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January 3, 2011 10:00 AM

Russia halts Tu-154 flights after fire

Russia's airline has grounded its TU-154B planes, after a fire in Siberia on Saturday which killed three people. At least 43 were injured when the plane, carrying 124 people, burst into flames before take-off from Surgut. Russia's transport safety regulator said the ban will remain in plac...

January 3, 2011 10:00 AM

Russia halts Tu-154 flights after fire

Russia's airline has grounded its TU-154B planes, after a fire in Siberia on Saturday which killed three people. At least 43 were injured when the plane, carrying 124 people, burst into flames before take-off from Surgut. Russia's transport safety regulator said the ban will remain in plac...

January 3, 2011 10:00 AM

Russia halts Tu-154 flights after fire

Russia's airline has grounded its TU-154B planes, after a fire in Siberia on Saturday which killed three people. At least 43 were injured when the plane, carrying 124 people, burst into flames before take-off from Surgut. Russia's transport safety regulator said the ban will remain in plac...

January 2, 2011 6:50 PM

1000 black birds fall from sky, found dead

Over 1,000 black birds fell from the sky and were found dead in an Arkansas town, prompting the wildlife authorities to launch a probe to determine what caused their death.The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said, the dead birds were found over a 2-kilometer area in Beebe on Friday night. It has b...

January 2, 2011 6:50 PM

1000 black birds fall from sky, found dead

Over 1,000 black birds fell from the sky and were found dead in an Arkansas town, prompting the wildlife authorities to launch a probe to determine what caused their death.The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said, the dead birds were found over a 2-kilometer area in Beebe on Friday night. It has b...

January 2, 2011 6:50 PM

1000 black birds fall from sky, found dead

Over 1,000 black birds fell from the sky and were found dead in an Arkansas town, prompting the wildlife authorities to launch a probe to determine what caused their death.The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said, the dead birds were found over a 2-kilometer area in Beebe on Friday night. It has b...

January 2, 2011 6:50 PM

Australia: More rain is predicted in flood-battered Queensland

Weather forecasters in Australia are predicting more rain, thunder and hail in Queensland over the next few days and there are worries that the floods could have long term impact on major industries in the area which include mining, farming and tourism. A huge area of Australia's north-eastern ...

January 2, 2011 6:50 PM

Australia: More rain is predicted in flood-battered Queensland

Weather forecasters in Australia are predicting more rain, thunder and hail in Queensland over the next few days and there are worries that the floods could have long term impact on major industries in the area which include mining, farming and tourism. A huge area of Australia's north-eastern ...

January 2, 2011 6:50 PM

Australia: More rain is predicted in flood-battered Queensland

Weather forecasters in Australia are predicting more rain, thunder and hail in Queensland over the next few days and there are worries that the floods could have long term impact on major industries in the area which include mining, farming and tourism. A huge area of Australia's north-eastern ...

January 2, 2011 2:02 PM

Taiwan set to lift ban on solo Chinese tourists

Taiwan is to lift its decades-old ban on visits by individual Chinese tourists from April in yet another sign of the island's fast-warming ties with China. An official at Taiwan's China policy decision-making body Mainland Affairs Council today said up to 500 residents from Shanghai and Be...

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