Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Learning to be a pilot, with fuel running out

Learning to be a pilot, with fuel running out

Learning to be a pilot, with fuel running out

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 11:07 PM PDT

Helen Collins, 80 years old, watched the fuel gauge of her small twin-engine airplane drop slowly for more than an hour as it circled a rural Wisconsin runway at an altitude of about 2,000 feet. Her h...

US to begin targeted easing of Myanmar sanctions, says Hillary Clinton

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 10:20 PM PDT

The United States is prepared to take targeted steps to ease sanctions banning the export of U.S. financial services and investment in Myanmar to respond to progress in the Southeast Asian country's d...

Islamist site threatens strike 'at heart of Berlin'

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 10:11 PM PDT

A statement posted on Tuesday on an Islamist website used by Al Qaeda threatened a strike at the "heart of Berlin" unless Germany releases a jailed female militant."This is a special message to the ol...

Somali theater bombing kills 10, shatters calm

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 09:33 PM PDT

Two weeks ago, Somalia's National Theater reopened for the first time in 20 years for a concert that drew an audience in festive colours in a city trying to rise above war. A welcoming banner proclaim...

US clarifies Hafiz Saeed bounty for information that will lead to arrest

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 09:22 PM PDT

Hafiz Saeed's open mocking of the bounty on him has made the US clarify that it wants the Lashkar-e-Taiba founder prosecuted and jailed; that the 10-million-dollar bounty it announced is not for infor...

9/11 trial to resume at Guantanamo

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 09:17 PM PDT

The Pentagon said on Wednesday it is ready to resume a trial at Guantanamo Bay for the acknowledged mastermind of the September 11 attacks and four other men, more than two years after President Barac...

Snake fright for Australian pilot forces emergency landing

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 08:14 PM PDT

An Australian pilot was given the fright of his life when a snake slithered from the dashboard of the plane he was flying, forcing him to make an emergency landing, airline officials said on Thursday.

US sets stage for trial of 9/11 mastermind, four others

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 08:10 PM PDT

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his accused conspirators have been held for years at the US-run prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, while a legal and political battle has played out over how and where to prose...

Dubai police watching the web round the clock

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 08:32 AM PDT

A senior Dubai cyber-crimes investigator says authorities are now conducting round-the-clock monitoring of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

US should give me the $10 million bounty: Hafiz Saeed

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 08:02 AM PDT

One of Pakistan's most notorious extremists taunted the United States during a defiant news conference close to the country's military headquarters on Wednesday, a day after the U.S. slapped a $10 mil...

Yahoo! to lay off 2,000 employees

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 06:55 AM PDT

Yahoo! is laying off 2,000 employees as new CEO Scott Thompson sweeps out jobs that don't fit into his plans for turning around the beleaguered Internet company. The cuts announced on Wednesday repres...

Commandos, special plane and lunch with PM for Zardari visit

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 06:17 AM PDT

Security in the Indian capital will be beefed up ahead of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's April 8 visit en route to offering prayers at Ajmer, police said on Wednesday. Commandos of the Nationa...

US contradicts Pakistan, say Pak was notified about bounty for Hafiz Saeed

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 05:19 AM PDT

The US has made it clear that a USD 10 million bounty on Hafiz Saeed was primarily due to his key role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and said it wants to bring to book the Lashkar- e-Taiba (LeT) f...

A satellite system that could end circling above the airport

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 05:10 AM PDT

Capt. Mike Adams demonstrated what the future will look like at the nation's airports as he pulled back on the throttles of his Boeing 737 flight simulator, setting the engines on idle to glide smooth...

Bounty on Hafiz Saeed: Why now?

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 04:22 AM PDT

In politics, timing is frequently everything. Coming over three years after 26/11, Washington's announcement of a $10 mn bounty for Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the Mumbai terrorist attacks, has lef...

Donald Trump's new focus area? India, says his son

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 04:14 AM PDT

American property mogul Donald Trump targets India above other emerging economies, his son and business partner said, as the flamboyant tycoon looks to crack a notoriously tough real estate industry w...

Yemen kidnappers release three Filipino sailors

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 02:43 AM PDT

Yemeni tribesmen have released three Filipino sailors kidnapped more than two weeks ago east of Sanaa, a security official said on Wednesday. The kidnappers had demanded the release of one of their ow...

Pak-Canadian jailed for 14 yrs for helping Khalistan terror group

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:22 PM PDT

A 50-year-old Pakistani-Canadian has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for providing material support to the Sikh militant group Khalistan Commando Force, blamed for carrying out assassinations and b...

In China press, best coverage cash can buy

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:19 PM PDT

China is notorious for censoring politically delicate news coverage. But it is more than willing to let flattering news about Western and Asian businesses appear in print and broadcast media - if the ...
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