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UK airport arrest - Pilot charged :

2009-11-11T12:00:00.000+05:30

A pilot has been charged after being arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of being drunk.

The United Airlines pilot was arrested on Monday after being reported to police by colleagues.

A source said the pilot was on board the Boeing 767 when he was told that police wanted to speak to him. He was then breath-tested once he was off the plane, out of view of the passengers.

He was released on bail and will appear at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court in Middlesex on November 20.

US evangelist Billy Graham's son visits North Korea :

2009-10-21T11:51:00.001+05:30

The son of veteran U.S. evangelist Billy Graham arrived in North Korea on Tuesday to deliver aid to the impoverished country more than six months after the isolated regime kicked out all American humanitarian groups.

Billy Graham's family has had relations with the communist North for years. The senior Graham went to North Korea in 1992 and in 1994 at the invitation of late North Korean President Kim Il Sung, father of current leader Kim Jong Il.

The North's official Korean Central News Agency also reported on Graham's arrival Tuesday in a brief dispatch, quoting him as saying at the airport that he made the visit to "play the role of a bridge for better relations" between the two countries.

Graham leads the U.S.-based aid group Samaritan's Purse, which has provided the impoverished North with more than $10 million in aid since 1997.

Pterodactyl fossil fills gaps in evolutionary tale :

2009-10-21T11:49:00.001+05:30

Scientists say a very rare find of some 20 fossilized pterodactyls has produced the first clear evidence of a controversial theory of evolution.

The fossils were found in north-east China earlier this year, embedded in rock dating back 160 million years, and have been called "Darwinopterus" after the renowned naturalist Charles Darwin.

The creature's discovery has astounded scientists because their age puts them within two recognized groups of pterodactyls -- primitive long-tailed forms and advanced short-tail forms -- and they display characteristics of both.

The combination of features indicates that the primitive pterodactyls evolved relatively quickly, and that certain groups of features changed at the same time.

Dutch tourists die in China balloon crash :

2009-10-21T11:42:00.001+05:30

Four Dutch tourists died in the crash Wednesday in Guilin, a popular tourist spot, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Five of the balloon's passengers were foreigners, all of them Dutch nationals, four of whom died in the tragedy.

The balloon is one of three carrying a total 18 Dutch tourists for a 45-minute tour of Lipu County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It was returning to Guilin when the accident happened.

Investigators say the balloon hit trees while it was trying to land and caused a fuel bottle to leak. The fuel then caused the fire.

Cuba Won't Let Blogger Travel To U.s :

2009-10-21T11:40:00.001+05:30

A Cuban blogger who has criticized her government has been denied permission to travel to New York to pick up a prestigious journalism award

Yoani Sanchez had hoped to go to Columbia University for a Wednesday ceremony to receive her Maria Moors Cabot Prize, the oldest international award in journalism.

In May, Cuban authorities denied Sanchez permission to fly to Madrid to accept the Ortega y Gasset Prize in digital journalism for creating Generation Y, which gets more than 1 million hits a month. Around the same time, Time magazine deemed Sanchez one of the world's 100 most influential people.

Her commentaries shed light on taboo topics such as harassment and the thriving black market. And she is openly critical of the government. In one recent entry, she complained she can't find detergent in stores despite warnings about the spread of H1N1 flu.

Iran test-fires missiles :

2009-09-28T14:29:00.001+05:30

Iran test-fired missiles on Sunday to show it was prepared to head off any military threat, four days before the Islamic Republic is due to hold rare talks with world powers worried about its nuclear ambitions.

An Iranian official warned "fabricated Western clamor" over the new plant would negatively affect the talks at which the six powers want Iran to agree to open its facilities to inspection to prove its program is for power and not nuclear weapons.

The missiles, fired at targets around the country Sunday, included the Fateh-110, a short-range ground-to-ground missile, and Tondar-69, a short-range naval missile.

U.S. President Barack Obama said , the discovery of the secret nuclear plant in Iran showed a "disturbing pattern" of evasion by Tehran that added urgency to its talks on Thursday with world powers.

Obama warned Iran on Friday it would face "sanctions that bite" if it did not come clean.

Flooding engulfs Manila :

2009-09-28T14:26:00.002+05:30

Downpours subsided temporarily in the Philippines on Sunday, a day after Tropical Storm Ketsana pummeled the capital Manila with its heaviest rainfall in more than 40 years.

Though the Philippines is no stranger to floods, Saturday''s downpours approached a record, with a month''s worth of rain falling within six hours. The average rainfall for the entire month of September is 391 mm (15.4 inches), said Gilberto Teodoro, secretary of national defense and chairman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council.

Flood spawned by the rainfall killed at least 51 people with at least 21 others missing, the government said.

More than 80 percent of the capital was under water that swallowed whole houses and buses.

OAS team in Honduras :

2009-08-27T13:52:00.002+05:30

Organization of American States has demanded Honduran leader be restored Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya ousted in military-led coup June 28 OAS secretary-general and foreign ministers from sev.

A delegation of foreign ministers led by the Organization of American States' secretary-general arrived Monday in Honduras in an effort to restore ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya, pictured, to office.

The criminal charges against Zelaya were filed by the country's attorney general and cannot be disregarded because there are no applicable laws to the contrary, the court said. The charges against Zelaya include treason and abuse of power, the document said.

Hillary Clinton vows full disclosure with Iraqis :

2009-07-25T19:32:00.001+05:30

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday she was only recently made aware of reconciliation talks between U.S. diplomats and Sunni insurgents in Iraq, and she promised to keep the Iraqi government informed about such discussions...

“We intend to make sure the Iraqi government is fully informed of any such activities,” Clinton told reporters following a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. “We want a close working relationship.”

Iraqi officials said Friday they were investigating reports of the meetings, calling them a violation of Iraqi sovereignty. The reports, which detail a supposed signed agreement between the Americans and insurgents, have angered Iraqis as they seek to establish their authority in the wake of the withdrawal of American troops from Iraqi cities.

Despair, devastation in war-ravaged Swat Valley :

2009-07-25T19:23:00.003+05:30

Pakistani forces in Swat Valley claim victory in fight against Taliban militants Refugees trickling back to the region find towns, bridges destroyed Up to 2.5 million Pakistanis estimateds to have been displaced by conflict Local businessman.

"Everything is in ruins," one returning businessman said. "It will take months for life to return to normality."

The United Nations estimates that 375,000 Swat Valley residents fled their homes during the fighting.

Swine flu fears prompt run on UK pharmacies :

2009-07-25T19:12:00.003+05:30

Pharmacies in England are reporting a run on supplies like surgical masks, thermometers and anti-bacterial gels by customers concerned about swine flu amid a surge in the number of people infected by the virus.

The UK's Department of Health estimated this week that there were around 100,000 new cases of swine flu in England in the week ending July 17 -- nearly double the number of cases for the previous seven days.

Iranian Regime takes on Monitoring Equipment :

2009-07-22T16:11:00.001+05:30

Nokia-Siemens have sold monitoring equipment to the Iranian regime.
The technology allows Irantelecom to tap phone lines, read emails and track other electronic communications.

Bangladesh trials alerts of Disaster on cell phones :

2009-07-22T16:09:00.000+05:30

Bangladesh’s flood and cyclone-prone areas,
Will now receive advance warning of an impending natural disaster through an alert on their cell phones.

Jackson's battle against sleep disorder:

2009-07-11T13:19:00.002+05:30

Jackson's would use 10-plus pills a night to another staffer.

"Jackson was doing better because he was down from 30 to 40 Xanax pills a night," according to the document.

The insomniac singer traveled with an anesthesiologist who would "take him down" at night and "bring him back up" during a world tour in the mid-90s.

The investigators found numerous bottles of prescription drugs in the singer's $100,000-a-month rented mansion in Holmby Hills.

Obama in Ghana :

2009-07-11T13:17:00.000+05:30

The president's visit to the nation is the third by a sitting American leader. Bill Clinton was the first U.S. president to visit Ghana in 1998 as part of a six-nation Africa tour. Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, stopped there as part of a four-nation Africa tour during his last year of office.

Ghana, which was the first sub-Saharan country to gain independence, went through growing pains, including a staunch military rule, but emerged as a democracy in 1992. It gained independence from Britain in 1957.

Pirates hijack Indian dhow :

2009-07-11T13:14:00.000+05:30

A sea-jacking of an Indian cargo vessel with around 15 Indian crew (took place) around lunchtime (Friday) just 14 nautical miles off the port city of Bosasso in the semi-autonomous north-eastern region of Somalia," australia.to website reported.
Initial reports indicate of business deal gone sour.

U.S.in Afghanistan :

2009-07-03T11:17:00.000+05:30

U.S. launches 'major operation' in Afghanistan

The assault has prompted Pakistani authorities to redeploy troops along the Afghan border to stop Taliban from escaping the push in Helmand, where more than 30 U.S., British and Danish troops have been killed since January, with the latest being a pair of British soldiers slain in Helmand on Wednesday.

Plane crash survivor in France :

2009-07-03T11:14:00.000+05:30

'Miracle' plane crash survivor back in France
A teenage girl who survived a plane crash off the Comoros islands by clinging to wreckage in the Indian Ocean has flown back to Paris on a ministerial plane. Bahia Bakari, the only known survivor from the 153 people aboard the Yemenia Airways flight, arrived at Paris' Le Bourget airport early on Thursday morning on a French government plane.