Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Immigrant boat capsizes off Italy; 250 missing

Immigrant boat capsizes off Italy; 250 missing


Immigrant boat capsizes off Italy; 250 missing

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A boat carrying as many as 300 terrified migrants from Libya capsized in rough seas off the Italian coast early Wednesday, as rescuers, hampered by strong winds, struggled to get to them.


Gaddafi, in letter, asks Obama to end air strikes

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Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi has appealed directly to President Barack Obama to halt what the Libyan leader called "an unjust war," and wished Obama good luck in his bid for re-election next year.


Man kills wife, hacks body with saw

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A woman was killed by her husband who then cut up the body with an electric saw, a court was told. Twenty one-year-old Emma Ward is alleged to have been assaulted in her home by Nicky Ward, 29, who then dragged her into the bathroom, The Sun reported.


Austria pastry maker faces complaint over Nazi cakes

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A Holocaust survivors' group has filed a criminal complaint against a pastry maker in Lower Austria for baking cakes decorated with Nazi designs, prosecutors said.


Raging storm kills 9 people in southern United States

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At least nine people were killed by raging storms with heavy rain and ferocious winds that have struck across the southern United States, with Tennessee, Florida and Georgia the worst hit. Several people who died on roads made treacherous by downed trees and power lines.


Mubarak's son hauled up before anti-corruption body

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Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's younger son Gamal has been hauled up and asked to appear before a panel by the country's new anti-corruption body to explain sudden spurt in his wealth.


Ecuador expels US ambassador in WikiLeaks flap

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Ecuador on Tuesday said it is expelling the U.S. ambassador over a diplomatic cable divulged by WikiLeaks that accuses a newly retired police chief of a long history of corruption and speculates that President Rafael Correa was aware of it.


In bunker, Ivory's Coast's Gbagbo plays final hand

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Ivory Coast's strongman Laurent Gbagbo tried to hang on to power for one more day on Wednesday from inside a bunker encircled on all sides by soldiers loyal to his rival. Diplomats said he had sent emissaries to negotiate, only to then refuse the proposals put before him.


Man held for killing wife, showing body with webcam

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A man who strangled his pregnant wife and showed her dead body to his father in Romania using a webcam has been arrested here, authorities said.


Mexican airline flight attendants pose for Playboy

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A group of flight attendants from Mexicana airlines, which has been in limbo since suspending operations last year, pose almost nude in this month's edition of Playboy Mexico, which went on sale Tuesday. The flight attendants had previously done a calendar showing them striking sensual poses, though without quite so much erotic content.


US criticizes Pakistan on terror fight

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The Obama administration on Tuesday gave Congress a harshly critical assessment of Pakistan's efforts to defeat Al Qaida and other militants, saying that after years of work with the Pakistani military "there remains no clear path toward defeating the insurgency" that thrives in the country.


Libya photos show abuses under Gaddafi

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In the second-floor office of a burned-out police station here, the photographs strewn across the floor spun out the stories of the unlucky prisoners who fell into the custody of the brutal government of Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi.


Boeing says it didn’t expect cracks in 737s so soon

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Paul Richter, a senior Boeing engineer, said that the company had thought the jets would not be vulnerable to serious cracks in their skin until "much, much later," and that it was surprised that its safety projections were so far off the mark.


Cracks found in 5 more Southwest planes

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The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) displayed a damaged section of a Southwest Airline jet on Tuesday, after the Boeing 737-300 sprung a hole during a flight on Friday, forcing an emergency landing at an airbase in Arizona. In response, Southwest grounded 79 sister planes over the weekend.


1000 ships to celebrate Queen Elizabeth

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will celebrate her diamond jubilee with a boat trip on London's River Thames in a newly crafted barge, leading a flotilla of 1,000 ships, the event's organisers said.


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