Romanian championship results and standings (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports) Romanian championship results and standings on Monday. Steaua Bucharest 2 Unirea Alba-Iulia 0 Bulgaria Medics Help Ukraine Deal with Swine Flu (Novinite.com) The participant of a flash-mob, dressed as a pig, accosts a pedestrian in downtown Kiev, Ukraine on 06 November 2009
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Singapore to give scholarships to Filipino students for them to contribute to the Philippines development (The Temasek Review) From our Correspondent The Singapore government is offering scholarships to Filipino students to study in its three universities. All courses are open to the scholars, except for medicine and dentistry. According to a Filipino
Mandela Endures as South Africa’s Ideal (New York Times) Even as Nelson Mandela fades from view, he retains a vital place in South Africa’s public consciousness. South Africa axe late arrival Khenyeza (Fijilive) World Cup hosts South Africa have axed striker Mabhuti Khenyeza for friendlies against Japan and Jamaica after he missed a training-camp deadline.
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Lebanon gets new government after months of haggling (MalaysiaNews.net) BEIRUT: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri formed a government of national unity on Monday after more than four months of tough negotiations with his Hezbollah-led rivals. The new 30-member cabinet w… LEBANON GETS NEW GOVERNMENT AFTER MONTHS OF HAGGLING (The Tocqueville Connection) =3D(PICTURE+VIDEO)=3D ATTENTION – ADDS
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Chinese expert warns New Delhi, India says Dalai Lama free to travel (IANS via Yahoo! India News) New Delhi/Beijing, Nov 9 (IANS) India Monday denied that Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama was visiting Tawang under pressure from New Delhi as a Chinese scholar warned that India was on the ‘wrong track again’ vis-a-vis China.
Somalia : Ahlul-Sunnah Displays Trained Army in Central Town (AllAfrica.com) Somalia’s Ahlul-Sunna Waljama’a group which control most of Galgadud region has on Sunday displayed a uniformed military outfit that would maintain the security to the region. Somalia sees end to Spanish hostage crisis in 3 weeks (Tiscali) MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s government expects a settlement
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Indonesian Officials Resign in Clash With Graft Office – Wall Street Journal protested on the streets to support the KPK, in the first significant popular show of anger against corruption since the student-led democracy movement toppled former President Suharto in 1998. Protests grew last week after the police arrested Protesters Rally for Indonesia’s
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NATO, Afghans claim to kill 130 Taliban in Kunduz (thewest.com.au) KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) – NATO and Afghan officials claimed on Monday their forces had killed at least 130 Taliban fighters in a major operation over the past week in an area of Afghanistan’s north where militant activity has surged. Britain reportedly urges Karzai to make
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Mauritanian military reports intense troop movements against terror (People’s Daily) There were intense movements of the anti-terrorism troops in the past 48 hours in the north of Mauritania, especially in the interior of Tourine-Lamgheitty-Ghallawiya triangle, the military said on Monday. The latest movements came as an escalation of action by the country’s special units, which
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Darfur rebels threaten Sudan election workers (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Rebels from Sudan’s Darfur region on Monday threatened to attack any election officials that came into their territory, underlining the challenges facing the country’s first multi-party poll in 24 years. Sudan’s al-Bashir cancels visit to summit (UPI) ISTANBUL, Turkey, Nov. 9 (UPI) — Sudanese President
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At least 2 dead in Pakistan attack (MalaysiaNews.net) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) — A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a police checkpoint in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday, killing at least three people, police said. Pakistan rejects nuclear weapons article (UPI) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 9 (UPI) — The Pakistani Foreign Ministry dismissed as
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Hizbollah rearms as Middle East tensions grow (The New Zealand Herald) BEIRUT – Hizbollah is rapidly rearming in preparation for a new conflict with Israel, fearing that Benjamin Netanyahu’s Government will attack Lebanon again before any assault on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Nearly half of Lebanon’s land mines cleared (The Daily Star Lebanon) When the British
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What Does It Look Like To Win a War on Terror (MalaysiaNews.net) CLOSE I traveled to this predominantly Tamil pocket of Sri Lanka out of curiosity: I wanted to see what victory in a war on terror looked like. After all, that is what Philippine rebels deny abducting Irish priest (thewest.com.au) COTABATO, Philippines (AFP) –
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Thailand-Cambodia row may hurt Thai role in Asean (Asia News Network) Thailand could lose its leadership role in Asean due to sour relations with neighbouring countries and internal political conflicts, experts have warned. ASEAN Secretary-General appeals Cambodia, Thailand to exercise maximum restrain (Thailandnews.net) The Secretary-General of ASEAN, Surin Pitsuwan, has appealed Cambodia and Thailand to
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Russia sees nuke deal with U.S. by January (The Record and Herald News) MOSCOW — Russia and the United States have a good chance at signing a new nuclear arms reduction deal before year’s end, but other nuclear powers must join disarmament efforts, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks released Saturday. Austrian chancellor to
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South Africa v Zimbabwe one-day scoreboard (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports) Scoreboard in the first one-day international between South Africa and Zimbabwe at Willowmoore Park in Benoni, South Africa, on Sunday. South Africa cruise to victory (Brisbane Times) South Africa cruised to a 45-run victory over Zimbabwe Sunday in a one-day international designed to dust away
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For those of you who have paid a visit to the Future of Flight museum at Paine Field in Everett, Washington , this large monolithic composite barrel will be quite familiar to you. A few weeks ago, Boeing removed three barrel – a demonstrator of 787 section 47 – from its exhibit in at the museum and relocated back to the factory grounds. It’s been rigged up near the 40-41 building and appears to have a vertical stabilizer leading edge now attached to the top of it.
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Late last night, Aviation Week’s Guy Norris published a blog post discussing progress on the upcoming A330-200F first flight and the potential for 787 first flight by year’s end : Meanwhile up in Seattle, first flight of the ‘other’ new twin, the Boeing 787, still remains at least a month away with ZA001 and the other test aircraft in various states of storage and modification, and a re-activation pending structural test results from the side-of-body rework on static airframe ZY997. Boeing says the installation of the wingfix on ZA001 is not yet complete, and sources say completion on ZA002 is now slightly ahead
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Report: 787 first flight ‘remains at least a month away’
UPDATE 6:45 PM: Reaction: IAM District President Tom Wroblewski Washington Governor Chris Gregoire Washington Congressman Jim McDermott Washington Congressman Rick Larsen US Senator Patty Murray WA US Senator Maria Cantwell WA Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson US Senator Lindsey Graham SC ( audio ) US Senator Jim DeMint SC South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford South Carolina Gubernatorial Candidate Dwight Drake South Carolina Gubernatorial Candidate Gresham Barrett UPDATE 5:18 PM: Internal message from Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh: A few minutes ago the Board of Directors approved the selection of North Charleston, S.C., as the location for a second final assembly site for the 787. A news release will be issued shortly. At 2:30 p.m.
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BREAKING: Boeing selects Charleston for 2nd 787 final assembly line
NEW DELHI: Every time an angry passenger goes on a TV channel to narrate his ordeal due to the pilots’ strike, Jet Airways chief Naresh Goyal immediately calls up senior Jet officials from his “war room” — a suite in a Delhi five-star hotel — and demands an explanation. Clearly, he is battling to
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