds of thousands of people. But what if it didn't? Although it's hardly mainstream thinking or a mass movement, voices on both sides are quietly contemplating another way: perhaps some Jews can live in a future Palestine, even if only in small numbers, the way Arabs live in Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, Files)AP - It has become an article of faith in the Israeli-Palestinian equation: Israel's withdrawal from occupied lands must be accompanied by a removal of Jewish settlers.

No survivors in Cuba airliner crash with 68 aboard (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 12:04 AM PDT

Flames emerge from the wreckage of a Cuban airliner as Police officers and residents look on after it crashed near the village of Guasimal in Santi Spiritus province, Cuba, Thursday Nov. 4, 2010. AeroCaribbean Flight 883 flying from the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba to the capital crashed after declaring an emergency Thursday evening with 68 people aboard, including 28 foreigners, state media reported. There was no immediate word on whether any survived. (AP Photo/Escambray, Prensa Latina)AP - A state airliner filled with Cubans and travelers from Europe and Latin America crashed and burst into flames in a mountainous area after declaring an emergency and losing contact with air traffic controllers. All 40 Cubans and 28 foreigners aboard died, authorities announced early Friday.

Nigeria: Companies miss deadline for telecom sale (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 04:16 PM PDT

AP - A group of private companies missed a deadline Thursday to provide a $750 million down payment to purchase Nigeria's ailing state-run telephone company, the latest setback in efforts to privatize the firm.

Bridgestone returns to profit on economic recovery (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 12:55 AM PDT

AP - Bridgestone Corp. said Friday its earnings are continuing to recover this year as demand for its tires improves, especially at home in Japan.

Canada environment minister resigns, to join CIBC (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 02:56 PM PDT

Reuters - Canadian Environment Minister Jim Prentice announced his resignation on Thursday, saying he will leave the high-profile government post for a senior position at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

World's oldest axe found in Australia (AFP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 11:51 PM PDT

An ancient Aboriginal rock carving is seen in this photo taken on the Burrup Peninsula in the north of Western Australia. Archaeologists have found a piece of a stone axe dated as 35,500 years old on sacred Aboriginal land in Australia, the oldest object of its type ever found.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - Archaeologists revealed they have found a piece of a stone axe dated as 35,500 years old on sacred Aboriginal land in Australia, the oldest object of its type ever found.

Storm Tomas and cholera outbreak add urgency to Haiti's sanitation problems (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 02:27 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Even without a hurricane, sanitation in Haiti's capital is poor, local water sources are contaminated, and the 4 kilometer road to the shantytown of Cite Soleil is knee deep with mud and raw sewage.

Baghdad Attacks: Could They End Iraq's Political Impasse? (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 12:05 AM PDT

Time.com - Seven months have passed since Iraq elected a new parliament, but no new government has been formed. Will two horrific days scare the power brokers into action?

Iran marks anniversary of US Embassy takeover with angry words (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:42 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Iran kept up its near-relentless anti-American rhetoric as it marked the anniversary on Thursday of the seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran in 1979, just days before it is due to resume nuclear talks with Western powers.

Group Says Botswana Bushmen Evicted over Diamonds (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 10:22 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (IPS) - An international boycott of Botswana diamonds aims to draw greater attention to the government's mistreatment of native Kalahari Bushmen.
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