Passenger plane skids off runway in Indonesia

Passenger plane skids off runway in Indonesia


Passenger plane skids off runway in Indonesia

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 09:16 PM PDT

MANOKWARI, Indonesia -A jet carrying about 100 passengers skidded off the runway into a shallow river as it landed in Indonesia on Tuesday, injuring some 20 people, officials said.

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Stark nuclear warning for summit

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:35 PM PDT

World leaders at a summit on nuclear security in Washington have heard dire warnings of the danger of nuclear material falling into the wrong hands.


Karadzic trial enters new phase

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:53 PM PDT

The trial of Radovan Karadzic, wartime leader of the Bosnian Serbs, enters a new phase on Tuesday when the prosecution presents the written evidence of its first eyewitness.


Supporters of Kyrgyzstan's deposed president rally (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:17 PM PDT

Kyrgyzstan's ousted but defiant President, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, in the city of Jalal-Abad. Bakiyev has made his first public appearance since being ousted in a wave of violent protests, defiantly slamming his opponents and refusing to step down.(AFP/File/Viktor Drachev)AP - Several thousand supporters of Kyrgyzstan's deposed president are rallying, in a test of his ability to resist opposition forces that drove him out of the capital last week.



9 dead as suspected rebels attack Philippine town (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:29 PM PDT

AP - Suspected Muslim rebels wearing police and military uniforms detonated bombs and opened fire Tuesday in a southern Philippine town, triggering clashes that killed at least nine people, officials said.


Russians' outpouring of emotion touches Poles (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:15 PM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pays his respect at a portrait of President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria at the Polish Embassy in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 12, 2010. President Dmitry Medvedev declared Monday a day of mourning in Russia, and his country held two minutes silence in memory of those killed in the crash. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service)AP - The plane crash in Russia that killed the Polish president and a long list of notable Poles has brought a sudden rush of warm feelings between two nations whose relations have been fraught with historical hatreds.



Israeli forces strike Gaza militants, 1 dead (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:46 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama(R) and King Abdullah II of Jordan called on Monday for proximity peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians to take place AP - Israeli forces fired at Gaza militants from helicopters and tanks early Tuesday, killing at least one Palestinian and wounding three others.



20 injured as Indonesian airplane skids off runway (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:25 PM PDT

AP - A passenger plane with about 100 people on board skidded off the end of an airport runway while landing in heavy rain Tuesday on Indonesia's remote Papua province, injuring some 20 people, officials said.


Stark nuclear warning for summit

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:35 PM PDT

World leaders at a summit on nuclear security in Washington have heard dire warnings of the danger of nuclear material falling into the wrong hands.


Ship collision leaves reef 'scar'

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:28 PM PDT

Grounding of Chinese ship caused "significant" damage to Barrier Reef, officials say.


World leaders meet on nuclear terrorism threat

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:36 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World leaders meet in Washington on Tuesday for the biggest summit hosted by the United States since 1945, and they will have just one item on the agenda -- stopping terrorists from getting a nuclear bomb.


Q+A - Obama summit to highlight threat of nuclear terrorism

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:36 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 50 countries are meeting in Washington this week for an unprecedented summit aimed at agreeing concrete action to prevent bomb-grade nuclear material from falling into the hands of terrorists.


China stabbings spur public call for school security

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:36 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - A knife-wielding man attacked pupils and parents outside a primary school in southwestern China, killing a boy and an older woman and reviving public calls for better school security, state media reported.


FACTBOX - Who are the world's nuclear powers?

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:36 PM PDT

The main goal of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington on Monday and Tuesday is to find ways to prevent the spread of nuclear materials and know-how.


China stabbings spur public call for school security

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 09:59 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - A knife-wielding man attacked pupils and parents outside a primary school in southwestern China, killing a boy and an older woman and reviving public calls for better school security, state media reported.


China stabbings spur public call for school security (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 09:59 PM PDT

Reuters - A knife-wielding man attacked pupils and parents outside a primary school in southwestern China, killing a boy and an older woman and reviving public calls for better school security, state media reported.


Obama opens nuclear summit

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:06 PM PDT

US and China discuss sanctions on Iran, while Ukraine offers to hand over uranium stocks.


Pressure mounts on Thai PM after deadly clashes

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:05 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva came under mounting pressure on Tuesday to resolve a stand-off with anti-government protesters after the Election Commission recommended his party be dissolved.


China: Drought Changes Yunnan's Songkran Water Festival (Time.com)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 09:35 PM PDT

Time.com - In China's southwest, a severe drought is changing the way people celebrate Songkran, a water-themed welcome to the New Year


Brazilian rancher guilty in US nun's murder (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:40 PM PDT

AP - A Brazilian rancher accused of ordering the murder of U.S. nun and Amazon defender Dorothy Stang was found guilty and sentenced to 30 years in prison.


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