VIDEO: Ryanair boss: Fuel risk claims are lies

VIDEO: Ryanair boss: Fuel risk claims are lies

VIDEO: Ryanair boss: Fuel risk claims are lies

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 01:00 AM PDT

Ryanair's CEO Michael O'Leary has dismissed claims that his airline is risking more emergency landings because pilots are not being allowed to carry sufficient spare fuel.


VIDEO: Riding the matatu - Nairobi's subway

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 12:54 AM PDT

In Nairobi the matatu is what the tube is to London and the subway to New York - but its safety record puts many tourists off.


Research houses maintain neutral call on plantation sector

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 01:18 AM PDT

Two research houses have maintained their Neutral call on the plantation sector, saying that the recent decline in Crude Palm Oil (CPO) prices has been exaggerated.

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Afghan filmmakers fear for cinematic history

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 01:03 AM PDT

Afghan director Siddiq Barmak remembers watching helplessly as reel upon reel of film footage was taken outside and burned in the street after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan.

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Knee pain in women runners could be due to weak glutes

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 12:47 AM PDT

For female runners struggling with knee pain, a new small study points to weak glutes as a possible source.

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VIDEO: Armstrong doping 'most sophisticated'

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 08:31 PM PDT

Cycling legend Lance Armstrong's team ran "the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme the sport has ever seen" according to a report by the United States Anti-Doping Agency.


Global PC sales down 8.6% in third quarter: IDC

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 12:46 AM PDT

Global personal computer (PC) sales fell 8.6 percent in the third quarter from a year ago due to gloomy economic sentiment and the shift to tablets and smartphones, an industry report said Thursday.

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India, China take less time to double economic output

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 12:40 AM PDT

India and China, the two leading emerging economies, are experiencing roughly 10 times the economic acceleration of Industrial Revolution, a top American official has said, noting that this is resulting in tectonic shifts in global commerce.

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August IPI down 0.7%

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 12:23 AM PDT

Malaysia's Industrial Production Index (IPI) in August 2012 fell by 0.7 per cent when compared with the same month last year.

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Morocco's king plans Gulf tour - officials

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 12:17 AM PDT

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Morocco's King Mohammed plans to tour Gulf Arab countries in the next few weeks to discuss investment and bilateral relations, a senior Kuwaiti official said on Thursday.

U.S. security at Benghazi mission called "weak"

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 12:04 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At a partisan and at times rancorous congressional hearing on events leading to the death of the U.S. ambassador to Libya, security officers on Wednesday described uphill bureaucratic battles for resources to protect U.S. personnel and facilities.

Polls see easy election win for Netanyahu, Israeli right

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 11:59 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks set for easy re-election in an Israeli ballot early next year and may end up with a bigger coalition than he has today, according to polls published on Thursday.

Turkey probes suspected military cargo of Syrian plane

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 11:42 PM PDT

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey scrambled fighter planes to force a Syrian passenger jet to land and seized what it suspected was military equipment being ferried from Russia to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces.

Polls see easy election win for Netanyahu, Israeli right

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 12:08 AM PDT

JERUSALEM, Oct 11 — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks set for easy re-election in an Israeli ballot early next year and may end up with a bigger coalition than he has today, according to polls published today. Citing deadlocked budget disputes with allies and looming security challenges such as Iran's nuclear programme, Netanyahu on Tuesday ...

Venezuela’s Chavez names Maduro vice-president

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 09:39 PM PDT

CARACAS, Oct 11 — Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez named former bus driver and current Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro as his new vice president yesterday in the first cabinet change since his re-election on Sunday. Maduro, 49, replaces Elias Jaua, who will run for the governorship of Miranda state against defeated opposition presidential ...

Amnesty: Local government debt fuels China forced evictions rise

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 09:23 PM PDT

BEIJING, Oct 11 — Forced evictions in China, a major source of social discontent, have risen significantly in the past two years as local officials and property developers colluded to seize and sell land to pay off government debt, Amnesty International said today. Property disputes in a country where the government legally owns all land are often ...

Beauty treatment kills Hong Kong woman, three ill

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 08:35 PM PDT

HONG KONG, Oct 11 — A 46-year-old woman has died in Hong Kong and three others are fighting for their lives following a beauty parlour treatment that involves blood transfusion, highlighting a lack of regulation in the city's cosmetic industry. The cases have prompted an investigation by police and medical authorities, and renewed calls by health ...

Bordeaux couple lead the way in DIY wine

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 12:15 AM PDT

(France-AFP) - If you don't fancy any of the wines available at your local supermarket -- why not make your own? That's what one couple in a residential part of Bordeaux have been doing for 10 years -- and they've now produced a book to help other budding viniculturalists follow in their footsteps. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.

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Tycoon offers Chinese cars for Japanese amid row

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 12:05 AM PDT

A Chinese philanthropist known for his populist gestures has pledged to give domestically made cars to more than 40 people whose vehicles were damaged in widespread anti-Japan protests last month.

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IMF wants to give Greece two more years

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 11:59 PM PDT

The International Monetary Fund is happy for debt-battered Greece to have an extra two years to bring its runaway deficit in line with the demands of global creditors, its chief said Thursday.

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