Authorities in Nepal say a plane crashed shortly after taking off Friday from the capital Kathmandu, killing all 19 people on board. An airport official said the pilot notified air traffic controllers the small, twin-propeller plane had hit a large bird moments before it went down. Aviation authorities say the Sita Air flight crashed on […]
Everest-bound Plane Crashes in Nepal, Killing 19
Posted September 28th, 2012 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
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Coffee Giant Starbucks to Soon Open First India Store
Posted September 28th, 2012 at 8:35 am (UTC-5)
The world’s largest coffee retailer, Starbucks, says it will open its first store in India next month. Starbucks is entering the Indian market as part of a joint venture with India’s Tata Global Beverages. Starbucks’ China and Asia-Pacific President John Culver said the U.S. company will open a store in India’s financial hub Mumbai by […]
Senior Pakistani Police Officer Killed While Defusing Bomb
Posted September 28th, 2012 at 7:45 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani police say a senior officer has been killed while trying to defuse a bomb in the country’s northwest. Hakam Khan was killed Friday in the city of Peshawar after being dispatched to a main road where two bombs had been planted. Police say Khan successfully defused the first bomb, but was killed while trying […]
WHO: New Virus Not Easily Transmitted
Posted September 28th, 2012 at 7:10 am (UTC-5)
The World Health Organization says a new virus that has killed one person and has left another person in critical condition does not appear to spread easily from person to person. The United Nations agency said Friday it is working with its international partners to better understand the public health risk. WHO says the origin […]
Plane Carrying 19 Crashes in Nepal
Posted September 28th, 2012 at 4:45 am (UTC-5)
Officials in Nepal say a plane has crashed shortly after taking off from the capital Kathmandu, killing all 19 people aboard. An airport official said the pilot notified air traffic controllers the plane had hit a bird moments before it went down. Aviation authorities say the Sita Air flight crashed on the banks of the […]
Plane Carrying 19 Crashes in Nepal
Posted September 28th, 2012 at 12:25 am (UTC-5)
Officials in Nepal say an airplane has crashed on the outskirts of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, killing all 19 people aboard. They say the plane crashed Friday morning shortly after taking off from Kathmandu airport. Authorities say the aircraft was engulfed in flames near the Manohara river. Police officials say seven British, five Chinese and […]
Plane Carrying 19 Crashes in Nepal
Posted September 27th, 2012 at 10:15 pm (UTC-5)
Officials in Nepal say an airplane carrying 19 people has crashed. They say the plane crashed Friday morning shortly after taking off from Kathmandu airport. Police officials say the 16 passengers and three crew members are feared dead. The Sita Air plane was headed to Lukla in the Mount Everest region, small town in Nepal […]
India Probes “Shocking” Deaths of Rare Rhinos
Posted September 27th, 2012 at 1:30 pm (UTC-5)
Indian officials are investigating the brutal killings of rare rhinos at a flooded national park in eastern India. Authorities say poachers have shot and dehorned four rhinos in the past two days, killing three of them, at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam state. In one attack Wednesday, poachers shot the rhino, then cut off […]
US Envoy to Pakistan Condemns Filmmaker Bounty
Posted September 27th, 2012 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
The United States has again condemned last week’s $100,000 bounty offered by a Pakistani federal minister for the murder of the maker of an anti-Islam film. U.S. acting ambassador to Pakistan Richard Hoagland told reporters Thursday in Islamabad that it was irresponsible of Pakistani Railway Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour to offer the reward. Bilour announced […]
India Floods Displace Nearly Two Million
Posted September 26th, 2012 at 8:05 am (UTC-5)
Flooding has killed at least 18 people and displaced nearly two-million others in India’s northeastern Assam state. Military and disaster relief teams have launched rescue and relief operations delivering food and medicine and moving others to higher ground. The state’s disaster management officials say hundreds of relief camps have been set up across the to […]
