Pilot of crash plane 'over limit'

A pilot who killed himself and his family in a firey crash in the UK has been shown to have been five times over the legal alcohol limit. He had already had his flying license revoked three months before for health reasons."The pilot and co-pilot of a fatal light aircraft...

Alghanim doubles capacity in building and construction materials

"The expansion in insulation materials will be in the GCC, India and Turkey. By the end of 2008, the insulation business unit will have doubled its installed capacity to 230,000 metric tons positioning it amongst the top fifteen global manufacturers. The added capacity is a...

Australian man charged after tank rampage

If you're going to go on a lunatic rampage there's really no better way than in a tank.  There has to be footage of this out there somewhere..."SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian man allegedly used a restored army tank to destroy mobile phone towers on a rampage through Sydney...

Zimbabwe Journalist Arrested

Apparently, this trainee asked the wrong question and was detained. There is no word on whether the intern is still in detention. This is one of those arrests that it would be easy to forget, given the media prominence of the official Zimbabwean opposition and the chaos in...

Israeli Map Says West Bank Posts Sit on Arab Land

"JERUSALEM, Nov. 20 — An Israeli advocacy group, using maps and figures leaked from inside the government, says that 39 percent of the land held by Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank is privately owned by Palestinians.The government data indicate that 40...