100+ missing, 45 dead after boat sinks in Congo

A boat accident in Kinshasa has claimed the lives atleast 45 people with many more missing. This supposedly happened after the barge hit a rock prior to sinking. According to the UN sponsored Radio Okapi there were about 182 people on the barge that went missing. The latest...

Qantas Plane Dives 20,000 Feet After Mystery Hole Rips Fuselage Area

Update: thanks to the ever-alert eye of NP member Vinny, I've learned that the first publication of this story was  by JayR_ Patron, here. Do stop by his column, too, please. A jumbo jet drops 20,000 feet in...

Jetstar Pacific Airlines offers 10,000 cheap tickets

From 11am May 28, Jetstar Pacific Airlines officially offered 10,000 air tickets at only VND 15,000 a ticket (excluding tax and other additional fees) on its domestic flights at its website www.jetstar.com."This is...

Pictured: The cruise liner that ran aground off Alaska

"A cruise ship that grounded for about nine hours near Glacier Bay in Alaska has been towed to safety, a Coast Guard spokesman said.A National Park Service vessel was transferring passengers and crew members to a...

Palestinian runs amok with bulldozer in street, Three killed, 44 hurt

This  terrorist attack will further escalate tension between two feuding sides and can also affect the peace talks."A Palestinian construction worker killed three people when he drove a large bulldozer into oncoming traffic on a busy Jerusalem street yesterday, crushing...

Bulldozer attacks crowded Jerusalem bus; dozens hurt

12:21 02/07/2008 Israel local time. Terror attack in Jerusalem   "A bulldozer driver in Jerusalem targeted a bus on Jaffa Road in an apparent rampage on Wednesday afternoon, reportedly wounding dozens of...

Passengers sleep on plane after flight cancelled

That is completely new to me, I have never seen something like that. Great initiative!! " Fifty-two passengers on a Chinese airliner whose flight was cancelled due to bad weather refused to disembark and instead spent the night onboard before finally leaving to their...

Man guilty for having 13 in Volvo - no one was wearing a seatbelt!

A teacher was stopped by police for having 13 people in his car last August.  Women had infants on their laps, and kids were standing in the back seat. None of the 13 passengers cramped in the car were wearing...

Canada: Air passengers to undergo 'virtual strip search'

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorSo much for those mail order $4.99 X-Ray glasses, a new technology is in town for air travellers passing through this little burg Kelowna far in the British Columbia...

NZ drivers turn to blow-up dolls to beat traffic rules

Blow-up dolls, mannequins, and dogs dressed up as children. Sure some creative ways to drive in the carpool lane.   " Drivers in New Zealand's largest city of Auckland are turning to inflatable passengers...

Failed bomber's wife guilty of staying silent about terror plot

The wife of one of the failed suicide bombers, Hussain Osman, is facing jail forfailing to tell police of his plans. The woman, 32-year-old Yeshi Girma, is a Muslim convert and allegedly knew of the plot before it was attempted."The wife of failed suicide bomber Hussain Osman...

Passengers` laptops now subject to security checks at Soekarno-Hatta airport

"Tangerang, (ANTARA News)- The operator of Soekarno-Hatta international airport has instituted tight security checks on passengers` laptops at the airport`s entrance gates to prevent the the equipment`s misuse for negative purposes, an airport official said."We have taken the...

TSA's Millimeter scanners see through clothes, installed at 10 airports

"Leave it to the TSA to come up with new ways to check out what you're packing. In this case, those body-scanning machines we've known about for some time are being installed in 10 airports. They are already being...

Car bombings in Baghdad leave at least 6 dead

At least six people are dead in Baghdad after a suicide car bomb and another car packed with explosives targeted Iraqi police patrols today, and exploded on the capital's west side."The suicide attacker rammed into a...

Next Time you fly... you may as well fly... naked!

10 major US airports are installing body scanners machines. Those machines can see through your clothes, revealing your body and whatever is hidden under your clothes, as can be seen from the photo." BALTIMORE —...

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