Crash of AirAsia Flight 8501 Spotlights Indonesias Poor Air Safety Record
JAKARTA, Indonesia ��� When a team of United Nations auditors visited Jakarta in May to rate the countrys aviation safety, they came to a troubling conclusion: Indonesia was well below the global average in every category, and scored just 61 percent in .
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Thailand latest news updated in real-time by RSS feeds.. A Chilean cyclists quest to bike around the world in five years has ended with his death in a road accident in northeast Thailand, police said Sunday.. Thailand bans commercial surrogacy for foreignersBBC News.. The number of people killed in clashes in Bangladesh over the conviction of Islamist leaders for war crimes rose to 53 on Friday as fresh violence erupted in the Muslim-majority nation.
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On 9 February, in response to the deadly police violence that left 40 football fans killed and dozens murdered in Cairo, Shadi Zalat compared the price of a ticket to the price of life.. BBC News Qatar recalls envoy to Egypt in row over Libya strikes. BBC News Qatar has recalled its ambassador from Egypt following a row about air strikes on Islamic State targets in Libya. Foreign ministry officials said it was prompted by comments made by Egypts delegate to the Arab��.
Americas forgotten kindness in the Bangladesh war
In May 1971, Indian requested the US to provide four C-130 transport aircraft and crews to help ferry the Bengali refugees. The US State Department asked the request be routed through the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). After the UNHCR .
Bangladesh ferry capsizes on Meghna river near Dhaka
Ferry accidents are common on Bangladeshs vast river network and scores are killed every year. Such incidents. The BBCs Shahnaz Parveen in Dhaka says the double-decker ferry is believed to have been overloaded with passengers.. A navy ship, a.
At least 53 killed in raids on ISIS-held towns in two days
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Bangladesh ferry collision kills dozens
A ferry has capsized in central Bangladesh, killing at least 33 people including a young baby. The ferry, carrying about 100 people aboard, collided with a trawler on the river Padma about 40km (25 miles) north-west of the capital Dhaka. At least 50 .
Bangladesh Ferry Sinking: Death Toll Reaches 112
DHAKA, Bangladesh ��� Rescue workers found more bodies Wednesday inside the salvaged wreckage of a Bangladesh ferry that capsized with about 200 people on board, bringing the death toll to 112. The ferry collided with a cargo boat and sank e.. Parul, who goes by one name, said she had been waiting at the shore since Tuesday night for news of her newly married brother, who was returning on the ferry with 16 others from his wedding party. She said only��.
Is it too late to save the Maldives from climate change and Islamic extremism?
Walled by the rising Indian Ocean, the booming city of 150,000 people is only half the length of its own runway, which forms an artificial island to serve the tourists who transfer to luxury resorts (none of them take the public ferry to Mal��.
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Live cricket scores and latest cricket news updated in real-time by RSS feeds. Tweet.. 71/2 * v KwaZulu-Natal Inland. Posted on. Cricket news from ESPN Cricinfo.com. Photograph: ��� Cricket World Cup 2015: Australia v Bangladesh washed out by rainBBC Sport. Australian cricket legend Glenn McGrath has drawn a barrage of hostile reaction after pictures of him posing with big game killed on a safari holiday began circulating on social media. McGrath, a keen��.
Bangladesh ferry toll rises to 67 - CY.SEND Blog
Rescue workers searching a ferry in Bangladesh which sank on Tuesday with around 200 people on board have now found 67 bodies.. Hundreds of relatives are still awaiting news of their loved ones. Some of the survivors said more people than. In June 2010, about a dozen people were killed after a packed ferry capsized in a storm in north-east Bangladesh and in November 2009, 118 people died in two ferry accidents within a week. Boats are the main form of��.
Paris shooting updates / Recording emerges of kosher store terrorist.
According to residents of Montrouge, south of Paris, Amedy Coulibaly was headed to the school and synagogue on Thursday morning when his plans were interrupted by a car accident. Instead, he shot and killed a policewoman who was investigating the .
Bangladesh: 28 killed as ferry capsizes - NDTV.com | Dhaka.
comPTI, Updated: April 22, 2011 00:22 IST Dhaka: At least 28 people, mostly women and children, were killed on Thursday and scores went missing as a jam-packed ferry capsized after colliding with.. ferry capsized after colliding with the wreckage of a stone laden trawler in Meghna river in ��� Dozens dead, many missing as Bangladesh ferry sinksReuters. Toll still climbing from ferry capsizeNECN 27 dead in Bangladesh ferry accidentUPI.com. BBC News. +1��.
Leading Lady: Local made fairly lekker
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Bangladesh Ferry Death Toll at 139, India Bids Farewell to.
News moves faster. The death toll of a fatal ferry accident in Bangladesh rose to 139, India found itself facing U.S. sanctions for failing to reduce its purchase of Iranian oil, and a Swiss couples eight-month hostage situation came to an end in Pakistan. Tragedy at sea. The death toll rose to 139, with dozens more missing, after a ferry capsized in a Bangladesh river. The ferry was carrying. 26 attack that killed 164 and let over 300 wounded. (Dawn). Indias loses its��.
Remembering Asias Titanic: The Do��a Paz tragedy that.
Remembering Asias Titanic: The Do��a Paz tragedy that killed over 4,000 in Dec 1987. Nobody is certain exactly how many lives were lost ��� because many of them were not supposed to be on that overcrowded passenger ferry, sailing in clear tropical weather on an overnight journey.. One survivor claimed that the lights onboard went out soon after the collision: there had been no life vests on the Do��a Paz, and that none of the crew was giving any orders.
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The Japanese magazine CoroCoro has released news for Pok��mon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire new Mega Pokemon. From left to right it goes in order: Mega Sceptile, Mega Diancie, and Mega Swampert. Something��.
Bangladesh opposition leader Zia calls for blockade
Bangladeshi opposition leader Khaleda Zia has called on her supporters to enforce a transport blockade after four protesters were killed in clashes with police and pro-government crowds. She urged members of her Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to.
US bombings driving anti-Assad rebels into alliance with ISIS, report says
On Saturday, a prominent Syrian activist monitoring group said U.S.-led airstrikes in the country have killed over 900 people since September - many of them ISIS fighters, but some civilians as well. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human.
Bangladesh Ferry Capsizes: Strong Currents Hamper Rescue Effort
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ��� Families of scores of people presumed dead after their ferry capsized in central Bangladesh accused authorities on Tuesday of launching a feeble rescue effort and leaving their loved ones trapped inside the vessel for more.
Bangladesh ferry owner faces charges in sinking
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ��� The ferry that capsized in Bangladesh with hundreds of people on board this week had a capacity of only 85 passengers, the countrys shipping minister said Wednesday as he announced charges against the vessels owner and .
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Fighters crossed Lake Chad in four motorboats and attacked a village, an army spokesman told the BBC. The Islamist militants were pushed back by Chadian troops after killing several people, residents said. Chad recently joined Nigeria,��.
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DHAKA (Reuters) ��� Bangladeshi rescuers on Sunday pulled 30 ferry passengers from the river Padma after the vessel capsized 70 km (44 miles) north of the capital with more than 100 people aboard, police said.. KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) ��� Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists have exchanged dozens of prisoners in east Ukraine, a Ukrainian Security Council aide confirmed on Sunday, a step toward implementing an internationally��.
Dad Gets No-Show Bill After Son, 5, Misses Birthday Party
Nash told the BBC on Monday he had initially accepted the party invitation, but later realized Alex was supposed to visit his grandparents that day. He said he did not have contact details to let the other family know. The birthday boys mother, Julie.
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source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17008164. Africa News.. (CNN) ��� At least four people were killed and dozens more injured in heavy fighting around the coastal Libyan city of Zuwara on Tuesday, a city official said... source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/14/world/asia/bangladesh-ferry-sinking/index.html?hpt=hp_t3; The Belgian authorities are preparing to fly home the bodies of 22 children and six adults killed in a coach crash in Switzerland.
Frances War Against ISIS Could Create Homegrown Terrorists, Experts Say
As the people of France digest the terror attacks that killed 17 people last week, the countrys military is preparing the Charles de Gaulle nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to conduct strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq. However.
EndrTimes: Dozens Hurt as Staten Island Ferry Hits Terminal
The ferry was the Andrew J. Barberi, the same boat that crashed in 2003, killing 11 people and injuring dozens, according to The New York Post. The boat may have crashed because of an engine malfunction as it approached the terminal.. Crew members tried to move passengers to the back of the ferry as it collided with the terminal at a speed of about 5.75 miles per hour. It just didnt slow down at all ��� it was coming so fast everyone in the terminal started yelling��.
Bangladesh ferry capsizes in river near Dhaka
Dozens of people were said to be unaccounted for after the MV Sarosh went down in the Meghna River.. Ferry accidents are common on Bangladeshs vast river network and scores of people are killed every year.. quoted officials as saying the ferry had not been overloaded. Local police chief Jahangir Hossain told the AFP news agency: ���So far we have gathered that the ferry was carrying around 100 people. A maximum 40 people are feared missing.��� source: bbc��.
Fatal Boat Accident Near Hong Kong, 36 Dead - The Inquisitr
A fatal boat accident occurred in Hong Kong after a passenger boat collided with a ferry, leaving 36 people dead and at least dozens more injured, authorities said. According to the BBC report, one of the boats carried 121��.
7 crew arrested in deadly Hong Kong boat collision - World.
BOAT CRASH DISASTER! Hong Kong ferry collision KILLS 37! [Sinking Video Footage]. Published 02 Oct 2012. Add to PlaylistPlayShare Video. Hong Kong Ferry Crash: Dozens Killed As Charter Boat Hits Ferry, Sinks Near Lamma.. will be flown at half-mast and three minutes of silence will be observed in Hong Kong at midday. This was the worst maritime accident in Hong Kong for over 40 years. Seven crew members from the two boats. BBC News 2012-10-04.
Russia takes jabs at U.S. over Ferguson protests
Protests in Ferguson, Missouri this week presented Russia with the perfect opportunity to critique the U.S. and its local law enforcement. Police have used tear gas on a crowd of rioters who were throwing rocks. Russian news outlets have been.