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Airline data recorder found, Lebanese army says

admin on January 28, 2010 in News Comments Off

Searchers have found the flight data recorder from an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed Monday with 90 people aboard, the Lebanese army said Thursday.

Iran sentences 11 demonstrators to death

admin on January 28, 2010 in News Comments Off

Tehran’s Revolutionary Court sentenced 11 people to death after convicting them of participating in post-election riots — especially during the recent Ashura holy day, state media reported Thursday.

The United States is pushing world powers to consider a tough new round of sanctions against Iran for its continued global defiance over its nuclear program.

Al Qaeda-linked group claims Iraq bombings

admin on January 27, 2010 in News Comments Off

Islamic State of Iraq — an umbrella group which includes al Qaeda in Iraq — said it had carried out a string of vehicle bomb attacks that killed at least 36 people in Baghdad Monday.

Air traffic controllers in Lebanon were telling the pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines flight to change course shortly before it crashed into the sea, the country’s transportation minister told CNN Tuesday.

Freed Belgians cite fears for U.S. hikers in Iran

admin on January 26, 2010 in News Comments Off

Two Belgians recently detained in Iran said they had some contact with three U.S. hikers imprisoned there and are concerned about the Americans’ well-being.

Car bomb kills 18, injures dozens in Baghdad

admin on January 26, 2010 in News Comments Off

At least 18 people have been killed and 80 injured in a car bomb blast in central Baghdad as deadly violence returned to the streets of the Iraqi capital for a second day.

Search continues after Lebanese plane crash

admin on January 26, 2010 in News Comments Off

International search teams combed the Mediterranean Sea for signs of life on Tuesday, a day after an Ethiopian Airlines flight went down off Lebanon, authorities said.

Blasts near hotels kill 24 in Baghdad

admin on January 25, 2010 in News Comments Off

At least 24 people were killed and 41 hurt Monday in three vehicle bombings that rocked Baghdad, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.

A schoolgirl in Saudi Arabia has accepted her sentence of 90 lashes and two months in prison for assaulting her headmistress after a confrontation over a cell phone, according to Saudi daily newspaper Al-Watan.