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Cuba says plane crash killed all 68 on board (Reuters)

November 5th, 2010

Reuters - All 68 people on board a Cuban Aero Caribbean passenger plane were killed, including 28 foreigners, when it crashed in a central province on Thursday after issuing an…

Cuba says all 68 on board died in plane crash (Reuters)

November 5th, 2010

Reuters - All 68 people on board an Aero Caribbean plane were killed when it crashed in mountainous central Cuba on Thursday after issuing an emergency call, a government website…

Diplomats: Iran seeks seat on UN nuke agency board (AP)

September 23rd, 2010

The Bushehr nuclear reactor in southern Iran. The US and Iranian leaders have taken their rivalry to the UN General Assembly after six world powers said they were seeking an AP - Diplomats say Iran is seeking a seat on the decision-making board of the same U.N. nuclear agency probing its activities for evidence that Tehran may be interested in…

Passenger plane with 91 on board crashes in China (AP)

August 24th, 2010

AP - A Henan Airlines plane with 91 people on board crashed Tuesday close to an airport in northeast China’s Heilongjiang province and rescuers were rushing to the scene, state…

BP chief Tony Hayward’s fate hinges on board vote (AP)

July 26th, 2010

BP CEO Tony Hayward and Managing Director Bob Dudley (R) leave after their meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington in a June 16, 2010 file photo. BP Plc's board will discuss the future of Chief Executive Tony Hayward when it meets on July 26 to discuss the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the firm's second-quarter results, sources familiar with the matter said. They said the focus will be on the timing of Hayward's departure, rather than whether or not he would stay with the company.  REUTERS/Jim Young/files    (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS DISASTER POLITICS ENVIRONMENT ENERGY)AP - The board of oil giant BP faced a decision Monday on whether to keep Tony Hayward as its chief executive, although deliberations appeared to have narrowed to setting…

Nigeria approves academic to head electoral board (AP)

June 8th, 2010

AP - A Nigerian official says a former academic has been approved to head the national electoral board.

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Israeli forces board Gaza-bound aid vessel (AP)

June 5th, 2010

FILE - This undated photo provided by FreeGaza.org shows the Irish-flagged ship the MV Rachel Corrie. The ship was named after an American college student crushed to death by an Israeli Army bulldozer while protesting house demolitions in Gaza. Greta Berlin, a spokesman for the Free Gaza group, said Friday June 4, 2010 the 1,200-ton Rachel Corrie is heading directly to Gaza and will not stop in any port on the way.  (AP Photo/FreeGaza.org)  NO SALESAP - The Israeli military says its forces have seized a Gaza-bound aid vessel, preventing it from breaking an Israeli maritime blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory.


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India plane with 166 on board crashes; 8 survive (AP)

May 22nd, 2010

Indian firefighters carry a child, reportedly a survivor, out of the debris of an Air India plane that crashed in Mangalore, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, Saturday, May 22, 2010. The plane arriving from Dubai crashed Saturday morning after it overshot a runway while trying to land in southern India, and officials feared as many as 160 people on board were killed. (AP Photo) ** INDIA OUT **AP - An Air India Express plane trying to land Saturday at a tricky hilltop airport in southern India overshot the runway, crashed over a cliff and burst into flames…

Afghan passenger plane crashes with 44 on board (AP)

May 17th, 2010

AP - An Afghan passenger plane carrying 44 people, including six foreigners, crashed Monday in a mountainous northern region where poor weather was hampering efforts to locate it, officials said.…

Libyan plane with 104 on board crashes in Tripoli (AP)

May 12th, 2010

AP - Spokesmen for Libyan-owned Afriqiyah airlines say a plane with 104 people on board has crash landed at the airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli.

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