Three airlines halt A380 flights over engine explosion

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• Three airlines halt A380 flights over engine explosion
• Plane carrying 22 crashes in Karachi; all killed
• Passenger plane with 68 onboard crashes in Cuba
• Indonesian volcano death toll climbs to 79
• Iranians hurl eggs, tomatoes at British embassy
• Memories of the Titanic on display
• Bush memoirs: What gives him a ‘sickening feeling’
• Indian-American Kamala Harris wins California Attorney General poll
• 5 lions kill businessman who was on fishing trip
• Qantas A380: French experts say fault at rear of engine
• Password challenged? This app could help
• A whopping Rs.74 mn spent on Pakistani PM's home, office
• Economy stuck in neutral, admits Obama

Three airlines halt A380 flights over engine explosion Posted: Three airlines suspended flights of Airbus A380 superjumbo jetliners on Thursday after an engine on a Qantas plane blew apart shortly after takeoff from Singapore.

Plane carrying 22 crashes in Karachi; all killed Posted: Officials say a small plane carrying 22 people has crashed near the airport in Pakistan's largest city after the pilot warned of engine troubles. Officials say there were no survivors.

Passenger plane with 68 onboard crashes in Cuba Posted: A Cuban airliner flying from the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba to the capital crashed in a mountainous area 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.

Indonesian volcano death toll climbs to 79 Posted: A deadly surge of blistering gases cascaded down the slopes of Indonesia's most volatile volcano, torching houses in one mountainside village and nearly doubling the number of people killed in just over a week to 79.

Iranians hurl eggs, tomatoes at British embassy Posted: Crowds of people hurled eggs and tomatoes at the British embassy in Tehran on Thursday after the MI6 spy chief said espionage was key to curbing Iran's nuclear drive, state news agency IRNA reported.

Memories of the Titanic on display Posted: Grainy images of the Titanic, the now-iconic ship, that had a mahogany-panelled smoking room, a swimming pool and a squash court. But, not enough lifeboats for its 2,200 passengers and the crew.

Bush memoirs: What gives him a ‘sickening feeling’ Posted: George W Bush's memoir "Decision Points" could well have been titled "The Decider Decides": it's an autobiography focused around "the most consequential decisions" of his presidency and his personal life from his decision to give up drinking in 1986 to his decision to invade Iraq in 2003 to his decisions regarding the financial crisis of 2008. It is a book that is part spin, part mea culpa, part family scrapbook, part self-conscious effort to (re)shape his political legacy.

Indian-American Kamala Harris wins California Attorney General poll Posted: Endorsed by US President Barack Obama, Indian-American Kamala Harris won the election for Attorney General of California, soon after Indian origin Nikki Haley of Republican Party scripted history by winning the governorship of South Carolina.

5 lions kill businessman who was on fishing trip Posted: A conservation group says a pride of lions mauled to death a businessman who was on a fishing trip in northern Zimbabwe. The group says Peter Evershed was dragged from a shower by five lions at a remote bush camp on Zimbabwe's northern border with Zambia.

Qantas A380: French experts say fault at rear of engine Posted: An Airbus A380 airliner that was forced to make an emergency landing in Singapore had suffered a "serious" fault at the rear of one of its jet engines, French crash investigators said.

Password challenged? This app could help Posted: Lots of otherwise rational people use insecure passwords — "111111," anyone? — or they store hard-to-remember passwords in a Word file. Either way, it's a generous gift to criminals. And yes, it's highly unlikely that one's data will ever be stolen. But mobile app developers are lining up to sell people a little peace of mind.

A whopping Rs.74 mn spent on Pakistani PM's home, office Posted: A whopping Rs.74 million have been spent on renovating Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's official residence and his majestic secretariat in the past 30 months, reveal documents tabled in the National Assembly.

Economy stuck in neutral, admits Obama Posted: US President Barack Obama has dismissed the charges that his government's economic policies are taking the US backward, saying the economy is instead growing.

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