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Search intensifies for missing jet
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PARIS: Search teams hunting an Air France plane that vanished with
228 people on board were scouring remote Atlantic waters Tuesday
with scant hope of finding survivors and few clues to explain the
crash.
As investigators puzzled over a series of error
messages sent by the jet after it hit a fierce storm, Brazilian and
French spotter planes battled foul weather to sweep a patch of ocean
halfway between South America and Africa.
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Pakistan military rescues students from Taliban captors
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PESHAWAR: Pakistan said Tuesday the military rescued 80 students and
staff snatched by Taliban gunmen, as fears grew of spiraling rebel
attacks to avenge a military offensive in the northwest.
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Probe commences on Suu Kyi home intruder
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YANGON: A US man who swam to the home of Aung San Suu Kyi was not
paid by or taking orders from any outside organization, his lawyer
said Tuesday ahead of final arguments in the trial of Myanmar’s
democracy icon.
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Obama vows to get Middle East talks back on track
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LONDON: President Barack Obama voiced confidence that the United
States can help get “serious negotiations” between Israel and
the Palestinians back on track, in an interview on Tuesday.
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BEIJING: China on Tuesday took up US Treasury Secretary Timothy
Geithner’s call to work together in battling the financial crisis
as the Asian giant tries to position itself as a major force on the
global stage.
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