Indonesia: A passenger aircraft with 102 people
onboard—including 11 children—went missing Monday after sending
distress signals, the transport minister said.
The Boeing 737 was flying between
the cities of Surabaya, on the central island of Java, and Manado,
on Sulawesi Island, when contact was lost.
GAZA CITY: The volatile Gaza
Strip was on edge Sunday as Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and
the Hamas movement faced off over the ruling Islamists’ armed
force, sparking fears that factional tensions...
BANGKOK: Thai police said on
Sunday that they had seized 1,800 bottles of contraband bird-flu
vaccine worth over 20 million baht ($558,000), in what is believed
to be the biggest such bust in Thailand.
LUCKNOW,
India: The death toll from a cold snap since the start of the
month in northern India rose to 57 Sunday as 13 more people died
over the weekend, officials said.