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Hunt for clues after India crash kills 158; 8 live

Eight people survived Saturday’s crash of an Air India Boeing 737-800 that overshot a hilltop runway southern India and plunged over a cliff, …
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India plane crash: 158 bodies pulled from the wreckage

Firefighters struggled to reach the twisted, smoking wreckage of the Boeing 737-800, which was scattered along the hillside of thick grass and trees …
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German president signs rescue package into law

Spokesman Steffen Schulze says Koehler signed the legislation on Saturday. The law foreseeing cash and state loan guarantees to protect eurozone …
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Black box recovered in India plane crash – UAE media

"The black box of the aircraft has been recovered and the mandatory court of inquiry ordered by the Director General of Civil Aviation," Emirati …
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Plane crashes in south India, 158 dead – update

There were only eight survivors after the Boeing 737-800, with 166 people on board including crew, appeared to have skidded off the runway in rain …
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160 passengers, 6 crew on board crashed flight – Air India

An Air India Express passenger plane from Dubai overshot a runway and crashed outside an airport in southern India on Saturday, killing at least 160 …
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Factbox: world’s deadliest air disasters

May 12, 2010: Afriqiyah Airways plane en route to Tripoli, Libya, from Johannesburg, South Africa, crashes into the desert less than a mile from …
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Astronauts make third and final spacewalk of mission

Within three hours of floating outside, Garrett Reisman and Michael Good had plugged in the remaining two new batteries. Four were installed during …
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Turkey says nuclear deal with Iran chance at peace

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office says he told President Barack Obama that the deal brokered by Turkey and Brazil can end the conflict by …
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No survivors found at Afghan airline crash site

The Antonov-24 operated by Pamir Airways disappeared Monday on a flight from Kunduz to Kabul. The wreckage was spotted Thursday by a search plane on a …
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UN chief: Turkey should solve local problems

Ban spoke at Istanbul’s Bogazici University on Friday. He is scheduled to attend an international conference aimed at exploring ways to bring …
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Singapore, Hong Kong surpass U.S. in competitiveness

The study lists 58 economies according to 328 criteria that measure how the nations create and maintain conditions favorable to businesses — a formula …
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Prophet Mohammad cartoon angers African Muslims

JOHANNESBURG, May 21 (Reuters) – A South African daily on Friday published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad complaining that his followers lack a …
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Pakistan’s Musharraf to join politics

Musharraf, who seized power in a coup in 1999 and ruled until stepping down as president in 2008, has raised the possibility of re-entering politics …
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Malaysia’s government to tackle subsidy cuts

The government of Prime Minister Najib Razak has promised to cut subsidies that cover a wide range of goods from petrol to electricity and cooking oil …
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Chinese students press Locke on U.S. export controls

Locke, a Chinese-American and former state governor who is well known in China, also brushed off the second suggestion this week that he run for …
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U.S.-China talks to soothe, not solve trouble

At their Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) next Monday and Tuesday, Washington and Beijing will trade views on political and economic strains …
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South Korea vows prudent response to ship sinking

South Korea said on Thursday it had overwhelming evidence that a North Korean submarine had entered its waters in March and attacked the Cheonan …
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