Turmoil in Indian Aviation Jet Airways sacks 1,000 employees

A day after Kingfisher Air and Jet Airways switched from rivalry to partnership in a bid to face difficult skies hit by rising costs, employees in both airlines huddled to discuss their future. Job loss fears and...

Passengers overcome hijacker on Turkish Airlines flight

Passengers overpowered a man who attempted to hijack a Turkish plane.He couldn't write very well and was very drunk. The Russian officials when hearing this description were suprised that he was not British."The...

Gunfight on Thai-Cambodia border

Thailand and Cambodia have been fighting centres on 1.8 square miles (4.6 sq km) of scrub near the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple, which sits on a jungle-clad escarpment dividing the countries.The tension turned violent in October when one Cambodian and two Thai soldiers...

Pakistan president set for key China visit

" Pakistan President Asif Zardari is set for his first ever official bilateral visit this week after being elected head of state last month when he flies out to Beijing on Tuesday. Official sources said Sunday the state visit to China will be from October 14 to 17 and...

China Protests Milk Import Bans at WTO Meeting More Milk Scandal

With another recall in the melamine contaminated milk scandal coming today, one that found unacceptable levels of melamine in chocolate candies, you would think that the Chinese officials would be offering abject...

China: 200 villagers sickened by arsenic in water

The "melamine in milk" scare which was a big blow for China is not yet over. And now "arsenic in water" sickens hundreds more. "BEIJING —  The number of villagers sickened by drinking water contaminated...

Nepal air crash:12 German tourist dead,Death toll 18

" Twelve German tourists were among 18 people killed when a passenger plane crashed in Nepal's Everest region. A total of 14 foreigners are believed to have died, airport officials said. Only one Nepalese...

EU force to fight Somali pirates, video russian warship/pirates

Somali piracy doubled in 2008, 60 ships attacked, $30 million paid in ransom. Sarkozy fights the pirates. The french announcement was made after the EU defence minister meeting at Deauville France VIDEO CNNPirate...

Man burnt alive along with bike

chandigarh(india):The ghastly act came to light after residents noticed the fire and informed the police. The locals found his half-burnt body covered in flames on the railway tracks on Thursday night at around 9 pm. Initially, the onlookers took it to be an accidental fire....

Verdict reached in O.J. Simpson trial -Guilty of all 12 counts

"LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) A jury finds O.J. Simpson guilty of all 12 counts in his Las Vegas armed robbery and kidnapping trial.The jury has reached a verdict in O.J. Simpson's armed robbery and kidnapping trial in...

Congressmen finally allowed on YouTube

"Congressmen finally allowed on YouTube"" Members of Congress can finally use Web sites like YouTube, after committees in both the House and Senate adopted new rules allowing members to post content outside of the .gov domain, as long as it is for official purposes. The...

EU force to fight Somali pirates

The EU is going to undertake a policing measure to fight the pirates off the coast of Somalia. So far operations by combined EU policing forces have been limited mostly just to the Balkans, but lately, under the EU presidency of France under Nicolas Sarkozy, they have become...

US Treasury and Federal Reserve involved in Mortgage-Securities Fraud?

I discovered Solari and Solari circles a few years ago. The founder, Catherine Austin Fitts, is an investment adviser, a former Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner (HUD), and investment banker. The following excerpt is some of her shocking discoveries...

Officer faces charge over secret files left on train

The intelligence officer who left secret terrorism files on a train is going to be criminally charged. "Civil service An intelligence officer from the Cabinet Office who left top secret documents about Iraq and Afghanistan on a train is to face charges under the Official...

Arab papers see Israel behind deadly Syria bomb

Some Arab newspapers have accused Israel of being involved in the deadly car bombing in Damascus in which 17 persons were killed on Saturday. Although investigation into the incident would fix the responsibility for the attack, some columnists of Arab newspapers were quick in...

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