Fatal plane crash in Pakistan

Fatal plane crash in Pakistan


Fatal plane crash in Pakistan

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 11:00 PM PDT

All 21 passengers on board chartered flight killed in crash outside city of Karachi.


Obama's India Trip: What to Do to Further U.S.-India Ties (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 10:30 PM PDT

Time.com - The American President has a chance to further ties that have not been so good since the 1940s. Here are four ways to do so


Plane crash kills 22 in southern Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 10:52 PM PDT

Pakistani officials and soldiers examine the site of a plane crash in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, Nov. 5, 2010. The small plane carrying 22 people crashed in  Karachi after the pilot warned of engine troubles, official said. There was no survivors. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)AP - A small, private plane chartered to an oil company crashed near the airport in Pakistan's largest city Friday after the pilot warned of engine trouble, killing all 22 people on board, officials said.



Baghdad Attacks: Could They End Iraq's Political Impasse? (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 10:30 PM PDT

Time.com - Seven months have passed since Iraq elected a new parliament, but no new government has been formed. Will two horrific days scare the power brokers into action?


Obama heads to Asia, hopes to deliver on jobs (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 10:20 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama leaves on Friday on a trip to Asia he hopes will lead to more U.S. exports and jobs, three days after his Democratic Party sustained big election losses tied to the weak economy.


US wants New Zealand troops to stay in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 10:25 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures during an event on Antarctic cooperation at the U.S. Antarctic Program Center on Friday, Nov. 5, 2010 in Christchurch, New Zealand.   (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she hopes New Zealand will extend the mission of its special forces soldiers in Afghanistan.



Tropical storm set to hit Haiti

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:53 PM PDT

More than a million people urged to leave flimsy tent camps as Tropical Storm Tomas gets closer to Caribbean country.


Official: Student killed in Mexico was US citizen (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:58 PM PDT

AP - U.S. consular officials on Thursday said that both Texas university students killed in Ciudad Juarez earlier this week were U.S. citizens, bringing the number of Americans slain in the violent border city to six in as many days.


Federal Reserve Subverts Fiscal Responsibility With Cash Creation Machines Fully Cranked

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 10:26 PM PDT

The bulk of the junk the Fed put on its balance sheet during QE1 was mortgage securities, with about


Cyclical Bummer: Printing Money Won't Correct The Correction

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 10:17 PM PDT

The Fed announced a $600 billion purchase program, from here until June. Even in dollars, that's a l


Cuban Plane Crashes With 68 Aboard

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:00 PM PDT

A Cuban airliner flying from the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba to the capital crashed Thursday night with 68 people aboard, including 28 foreigners, state media reported.


A Unit of Wal-Mart Is Probed in Japan

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 08:57 PM PDT

Seiyu Ltd., a wholly owned unit of the world's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., said Friday it is being investigated by Japanese financial regulators.


Expo over, Shanghai in deal for Disney theme park (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:23 PM PDT

Chinese and foreign performers dance with the Shanghai Expo mascot 'Haibao' on a stage during the closing ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo in Shanghai, China Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010. China declared its biggest tourism event ever, the Shanghai World Expo, a stunning success Sunday, after introducing a record 72 million visitors to a smorgasbord of cultures and technologies meant to illustrate ideas for urban sustainability. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Just days after Shanghai wrapped up its role as host to the World Expo, China's commercial capital is setting its sights on another big tourism draw, a long-awaited Disney theme park.



'Megamind' Shows Why Will Ferrell Still Earns the Big Bucks

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:45 PM PDT

The star has a large following and can still bring the publicity needed for a film to open big.


Charter plane crashes in Pakistan, no survivors (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:33 PM PDT

Reuters - A small plane with at least 21 people on board chartered to international oil company ENI crashed after taking off from Pakistan's Karachi airport on Friday, killing all on board, an aviation official said.


China says European support for Nobel winner an affront (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 08:44 PM PDT

Reuters - Any European nation's support for Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Liu Xiaobo would be seen as an affront to China's legal system, China's Foreign Ministry said on Friday.


Qantas CEO: `faulty design' may be behind blowout (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 08:57 PM PDT

A damaged part of the left wing of a Qantas passenger plane is seen through a window of the jetliner, which made an emergency landing at Singapore's Changi International Airport after having engine problems, on Thursday Nov. 4, 2010, in Singapore. Qantas grounded its Airbus A380 fleet after one of the superjumbo jets blew out an engine Thursday, shooting flames and raining large metal chunks before making a safe emergency landing in Singapore with 459 people aboard. (AP Photo/Matthew Hewitt)AP - Qantas chief Alan Joyce says the midair blowout on one of its A380 superjumbo jetliners was most likely caused by a material failure or faulty design in one of the plane's Rolls-Royce engines.



Charter plane crashes in Pakistan, no survivors

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:33 PM PDT

KARACHI (Reuters) - A small plane with at least 21 people on board chartered to international oil company ENI crashed after taking off from Pakistan's Karachi airport on Friday, killing all on board, an aviation official said.


China says European support for Nobel winner an affront

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 08:44 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Any European nation's support for Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Liu Xiaobo would be seen as an affront to China's legal system, China's Foreign Ministry said on Friday.


Vale Plows Ahead As BHP Stalls

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 03:41 PM PDT

Vale has a plan to assemble a stronger foothold in the fertilizer business: It is working to launch an initial public offering of its growing fertilizer assets.