Saturday, April 2, 2011

Southwest grounds 79 planes after scare

Southwest grounds 79 planes after scare

Southwest grounds 79 planes after scare

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Southwest Airlines grounded 79 airplanes on Saturday after a piece of the fuselage on one of its Boeing 737s ripped open during a flight the day before, leaving a hole in the cabin ceiling and rapidly depressurizing the aircraft.


Ivory Coast: Over 800 killed in communal violence

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More than 800 people have been massacred in a western Ivory Coast town where hundreds of United Nations (U.N.) peacekeepers are based, the International Federation of the Red Cross said Saturday, but the U.N. military spokesman said he had no information about mass killings there.


Teacher sacked over Facebook comments

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A first-grade teacher in Paterson, N.J., was suspended on Thursday after she posted on her Facebook page that she felt like a warden overseeing future criminals, district officials said.


Polite robber who said 'please' gets 60-month sentence

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Saying "please" and "thank you" is a virtue, but for a robber in Seattle, politeness went only so far. After a surveillance video showing Gregory Paul Hess robbing a Shell station appeared on YouTube, he was nicknamed the "polite robber."


Kandahar: Nine killed, 81 injured in violent protests against Quran burning

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Violent protests over the burning of a Quran in Florida flared for a second straight day, with young men rampaging through the streets of this southern capital, flying Taliban flags and wielding sticks.


Gaddafi rubbishes ceasefire offer by rebels

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Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim on Friday dismissed a ceasefire offer made by the rebels saying it was a "trick" and accused western leaders of "crimes against humanity".


Whole new way to land and take off

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Imagine an air traffic system where planes would no longer have to wait in long rush-hour lines before taking off, or have to circle the skies before landing. In this world, planes would be able to fly more direct routes and land along smoother glide paths.


Japan reactor leaking radioactive water into ocean

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Highly radioactive water is leaking directly into the sea from a damaged pit near a crippled reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, safety officials said Saturday, the latest setback in the increasingly messy bid to regain control of the reactors.


Large hole tears into plane, 118 on board

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One passenger said it was a "real quick blast, like a gun." Another called it "pandemonium." Still another described watching a flight attendant and another passenger pass out, their heads striking the seats in front of them as they lost consciousness.


Posted by Harshad at 11:06 PM

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