More cracks found in Airbus A380 wings
PARIS – Airbus insisted its A380 superjumbo is safe to fly after another set of cracks was discovered in the wings of the world’s largest jetliner, though an engineering union said it was downplaying the issue and some Asian airlines said they would develop inspection programs.
Navy actions help cut Somali pirate hijacking-watchdog.
LONDON – Pre-emptive strikes by naval forces, the deployment of private armed guards and protective measures by ships helped to almost halve the number of successful hijackings by Somali pirates last year, a maritime watchdog said on Thursday (19/01/2012).
Pakistan to re-open NATO routes to Afghanistan – official
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan expects to re-open supply routes to NATO forces in Afghanistan, halted after a NATO cross-border air attack killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in November, but will impose tariffs, a senior security official told Reuters on Thursday (19/01/2012).
Russia warns West against attacking Iran
MOSCOW – A Western military strike on Iran would be a “catastrophe” that would aggravate dangerous divisions already present in the Muslim world, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday (18/01/2012).
China to expand ‘real-name’ registration rules for microblog users
BEIJING – China will expand real-name registration for microblog users, the government’s propaganda and information arm said on Wednesday (18/01/2012), in its latest step to better control China’s wildly popular Twitter-like websites.
Pakistan top court challenges PM on corruption cases
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s Supreme Court issued a contempt notice to Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Monday (16/01/2012), ordering him to appear before the court for failing to pursue long running corruption cases against the president and other officials.
Oxford shocked by suspected murder of physicist
LONDON – Britain’s 900-year-old Oxford University was in shock on Friday 913/01/2012) after a prominent astrophysicist was found dead and a maths lecturer was arrested on suspicion of murder.
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