Medvedev orders airline shutdown after crash

Medvedev orders airline shutdown after crash


Medvedev orders airline shutdown after crash

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 12:56 AM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday ordered his government Sunday to shut down unreliable airlines after 43 people were killed in a chartered plane crash that wiped out a top hockey team.

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RM500m boost for Malaysia’s biotech sector

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 12:49 AM PDT

India's biotechnology giant, Biocon Ltd, is to set up a RM500 million plant in Iskandar Malaysia, which will enhance the country's reputation as a world class player in the making in the sector.

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Govt strengthens interaction with Malaysians abroad

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 12:41 AM PDT

Interaction between the government and Malaysians abroad will continue to be enhanced, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said.

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All clear at airport near Washington after alert

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 12:11 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Authorities shut down part of Dulles International Airport near Washington on Saturday because of a suspicious object but later said no explosives were found.



Americans mark 10th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 12:11 AM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans on Sunday remembered the horror of Sept. 11, 2001, and the nearly 3,000 people who died in the hijacked plane attacks as authorities worked to ensure the emotional 10th anniversary was peaceful.



Afghan suicide attack wounds 50 US soldiers

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 12:21 AM PDT

A suicide bomber driving a truck attacked an advance NATO combat post in central Afghanistan, wounding 89 people including 50 American soldiers, the US Army said Sunday.

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Malaysia to encourage boys to go to university

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 12:19 AM PDT

Malaysia is mulling ways to encourage boys to take up higher education in a bid to improve gender imbalance at universities, a minister said Sunday.

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'Missing' Indonesian rescue helicopter safe: military

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 12:18 AM PDT

An Indonesian rescue helicopter feared to have crashed in the remote province of Papua during a mission to find two foreign pilots was safe and in good condition, the military said Sunday.

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Mahathir: 9/11 not work of Muslims

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 12:17 AM PDT

The long-serving former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad says Arab Muslims are incapable of carrying out the 9/11 attacks on the United States that killed nearly 3,000 people.

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Eurozone heads into crunch talks to tame debt crisis

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 12:15 AM PDT

After a summer of hell, the eurozone's divided leaders hit the ground running this week in crunch talks to save Greece from default and tame Europe's runaway debt crisis.

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Americans mark 10th anniversary of September 11 attacks

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 11:08 PM PDT

NEW YORK, Sept 11 — Americans today remembered the horror of September 11, 2001, and the nearly 3,000 people who died in the hijacked plane attacks as authorities worked to ensure the emotional 10th anniversary was peaceful. Law enforcement authorities in New York and Washington were on high alert against what was described as a "credible but ...



Yemeni army ‘liberates’ southern city from al-Qaeda

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 09:54 PM PDT

ADEN, Sept 11 — Yemen's army has recaptured a southern provincial capital held by Islamist militants since May, the state news agency said yesterday, citing the provincial governor and military officials. The army launched an offensive two months ago against the militants controlling the coastal city of Zinjibar, which lies east of a strategic ...



Blowback against Australia's new gas rush

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 11:26 PM PDT

Across the spectacular valley sprawling before Eden Anthony's Australian homestead a new mountain has risen in the gritty distance -- a towering heap of coal mine waste.

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Medics dice with death in Myanmar jungle warzones

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 11:23 PM PDT

Risking prison or death if caught by a regime that sees him as the enemy, medic Saw Poe Aye roams the Myanmar jungle helping people trapped in one of the world's oldest civil wars.

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Fear of rising China unites polarized US politicians

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 11:14 PM PDT

With the 2012 election cycle heating up, US politicians this week harnessed worries over a rising China to power support for everything from patent law reform to debt reduction -- and their own ambitions.

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G.Bissau PM says Kadhafi welcome in his country: radio

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 11:10 PM PDT

Guinea Bissau Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior said Libya's ousted leader Moamer Kadhafi would be welcomed "with open arms" in the west African country, a radio station reported on Saturday.

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Seven pirates held in rescue of French hostage: Spain

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 11:07 PM PDT

Troops from a Spanish warship Saturday detained seven pirates when they rescued a French hostage taken from her yacht in the Gulf of Aden, the Spanish defence ministry said.

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With President Bush after the planes hit on Sept 11

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 11:09 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Reuters reporters travelled with George W. Bush on Sept. 11, 2001 on what began as a feel-good trip to Florida to promote education.



VIDEO: US prepares for 9/11 anniversary

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 10:43 PM PDT

The US prepares to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with commemorations at the sites where the four hijacked airliners crashed.


Flight 93 'heroes' honored with 9/11 memorial

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 11:02 PM PDT

America paid tribute to the "forgotten heroes" of 9/11 on Saturday with the dedication of a national memorial to the 40 passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93.

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