Archive for March 25th, 2008

System failure blamed for crash of budget airline in Indonesia

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Investigators found out that the Inertial Reference System (IRS) failure and the unsuccessful attempts of the pilots to recover it as the main cause of the crash of a plane of budget airline Adam Air that killed all 102 people on board in N ...

Philippine public figures pray for Aquino’s health

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Public figures of the Philippines, despite their different political positions, have expressed their sadness and hope on Tuesday after news came out that former President Corazon Aquino has been diagnosed with colon cancer, local media repo ...

Taliban vow to launch spring offensive in Afghanistan

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Taliban insurgents fighting Afghanistan government have vowed to launch spring offensive against Afghan and international troops stationed in the country, a top commander of the outfit said Tuesday. Mullah Brother who claims to be d ...

Heavy fighting erupts in southern Iraq

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Heavy fighting broke out between Iraqi security forces and the Mahdi Army Shiite militia in Iraq's southern city of Basra on Tuesday, a local security source and witnesses said. Sounds of explosions and machinegun fire resonated in ...

Basra: heavy fighting in Iraq’s southern oil hub

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Residents of Basra are afraid to leave their homes after heavy fighting broke out in Iraq's southern oil hub Tuesday, and a military official said a major operation has been launched against armed groups in the city. "Basra is half e ...

Israel okays deployment of Palestinian forces in W Bank

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak will approve the deployment of a 600-strong Palestinian police force in the West Bank town of Jenin, local media reported on Tuesday. Local daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported on its website that the ...

12,000 Bhutanese refugees referred for 3rd-country resettlement

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Out of 108,000 Bhutanese refugees living in seven camps in eastern Nepal, 12,000 persons have been referred for resettlement in seven different countries, local newspaper The Rising Nepal reported. The process of interviewing refuge ...

Indonesian House set to ban online porn

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

The Indonesian House of Representatives is set to pass a bill that would jail users and providers of pornographic websites, local press said Tuesday. When the bill comes into effect, providers and users of pornographic sites will fa ...