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Boeing plans hydrogen powered uncrewed planes

November 27th, 2008 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 27 (ANI): Aerospace giant Boeing is planning to build uncrewed planes that can stay afloat for as long as a month, powered by hydrogen. According to a report in New ...

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Shivraj Patil asks states to raise special forces to counter terror

Shivraj Patil asks states to raise special forces to counter terror

November 22nd, 2008 - 4:14 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Nov 22 (ANI): Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil today asked the states to raise special forces to counter terrorism which is fast spreading its tentacles across the country. Inaugurating ...

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What the lady with the worlds longest legs has to say about them!

November 12th, 2008 - 6:36 pm ICT by ANI -
New York, Nov 12 (ANI): For Svetlana Pankratova, having the world''s longest legs and being recognized for it has its advantages and disadvantages. The 36-year-old, who had recently appeared in Times Sq. ...

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Self-diagnosing aircraft can help ward off unnecessary hard landings

November 6th, 2008 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 6 (ANI): Futile hard landings, which may turn out to be dangerous for both the passengers and for aircraft, could now be avoidedthanks to hard-landing detector that can be ...

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Enriques plane forced to make emergency landing

October 22nd, 2008 - 6:38 pm ICT by ANI -
London, October 22 (ANI): Enrique Iglesias, who was onboard a private plane, had to make an emergency pit stop owing to the planes engine trouble. The Spanish singer, who was his way ...

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US to train Pak troops how to fight out Taliban

US to train Pak troops how to fight out Taliban

October 18th, 2008 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore , Oct 18 (ANI): In a bid to train the Pakistani forces how to fight out the Taliban, the US military has begun a training effort inside Pakistan this week. ...

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80pc travellers think allowing mobiles on planes is crazy

September 29th, 2008 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI -
Melbourne, Sept 29 (ANI): A new survey has revealed that four in five travellers believe that if mobile phones were allowed to function on planes, it would drive them crazy. Surveyors from ...

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Taliban say Bushs decision to send more troops to Afghanistan will fuel the fighting

September 11th, 2008 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI -
Kandahar , Sept 11 (ANI): Reacting to US President George Bushs recent announcement of sending more troops to Afghanistan , the Taliban have said that this would further aggravate the situation ...

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Australian terrorism manual author convicted

September 10th, 2008 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS -
Sydney, Sep 10 (DPA) A Sydney man who published a manual on the internet about how to carry out car bombings and assassinations and blow up planes was convicted Wednesday for providing ...

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Pak HR body calls for govt intervention in stopping US air raids

September 10th, 2008 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore , Sept 10 (ANI): Taking a strong note of the recent increase in air strikes by unmanned US planes, the Human Right Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has reportedly urged the ...

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US to give 20 T-37 planes to Pak

August 21st, 2008 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore , Aug 21 (ANI): The US has reportedly approved giving 20 T-37 trainer jets to Pakistan Air Force in the next two months. According to a TV report, the planes have ...

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Terror manual details custard-pie killings

August 15th, 2008 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Sydney, Aug 15 (DPA) Glue inside a custard pie thrown in the face of a victim could effect a neat assassination, according to a terrorism manual produced as an exhibit at a ...

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EU to publish list of items prohibited on planes

August 9th, 2008 - 5:31 am ICT by IANS -
Xinhua Brussels, Aug 9 (Xinhua) The European Commission Friday decided to make public a list of items which passengers would be banned from carrying on board aircraft. The security rules had previously been ...

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100 Skydivers form diamond at 4,000 ft!

July 29th, 2008 - 1:03 pm ICT by ANI -
London, July 29 (ANI): It was a really spectacular sight, when 100 skydivers formed a diamond and dazzled together at a height of 4,000 ft. Hundred skydivers jumped from five different planes ...

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Qantas ordered to inspect all oxygen bottles on flights

July 27th, 2008 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS -
Xinhua Canberra, July 27 (Xinhua) The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) of Australia Sunday ordered Qantas to inspect every oxygen bottle aboard its fleet of 30 Boeing 747s. A mid-air explosion had forced ...

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250 aircraft seized for duty evasion

July 10th, 2008 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The government has seized over 250 aircraft of various corporate houses since 2007 on grounds of evading duty, a top official said. The aircraft came under the ...

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US sending more air power to Afghanistan

July 10th, 2008 - 1:34 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington , July 10 (ANI): Amid reports that American commandos were poised to stage hot pursuit raids into Pakistan s tribal areas FATA, the US has decided to send more air ...

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Poshs planes bird-hit tarmac terror!

July 9th, 2008 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI -
London, July 9 (ANI): Victoria Beckham aka Posh Spice got the scare of her life when the plane she was travelling in was brought to a screeching halt just moments before ...

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Greek ship runs aground, passengers evacuated (Lead)

June 29th, 2008 - 7:33 am ICT by IANS -
DPA Athens, June 29 (DPA) A Greek ferry that hit a rocky islet in the Aegean Saturday managed to sail safely to shore after being escorted by dozens of Coast Guard boats, planes ...

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Greek ship runs aground, passengers wait to be evacuated

June 29th, 2008 - 3:18 am ICT by IANS -
DPA Athens, June 29 (DPA) Rescue boats, planes and helicopters were rushing to the scene of a Greek ferry than ran aground in an islet in the Aegean, carrying more than 450 passengers, ...

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Two military jets crash during drill in China

June 25th, 2008 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS -
Xinhua Hohhot (China), June 25 (Xinhua) Two fighter jets belonging to China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) crashed after colliding during a drill Wednesday in northern China, officials said. The accident occurred in Qingshuihe ...

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Prince Harry to lead army pals on a holiday - into the African desert

June 21st, 2008 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI -
London , June 21 (ANI): Prince Harry will be heading to the African deserts on a holiday with his soldier friends, it has emerged. The 23-year-old royal is looking forward to ...

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Pakistan to receive 10 refurbished F-16s from US soon

Pakistan to receive 10 refurbished F-16s from US soon

June 4th, 2008 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS -
Xinhua Islamabad, June 4 (Xinhua) Pakistan will receive 10 refurbished F-16 fighter-jets from the US, four of which are to be supplied in June, a media report said Wednesday. The US Congress Tuesday ...

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Jesus answers pilots prayers

May 21st, 2008 - 6:29 pm ICT by admin -
Melbourne, May 21 (ANI): Prayers are always answered - this phrase saw reality when two men prayed for divine intervention amid air when their planes microlight ran out of fuel mid-flight ...

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IAF planes head for cyclone-ravaged Myanmar

May 7th, 2008 - 4:59 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): Two Indian Air Force AN-32 aircraft left for cyclone-ravaged Myanmar on Wednesday, carrying about eight tons of relief material. Out of these two aircraft, one AN-32 belonging ...

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UAE carries out cloud seeding tests to induce rain

May 7th, 2008 - 11:16 am ICT by admin -
Abu Dhabi, May 7 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Meteorological Department has carried out cloud seeding tests to induce rainfall, WAM news agency reported Wednesday. The department's National Centre of Meteorology ...

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Goan owner of AirAsia in battle to control Malaysian skies

May 6th, 2008 - 4:59 pm ICT by admin -
Kuala Lumpur, May 6 (ANI): The Goan-Portuguese owner of the budget airliner AirAsia, Tony Fernandes, has announced two subsidised offers to counter Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Zero Fare campaign. Fernandes announced that AirAsia ...

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The Red Barons lethal success put down to plain old luck

May 5th, 2008 - 3:44 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, May 5 (ANI): A new study has claimed that much of the success of Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, a German flying ace of World War I, better known as ...

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Al Qaeda head in Somalia killed in airstrike

May 1st, 2008 - 3:07 pm ICT by admin -
Xinhua Mogadishu, May 1 (Xinhua) The head of the Al Qaeda network in Somalia has been killed in an air strike, a spokesman of an Islamist group said here Thursday. Aden Hashi Farah ...

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Hundreds flee wildfires in Spain

April 27th, 2008 - 8:39 am ICT by admin -
DPA San Sebastian (Spain), April 27 (DPA) Hundreds of people fled wildfires Saturday on the Spanish island of La Gomera, with some residents taking refuge on the beaches, provincial authorities said. Separate blazes ...

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