Ethiopian plane crashes in sea off Beirut, bodies found

Ethiopian plane crashes in sea off Beirut, bodies found

Ethiopian plane crashes in sea off Beirut, bodies found

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:23 AM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Beirut in bad weather early on Monday. Nine bodies were recovered as a search for survivors began.


Washington soothes anger over new airline security

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:23 AM PST

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Extra airline security checks introduced after the failed Christmas Day bomb plot are still evolving, a senior U.S. official said on Sunday after some states alleged the screening singled them out unfairly.


French ambassador's wife on crashed Ethiopian plane

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:23 AM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The wife of the French ambassador to Lebanon was on board an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the Lebanese coast on Monday, the French embassy said.


Lebanon says sabotage unlikely in plane crash

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:23 AM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman said sabotage was unlikely in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane off the coast of Lebanon on Monday.


Lebanon says Ethiopian plane crash site located

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:23 AM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rescue workers have located the crash site of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that went down just off the Lebanese coast on Monday, Lebanon's Transport Minister Ghazi al-Aridi said.


Ethiopian plane crashes in sea off Beirut, bodies found

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 11:52 PM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the Mediterranean sea shortly after taking off from Beirut international airport in the early hours of Monday, airport sources said.


Bill Gates worries climate money robs health aid

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 11:23 PM PST

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Bill Gates, the world's richest man and a leading philanthropist, said on Sunday spending by rich countries aimed at combating climate change in developing nations could mean a dangerous cut in aid for health issues.


Ethiopian Airlines plane crashes into sea

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 10:33 PM PST

An Ethiopian Airlines passenger plane with 92 people on board has crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after take-off from Beirut airport.


World leaders focus on Haiti aid effort

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 10:36 PM PST

A meeting of world leaders to discuss the rescue effort in Haiti is set to take place in Canada.


Sinn Fein and DUP to resume talks

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 10:40 PM PST

Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness will hold talks later with the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Peter Robinson, at Stormont.


Myanmar minister says Suu Kyi to be freed Nov - witnesses

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 10:52 PM PST

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be freed when her house arrest ends in November, according to a government minister quoted by witnesses on Monday, but critics said that may be too late for this year's elections.


China steps up defence of Internet controls

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 10:52 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has every right to punish citizens using the Internet to challenge Communist Party power and ethnic policies, a senior official said on Monday, pressing Beijing's counter-offensive against Google Inc.


Japan PM vows U.S. base decision by May, scandal weighs

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 10:52 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's leader on Monday promised not to delay beyond May a decision on the fate of a U.S. base, as a feud with Washington over the nagging issue threatens to further erode voter support already hurt by a funding scandal.


Ethiopian airliner crashes after takeoff from Beirut

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 10:24 PM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the Mediterranean sea shortly after taking off from Beirut international airport in the early hours of Monday, airport sources said.


Lebanon says Ethiopian plane crash site located

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 09:31 PM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rescue workers have located the crash site of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that went down just off the Lebanese coast on Monday, Lebanon's Transport Minister Ghazi al-Aridi said.


Plea to farmers over Greek blockades

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 08:41 PM PST

The Greek government is urging the country's farmers to call off a series of road blockades.


Turkey hosts leaders' conference

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 08:43 PM PST

The presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan have arrived in the Turkish city of Istanbul ahead of a conference aimed at agreeing a common strategy in dealing with the Taliban-led insurgency.


Bin Laden tape claims U.S. plane attack, vows more attacks

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 08:52 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the failed Dec. 25 bombing of a U.S.-bound plane in an audio tape aired on Sunday, and vowed to continue attacks on the United States.


Ethiopian airliner crashes after takeoff from Beirut

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 08:52 PM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the Mediterranean sea shortly after taking off from Beirut international airport in the early hours of Monday, airport sources said.


U.S., Brazilian troops hand out aid in Haiti slum

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 08:52 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - U.S. soldiers and Brazilian U.N. troops handed out food and water in one of Haiti's largest slums on Sunday amid criticism that aid was not getting to earthquake victims fast enough.


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