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Jet exploded, says Lebanese minister In the first official comment since the crash of an Ethiopian jet off Lebanon's coast, the Lebanese health minister has said that the jet exploded after take-off. Full Story... |
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'Pilot error behind Ethiopian jet crash' Pilot error caused the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane off the coast of Lebanon last month which killed all 90 people on board, a source familiar with the probe said. Full Story... 1 000 for sex braggart A Saudi appeals court has upheld a sentence of five years in jail and 1 000 lashes for a man who bragged about his sexual exploits on television. Full Story... 'Saviour' and his harem of 17 'slaves' The women tattooed his name and portrait on their bodies and gave their children his name - Saviour. He also kept tabs on them through closed-circuit TV, and fined them for violating his rules. Full Story... Iran starts higher uranium enrichment: media Iran has begun enriching uranium to 20 percent purity level at its Natanz plant in defiance of world powers but under the supervision of inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog. Full Story... |
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BEA to analyse black box 2010-02-08 13:51:05 A black box recovered from the wreckage of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean has been flown to France for analysis, say authorities. Full Story... 'It was the one thing I really wanted to see' 2010-02-08 13:02:33 The Burj Khalifa's owner has said the observation deck of the world's tallest tower has been unexpectedly shut down, disappointing visitors and marring the spire's reputation just a month after it opened. Full Story... Nine Iranian journalists arrested: reports 2010-02-08 12:42:20 Iranian authorities have arrested nine journalists working for several media networks in the past two days, according to opposition websites and Etemad newspaper. Full Story... Yemeni president sacks governor 2010-02-06 18:48:41 Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has reportedly sacked the governor of Saada, where government troops are fighting with Shi'a rebels in the north-west of the country. Full Story... Ethiopian jet crash: Black boxes found 2010-02-06 19:32:11 Searchers have located the black boxes of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in the sea off Lebanon in January, killing 90 people. Full Story... Israeli mine explosion: Five injured 2010-02-06 19:11:06 An Israeli family of five, including three children, have been injured in a mine explosion while hiking in the Golan Heights, the Israeli Defence Forces has announced. Full Story... We have kidnapped US contractor - Iraqi group 2010-02-06 19:06:00 An Iraqi militant group has said it kidnapped a US civilian contractor in January and was negotiating the release of the body of another. Full Story... Pilgrims defy bombers in holy city 2010-02-05 00:47:42 Thousands of Iraqi pilgrims have gathered in the holy city of Karbala for the rite of Arbain, despite warnings of suicide bomb attacks. Full Story... Berlusconi in Bethlehem: Wall? What wall? 2010-02-04 01:28:24 Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi failed to notice a controversial landmark while travelling by road from Jerusalem to Bethlehem. Full Story... UK couple home after Dubai sex arrest 2010-02-03 15:59:22 A British couple who escaped trial in Dubai for having sex out of wedlock by producing a marriage certificate have returned to Britain, the British embassy in the Gulf Arab emirate said. Full Story... Iran puts rat, turtles in space 2010-02-03 16:19:19 Iran has hailed the successful launch of a home-built satellite carrying a rat, turtles and worms. Full Story... Lebanon plane crash: Body found after 9 days 2010-02-02 16:50:03 A body presumed to be one of the 90 people on board the Ethiopian airliner that crashed into the sea off Beirut nine days ago has been recovered, Lebanese officials said. Full Story... Lebanon gets relatives' DNA in jet crash 2010-02-02 18:05:10 A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week south of Beirut. Full Story... Release US hikers, urges Tutu 2010-02-02 12:20:51 Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has appealed to Iranians to free three American hikers held for six months. Full Story... Girl, 12, cancels divorce 2010-02-02 10:42:55 A 12-year-old Saudi girl has given up her petition for divorce from an 80-year-old man, according to a report. Full Story... Explosive devices float onto Israeli beaches 2010-02-02 10:59:34 At least three explosive devices have washed up on Israeli beaches in what security officials describe as an attempt by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip to attack Israel. Full Story... Female suicide bomber strikes in Baghdad 2010-02-02 01:04:59 Forty-one people were killed when a suicide bomber blew herself up in a crowd of Shi'a pilgrims in Baghdad, according to Iraqi officials. Full Story... Suicide attack: 16 Iraqi pilgrims killed 2010-02-01 13:49:06 Sixteen Shiite pilgrims on their way by foot to a shrine city in central Iraq were killed when a female suicide bomber blew herself up at a rest station in Baghdad. Full Story... Gaza war: Senior Israeli officers disciplined 2010-02-01 12:01:44 The Israeli military has disciplined two senior officers for the firing of white phosphorous shells toward a UN compound during the Gaza war, Israeli media has said. Full Story... 'I will slap this government on the mouth' 2010-02-01 11:10:23 Bells chimed across Iran to mark the return from exile in 1979 of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the trigger for a revolution which spawned an Islamic state now engulfed in a deep political crisis. Full Story... Yemen opposition politician gunned down 2010-02-01 11:21:26 A Yemeni provincial opposition politician thought to be active in a southern separatist movement was gunned down in south Yemen, according to his party and local residents. Full Story... Slain Hamas leader 'was a arms dealer' 2010-02-01 09:22:30 Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh played a critical role in smuggling rockets from Iran to Palestinian militants in Gaza, claims Israel. Full Story... Did slain Hamas leader help Gaza get weapons? 2010-02-01 01:04:43 A Hamas commander killed in Dubai was targeted by Israel for his role in smuggling "special weapons" to the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Islamist group has claimed. Full Story... Ceasefire offer rejected by Yemen 2010-02-01 01:35:17 Yemeni soldiers have clashed with rebels in the northern provinces of Malahidh and Saada, killing 20 people, according to officials. Full Story... Soccer gains ground on politics in Gaza Strip 2010-01-31 15:11:38 Where political talk used to reign, soccer is now king - and Egypt's success at the African Nations Cup has something to do with the little phenomenon. Full Story... Forced-divorce couple reunited by court 2010-01-31 14:14:49 A Saudi couple forced to divorce on grounds they were not from equal tribal backgrounds have been reunited by a new court created as part of judicial reforms. Full Story... Yemen says forces clash with rebels, kill 20 2010-01-31 10:26:20 Yemen's armed forces have clashed with Shi'ite rebels in the north, killing 20, a day after the insurgents said they had accepted the government's terms for a ceasefire. Full Story... Would-be suicide bomber held 2010-01-30 18:02:00 "He was riding a motorbike which was carrying two bombs and he was also wearing an explosives belt," says an interior ministry spokesman. Full Story... Hamas blames Israel for death 2010-01-29 10:54:14 The Islamist Hamas movement has blamed Israel for the death of one of the founders of its military wing, Mahmud Abdel Rauf al-Mabhuh. Full Story... New Jerusalem tram 'illegal' 2010-01-29 11:25:49 Palestinians are threatening to derail a new $1 billion tram which will run between Jewish west Jerusalem to settlements in the traditionally Arab eastern sector. Full Story... Men with suicide vests holed up in building 2010-01-29 10:21:44 Four men wearing suicide vests were locked in a gunbattle with security forces inside a building in southern Afghanistan. Full Story... Obama backs Israel 2010-01-29 01:26:40 United States President Barack Obama has blamed internal politics both in Israel and the Palestinian territories for constraining peace diplomacy. Full Story... Taxi drivers 'taken for a ride' 2010-01-28 15:11:19 Eleven South African men say they are stuck in Abu Dhabi after being lured there with false promises. Full Story... Navy finds black boxes from Ethiopian plane 2010-01-28 01:50:45 A United States navy vessel has located the flight recorders from the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon 48 hours ago with 90 people aboard. Full Story... 'Chemical Ali' buried near Saddam 2010-01-27 16:01:55 Ali Hassan al-Majeed has been buried near his cousin, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, says a tribal leader. Full Story... Murderer hanged in public 2010-01-27 14:00:32 A man convicted of murdering a top judiciary official has been executed in front of Isfahan court house. Full Story... 'Pilot did a very fast and strange turn' 2010-01-26 16:41:52 The pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the sea flew in the opposite direction from the path recommended by the control tower. Full Story... Israel will not probe Gaza war - minister 2010-01-26 11:34:49 The decision would mean a rejection of a demand in a United Nations report on the three-week Gaza offensive. Full Story... 'I want to kiss the hangman's rope' 2010-01-26 09:39:39 Iraq has executed Chemical Ali, who carried out some of the bloodiest missions of the Saddam Hussein regime including gassing 5 000 people in a Kurdish village. Full Story... Envoy's wife on crashed plane 2010-01-26 07:28:03 Marla Pietton, wife of the previous French ambassador to South Africa, Denis Pietton, was a passenger on the Ethiopian Airlines aircraft that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. Full Story... Browse the [Middle East] Archive |
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