Thursday, November 4, 2010

Qantas grounds giant A380s after emergency landing (Reuters)

Qantas grounds giant A380s after emergency landing (Reuters)


Qantas grounds giant A380s after emergency landing (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 12:51 AM 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 - Qantas Airways suspended flights of its Airbus A380 fleet on Thursday after engine failure triggered an emergency landing in Singapore, one of the most serious incidents for the world's largest passenger plane in three years of commercial flight.


Iran says four "terrorists" arrested: report (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 12:32 AM PDT

Reuters - Iranian authorities have arrested four people they say were paid by a Kurdish militant based in Britain to carry out assassinations, state-run Press TV reported on Thursday.

U.S. improves security in Afghan province: governor (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 07:59 PM PDT

Map showing Pakistan's tribal zone on the border with Afghanistan. Keen to end the war and weaken the Taliban as much as possible, the US drone campaign has stepped up attacks in Pakistan's tribal belt and NATO helicopters from Afghanistan have pursued militants into Pakistani territory.(AFP/Graphic/Gal/Js)Reuters - Security has improved in some areas of Afghanistan's violent Helmand province where U.S. Marines have taken over from British troops, the provincial governor said Wednesday.


Mass grave of drug war victims found in Mexico: report (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 06:27 PM PDT

Forensic workers stand next to the remains of a body after finding a mass grave in Tuncingo on the outskirts of Acapulco November 3, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Mexican authorities near the Pacific resort city of Acapulco discovered a hidden mass grave filled with what they believed to be victims of the country's drug war, local media reported on Wednesday.


France arrests two on suspicion of terror: minister (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 12:52 AM PDT

Reuters - French police have arrested two people on suspicion of links to terrorist groups, Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said on Thursday.

A Chastened Obama Faces the World (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 10:55 PM PDT

Time.com - A U.S. president in trouble at home may be tempted to look to boost his standing through foreign policy achievements. But opportunities will be few for President Obama

China pressures European governments over Nobel (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:07 AM PDT

AP - China is pressuring European governments to avoid the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for imprisoned democracy activist Liu Xiaobo and not make any statements in support of him, several diplomats in Beijing said Thursday.

18 dead found in Mexico mass grave shown in video (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 12:41 AM PDT

A Mexican Navy soldier watch as forensic workers remove a body which was buried at a field in the town of Tuncingo, southern Mexico, Wednesday Nov. 3, 2010. Authorities recovered at least nine bodies digging into an area mentioned in a video posted in YouTube as the burial site of 20 people of Michoacan state who were kidnapped last Sept. 30. (AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez) marines guard the perimeter as civil protection and forensic workers dig for bodies at a clandestine that was found in the town of Tuncingo, Mexico Wednesday Nov. 3, 2010. Mexican police have recovered at least nine bodies in a mass grave identified in a narco-video as the burial site for 20 men kidnapped in the resort city of Acapulco last Sept. 30.(AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez)AP - In another grisly turn in Mexico's drug war, police have recovered 18 bodies from a mass grave announced in a YouTube posting — a video saying the victims were from a tourist group kidnapped in Acapulco a month ago.


Traditional practices worsen child malnutrition in Nigeria (AFP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 12:20 AM PDT

A mother is seen here feeding her malnourished child at the Pantami Primary Health Care clinic in northern Nigeria's city of Gombe where UNICEF runs a feeding program for malnourished under-fives. Nigeria is among 20 countries in the world that account for 80 percent of undernourished children in the world.(AFP/File/Aminu Abubakar)AFP - Fatima Idi straps her two-year-old to her back and begins a long trek every week that takes her to a place where Nigeria's tragic struggle with child malnutrition is on full display.


Qantas jumbo makes emergency landing in Singapore (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:06 AM PDT

Qantas Airways A-380 passenger plane QF32 with its partially damaged engine sits on the tarmac after making an emergency landing at Changi airport in Singapore November 4, 2010. The Qantas Airways passenger plane carrying 459 people was forced to shut down an engine and return to to Singapore's Changi airport on Thursday, ending speculation that it had crashed, the airline and Singapore state TV said.   REUTERS/Vivek Prakash   (SINGAPORE - Tags: TRANSPORT DISASTER BUSINESS)AP - Qantas grounded all of its six Airbus A380 superjumbos Thursday after one of them blew out an engine, shooting flames and debris that forced it to make an emergency landing in Singapore with 459 people aboard.


Native Australian too 'white' for Aboriginal charity (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 10:55 PM PDT

File photo of Aboriginal protesters performing a traditional smoking ceremony. An Australian Aboriginal woman said she was AFP - An Australian Aboriginal woman said she was "humiliated" Thursday after being told she was too white to work for an indigenous rights charity.


Greek parcel bombs, Yemen plot may cause tighter cargo security in Europe (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 01:42 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Greece halted airmail shipments today for 48 hours in the wake of a two-day spate of parcel bombings blamed on domestic militants in Athens.

Will the Elections Change Obama's Iran Policy? (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 10:55 PM PDT

Time.com - With nuclear talks set to resume, neither side appears ready to compromise. And with a more hawkish legislature, Obama could face uncomfortable choices

After election 2010, Europe asks why US no longer smitten with Obama (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 01:19 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In much of Europe, where President Obama remains quite popular, the saving grace after Tuesday's vote is that at least the president and his Democratic allies retained the US Senate.

Wiping Out Mosquito-Borne Diseases - With Mosquitoes (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 02:15 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - BANGKOK, Nov 3 (IRIN) - Scientists fighting mosquito-borne diseases are racing to obtain approval to release genetically modified insects designed to stop the spread of dengue, a potentially fatal virus.

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