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Johannesburg, July 10 (DPA) Fishermen have pulled 18 bodies from the Indian Ocean off Tanzania more than a week after 152 people died in a Yemen Airways plane crash, a police spokesman said Friday.
The spokesman told the South African radio station SAFM that a weather radar instrument was among the wreckage of the Airbus A310 [...]

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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) invites application for the post of Officers in Grade B from Indian citizens, subjects of Nepal [...]

These are the last pictures of Michael Jackson on stage, taken just two days before he died.
The images of the singer hard at work rehearsing for upcoming tour This Is It give a glimpse of what was in store for fans at his planned gigs in London’s 02.
Jackson was due to begin the first of [...]

CEBU, Philippines – The Filipino inmates who shot to global fame with a YouTube video of their “Thriller” dance swayed and stomped again Saturday in a behind-bars tribute to their idol, Michael Jackson.
After being told of Jackson’s death Thursday in Los Angeles, the 1,500 inmates at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center hit the [...]

Washington, Apr 23 (ANI): London’s “congestion pricing”-the fee motorists pay to drive into certain parts of the city during peak traffic hours- could solve the problem of flight delays, says an economist at Tel Aviv University.

Dr. Itai Ater, from TAU’s Faculty of Management, is suggesting that introducing “congestion pricing” at airports could save travellers time [...]

Washington, Apr 23 (ANI): London’s “congestion pricing”-the fee motorists pay to drive into certain parts of the city during peak traffic hours- could solve the problem of flight delays, says an economist at Tel Aviv University.

Dr. Itai Ater, from TAU’s Faculty of Management, is suggesting that introducing “congestion pricing” at airports could save travellers time [...]

Mulling over the window or the aisle seat on your next flight? Pick the aisle to help avoid dangerous blood clots — and flying business class will make no difference, according to a U.S. study.
A review of medical issues associated with commercial flights found that in-flight medical events are becoming more common as more elderly [...]

Buenos Aires, Feb 25 (IANS) A former employee of an oil services company was arrested in the Argentine city of Neuquen for stealing radioactive material and demanding $500,000 for its return, EFE reported.
Two masked men stole the material last Thursday from oil services company Baker Atlas’s offices in Neuquen by overpowering a security guard and [...]

Two suspected car-borne criminals, one of them wielding a carbine, were shot dead in an encounter with the Noida (Phase II) police’s team on Monday night. The police, however, could not identify the alleged robbers even hours after the encounter.
Noida’s Senior Superintendent of Police Naveen Arora said, “One carbine and a country-made revolver were recovered [...]

Berlin – A German union seeking pay rises for Berlin airport staff vowed to disrupt operations at two capital-city airports, with workers to walk off the job for three and a half hours on Tuesday.
Officials said Monday that in the period to be affected, after 6 am Tuesday, 50 takeoffs and 30 landings were timetabled [...]

Rezaul H Laskar Islamabad, Feb 22 (PTI) A top civil official and his six guards were today kidnapped and briefly held by the local Taliban in Pakistan’s restive Swat valley, where religious hardliners are holding talks with the militants to usher in peace. District Coordination Officer Kushal Khan, who was recently appointed to the post, [...]

Humans can have bad or good memories. Good memories give us happiness whereas bad memories can torture sometime. Recent study has shown that a drug, used for treating for high blood pressure can be used to remove bad memories.
Animal studies have already shown that fear memories can be altered at the time they are recalled [...]

Jakarta – Police in East Java province have closed a clinic run by a nine-year-old child believed to possess healing powers after four people died while queuing for treatment, an officer said Tuesday.
Two patients died on Monday while lining up with thousands of others at the house of Muhammad Ponari, who has been called [...]

Cairo – Officers from Egypt’s domestic intelligence agency searched the home of detained German-Egyptian student activist Philip Rizk in the early hours of Monday, his sister and human rights lawyers lawyers said.
Rizk has been held at an unknown location since late Friday night after he and 14 activists finished a symbolic, 10-kilometre march in Cairo [...]

Air India has been directed by the State Consumer Commission to pay Rs 1.4 lakh to a passenger for refusing to let her board a flight despite a confirmed ticket. Penalising the airlines for a “deficiency in service”, the Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has asked Air India to not only refund Rs 40,000 [...]

Washington  – US President Barack Obama’s inaugural speech, final part:
As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us today, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through [...]

Vatican City – Pope Benedict XVI in a telegram on Tuesday offered US president-elect Barack Obama prayers that God may grant him “unfailing wisdom and strength” in carrying out his new responsibilities.
“Under your leadership may the American people continue to find in their impressive religious and political heritage the spiritual values and ethical principles needed [...]

Washington – Barack Obama arrived at the White House Tuesday for a pre-inaugural coffee with President George W Bush, just two hours before he takes the oath of office as the 44th president of the United States.
Bush and First Lady Laura Bush greeted Obama and wife Michelle outside the fabled mansion. They exchanged handshakes and [...]

Colombo – Navy and ground troops battled Tamil rebels in separate confrontations Tuesday as security forces were closing upon the main rebel stronghold in northern Sri Lanka, military officials said.
New clashes between advancing security forces and rebels were reported in three locations in Mullaitivu district, 375 kilometres north-east of the capital Colombo.
The military said “fierce [...]

Berlin – Further signs of the impact on German industry of the world economic slowdown emerged Tuesday when two of the nation’s leading companies announced tough measures aimed at facing up to the rapid deterioration in global growth.
While the world’s leading luxury carmaker BMW AG announced plans to introduce shorter working hours for 26,000 employees [...]