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Air disasters timeline BBC News A chronology of some of the world's recent air disasters: 2010 | 28 July: An Airblue plane with more than 150 people on board crashes in hills north of Pakistan's capital Islamabad. Police say it was a flight from the southern city of Karachi. It was not immediately known if there were any survivors...
President Wyclef? Ex-Fugee mulling Haiti campaign Newsvine | PORT-AU-PRINCE — Singer Wyclef Jean is considering a run for president of Haiti but has not decided whether to seek a five-year term as leader of the quake-ravaged nation, the musician's family said Monday. | There have been rumors for some time the Haitian-born entertainer might enter the 2...
Pacific military drills coming to a close Philadelphia Daily News | The Associated Press | HONOLULU - International military exercises in the Pacific Ocean are concluding after more than a month of training, tactical coordination and communication between the United States and its allies. | The Rim of the Pacific, ...
Army: Chemical weapons off Hawaii should stay put Philadelphia Daily News | AUDREY McAVOY | The Associated Press | HONOLULU - Chemical weapons dumped in deep water five miles south of Pearl Harbor after World War II should remain at the site because moving them could pose more of a threat to people and the environment, the...
Victims’ lawyer wants duck boats grounded Philadelphia Daily News | By Nathan Gorenstein | INQUIRER STAFF WRITER | Lawyers for two Hungarian tourists killed in the Delaware River duck-boat accident launched a public relations effort Friday aimed at getting the city and Coast Guard to prevent the ducks from returnin...
LA trial nears to determine owner of giant emerald Philadelphia Daily News | JOHN ROGERS | The Associated Press | LOS ANGELES - The case of an emerald the size of a boulder will roll into a courtroom in September, accompanied by a small army of lawyers representing those who have laid claim to the 840-pound rock as it trave...
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Storm could take away sights and sounds of BP well Fresno Bee | - Associated Press Writers Share | thefresnobee_994:/2010/07/23/2016974/storm-could-take-away-sights-and.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | Si...
Tropical Storm Bonnie moving toward oil spill The Guardian | JUAN McCARTNEY | Associated Press Writer= NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Tropical Storm Bonnie steamed into the central Bahamas on Thursday night while tracking a course that could tak...
BP's new disaster - 'doctoring' pictures The Daily Telegraph Australia | ENVIRONMENTALISTS have long suspected that BP has been playing fast and loose with the truth. Now they have proof. | The company has been caught doctoring photos of its repsonse ...
Woke up, it was Chelsea wedding Philadelphia Daily News | By REGINA MEDINA | Philadelphia Daily News | 215-854-598 INTEL ON TOMORROW'S fairy-tale nuptials of former first daughter Chelsea Clinton and investment banker Marc Mezvinsky is sealed tighter than the sturdy cap on the BP oil leak. Even the mother...
One grandchild given back, two to go Philadelphia Daily News | By STEPHANIE FARR | Philadelphia Daily News | 215-854-4225 Janice Brown lost her 22-year-old daughter and 11-month-old granddaughter in a notorious car accident in June 2009, when a driver fleeing police crashed onto a Feltonville sidewalk and kill...
Nutter, activists cheer immigration 'sanity' as judge rejects part of Ariz. law Philadelphia Daily News | By JULIE SHAW | Philadelphia Daily News | 215-854-2592 Before a crowd of 100 people, citizens and immigrants, Mayor Nutter yesterday proclaimed that he was "very excited" that a federal judge in Arizona brought "some level of sanity&...
Dogged by a Slowdown, Obama Touts Car Revival The New York Times | DETROIT — President Obama came here on Friday to tout an economic success story, but instead got a lesson in how hard it is going to be to turn around the perception and the reality that the recovery is sputtering. | Mr. Obama was fired-up at Chrysler and General Motors plants, where he hawked the good news that the automakers have returned...
