Two killed as passenger plane lands in Myanmar rice field |
- Two killed as passenger plane lands in Myanmar rice field
- Venezuela's Chavez improving after surgery: officials
- New poll shows Israel's leader losing altitude
- US actor Jack Klugman dies at age 90
- Two killed as passenger plane lands in Myanmar rice field
- Indian land program shows tech's limits
- VIDEO: Notre Dame celebrates 850 years
- VIDEO: Notre Dame celebrates 850 years
- Venezuela's Chavez improving after surgery: officials
- Amazon AWS Takes Down Netflix On Christmas Eve
- U.N. General Assembly voices concern for Myanmar's Muslims
- VP says he spoke with Chavez, who is up, walking
- U.N. General Assembly voices concern for Myanmar's Muslims
- U.N. approves new debate on arms treaty opposed by U.S. gun lobby
- Mark Cuban: The World’s 7 Most Powerful People In Sports
- Mark Cuban Buys "The Same Junk" As Everyone Else For Christmas, And Other Highlights From His Reddit AMA
- Amazon AWS Takes Down Netflix On Christmas Eve
- Japan's policy veteran Motegi likely to serve as trade minister: media
- Bush Sr remains hospitalised for fever
- U.N. approves new debate on arms treaty opposed by U.S. gun lobby
| Two killed as passenger plane lands in Myanmar rice field Posted: 24 Dec 2012 10:35 PM PST YANGON (Reuters) - Two people were killed and 10 wounded in northeast Myanmar on Tuesday when a passenger plane missed an airport runway in heavy fog and landed in a rice paddy, state television said. The pilot of the Air Bagan plane touched down beyond Heho airport in Shan state, killing an 11-year-old passenger and a motorcyclist on the ground, MRTV said. Four foreigners and the pilot were among the injured. The plane was carrying 63 passengers, 51 of whom were foreigners. MRTV said. Air Bagan is one of five airlines operating domestic routes in Myanmar. ... |
| Venezuela's Chavez improving after surgery: officials Posted: 24 Dec 2012 08:31 PM PST
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| New poll shows Israel's leader losing altitude Posted: 24 Dec 2012 10:22 PM PST
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| US actor Jack Klugman dies at age 90 Posted: 24 Dec 2012 10:35 PM PST Famous for roles in television series "The Odd Couple" and "Quincy ME", he passes away after facing health problems. |
| Two killed as passenger plane lands in Myanmar rice field Posted: 24 Dec 2012 10:36 PM PST YANGON (Reuters) - Two people were killed and 10 wounded in northeast Myanmar on Tuesday when a passenger plane missed an airport runway in heavy fog and landed in a rice paddy, state television said.     |
| Indian land program shows tech's limits Posted: 24 Dec 2012 09:16 PM PST
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| VIDEO: Notre Dame celebrates 850 years Posted: 24 Dec 2012 08:59 PM PST Notre Dame cathedral in Paris is due to celebrate its 850th anniversary, with the start of a year-long festival. |
| VIDEO: Notre Dame celebrates 850 years Posted: 24 Dec 2012 08:59 PM PST Notre Dame cathedral in Paris is due to celebrate its 850th anniversary, with the start of a year-long festival. |
| Venezuela's Chavez improving after surgery: officials Posted: 24 Dec 2012 08:31 PM PST CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is improving after a cancer operation in Cuba and has started exercising, officials said on Monday, amid doubts over whether the former soldier is in good enough health to continue governing.    |
| Amazon AWS Takes Down Netflix On Christmas Eve Posted: 24 Dec 2012 03:51 PM PST For the third time this year, problems with Amazon's AWS in Northern Virginia has knocked several websites and services offline, including Netflix. According to AWS' Service Health Dashboard, problems began at 1:50 PM PST, and as of 5:49 PM, the company is continuing "to work on resolving issues with the Elastic Load Balancing Service in [...] |
| U.N. General Assembly voices concern for Myanmar's Muslims Posted: 24 Dec 2012 08:18 PM PST
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| VP says he spoke with Chavez, who is up, walking Posted: 24 Dec 2012 09:12 PM PST
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| U.N. General Assembly voices concern for Myanmar's Muslims Posted: 24 Dec 2012 08:19 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly expressed serious concern on Monday over violence between Rohingya Muslims and Buddhists in Myanmar and called upon its government to address reports of human rights abuses by some authorities.    |
| U.N. approves new debate on arms treaty opposed by U.S. gun lobby Posted: 24 Dec 2012 06:13 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Monday to restart negotiations on a draft international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global trade in conventional arms, a pact the powerful U.S. National Rifle Association has been lobbying hard against. U.N. delegates and gun control activists have complained that talks collapsed in July largely because U.S. President Barack Obama feared attacks from Republican rival Mitt Romney before the November 6 election if his administration was seen as supporting the pact, a charge U.S. officials have denied. ... |
| Mark Cuban: The World’s 7 Most Powerful People In Sports Posted: 24 Dec 2012 02:02 PM PST |
| Posted: 24 Dec 2012 02:02 PM PST Instead of enjoying family time, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban spent Christmas Eve online. The outspoken billionaire jumped on Reddit to take and answer questions on topics that ranged from basketball to entrepreneurship to the holiday lifestyle of the super-wealthy. |
| Amazon AWS Takes Down Netflix On Christmas Eve Posted: 24 Dec 2012 01:46 PM PST For the third time this year, problems with Amazon's AWS in Northern Virginia has knocked several websites and services offline, including Netflix. According to AWS' Service Health Dashboard, problems began at 1:50 PM PST, and as of 5:49 PM, the company is continuing "to work on resolving issues with the Elastic Load Balancing Service in [...] |
| Japan's policy veteran Motegi likely to serve as trade minister: media Posted: 24 Dec 2012 06:00 PM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - Incoming Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to pick policy veteran Toshimitsu Motegi as trade minister, who will also take charge of energy and other key economic policies, media reported on Tuesday. Motegi, 57, a former policy affairs chief for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), will tackle energy problems after last year's Fukushima nuclear crisis, as well as issues such as the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade pact, public broadcaster NHK said. ... |
| Bush Sr remains hospitalised for fever Posted: 24 Dec 2012 10:25 PM PST Former US President George H.W. Bush will spend Christmas Day in hospital after a month-long bronchitis-like cough. |
| U.N. approves new debate on arms treaty opposed by U.S. gun lobby Posted: 24 Dec 2012 06:13 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Monday to restart negotiations on a draft international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global trade in conventional arms, a pact the powerful U.S. National Rifle Association has been lobbying hard against.    |
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