Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries aircraft makes emergency landing in Mumbai
Source: Indian Express
New Delhi :: India | updated 2013-05-23 05:23:54 -0700 | travel-news
A Falcon 900 VT-ISH business jet belonging to Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries made an emergency landing with three passengers on board at the city airport due to an engine failure, airport authorities said today. A full emergency was declared at...
5 injured in pair of CTA crashes overnight
Source: Chicago Tribune
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 05:21:14 -0700 | travel-news
None of the five injuries between the two crashes were serious, authorities said. The most recent crash happened in the 6400 block of South Kedzie Avenue. The driver of a van and three passengers were all taken to Holy Cross...
Gunmen kill 4 Iraqi soldiers north of Baghdad
Source: Boston.com
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-05-23 05:21:06 -0700 | travel-news
Iraqi officials say gunmen have shot dead four soldiers at an army checkpoint north of Baghdad. Two police officers say four others were wounded in the Thursday morning attack in the town of Taji. The militants fled the area after...
Gaza: Palestinian sentenced to death for 'collaborating' with Israel
Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
Gaza :: Palestine | updated 2013-05-23 05:10:57 -0700 | travel-news
Breaking News A Palestinian man convicted of "collaboration" with Israel was sentenced to death and another to life imprisonment with hard labor by a military court in Gaza, announced Thursday the Ministry of Interior of the Hamas government, which controls...
Egypt: Court Acquits Seven Policemen of Killing Protesters
Source: Africa Headlines
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-23 05:06:56 -0700 | travel-news
A Cairo court on Wednesday acquitted seven policemen of charges of killing protesters outside a police station on a day dubbed "Friday of Rage", during the uprising that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak. The public prosecution had referred the defendants...
New York City is a Shopping Paradise
Posted by: flightstoworld
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-23 05:08:58 -0700 | travel-news
New York is a treasure trove of so many things that it is quite difficult to select one thing to mention when discussing this wonderful city. If you are a natural born shopper and bargain hunter though you would be...
White House: More than 2,200 Oklahoma victims registered with FEMA for assistance
Source: The Washington Times
White House :: TN :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 05:05:52 -0700 | travel-news
Federal officials, including Secretary of Homeland Security Janet A. Napolitano , were on the scene Wednesday, and President Obama is expected to visit the state Sunday to see the damage, visit with impacted families and thank first responders. More than...
France, Germany support designating Hezbollah soldiers as terrorists
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Berlin :: Germany | updated 2013-05-23 05:03:17 -0700 | travel-news
Given the decisions that Hezbollah has taken and the fact that it has fought extremely hard against the Syrian population, I confirm that France will propose to place Hezbollah's military wing on the list of terrorist organizations, French Foreign Minister...
China offers 500 troops to UN Mali force
Source: Qatar English Daily
Bamako :: Mali | updated 2013-05-23 04:40:32 -0700 | travel-news
China has offered to send more than 500 soldiers to the UN force seeking to contain Islamist militants in Mali in what would be its biggest contribution to UN peacekeeping, diplomats said. The move could be a bid to...
Fla. Man killed in NJ crash
Source: SF Gate
Fort Myers :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 04:38:14 -0700 | travel-news
N.J. (AP) A Florida man died and his wife was critically injured after their vehicle was struck by a dump truck in New Jersey. Officials say 81-year-old Robert Sauer of Fort Myers, Fla., was trying to turn left when his...
15 years for NV bank robber who threatened bomb
Source: SF Gate
Gardnerville :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 04:38:13 -0700 | travel-news
Nev. (AP) A 27-year-old transient who claimed he was under the influence of demons when he robbed Bank of America branch in Douglas County has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison. District Judge Tod Young sentenced Jarell...
Dhaka collapse probe uncovers abuses
Source: BBC
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | updated 2013-05-23 05:32:19 -0700 | travel-news
A Bangladesh government report into the collapse of a multi-storey factory building, which killed more than 1,100, has uncovered a series of violations. The report said the building had been constructed with sub-standard materials on unsuitable land.
For the Syrian people, May, 2013
Source: Open Democracy
Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2013-05-23 04:37:18 -0700 | travel-news
This deadlock blocks every attempt to implement the responsibility to protect peoples, a responsibility that devolves on the international community in the framework of the UN and that was put into force in Libya and the Ivory Coast. In a...
Threat of North Dakota dam failure may be easing
Source: The Boston Globe
Bismarck :: ND :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 04:35:23 -0700 | travel-news
N.D. (AP) The threat of a dam failure on a river near a northeastern North Dakota city appears to be easing, and officials expect to decide soon on when 1,300 evacuated residents can return to their homes. Pembina County Emergency...
Italy: Five arrested for trafficking drugs from Domenican Republic
Source: AKI
Sassari :: Italy | updated 2013-05-23 04:20:38 -0700 | travel-news
Five suspects were arrested on Thursday in a nationwide operation against a gang allegedly trafficking drugs from the Domenican Republic. The operation was coordinated by paramilitary Carabinieri police in the central Italian city of l'Aquila on the orders of a...
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