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If there is something that is more synonymous to Australia than kangaroos, it has to be the warm-hearted sport loving Aussies themselves. Qantas hit the right nail in doing the TV commercial ‘Suitcase’ with champion swimmer Liesel Jones choosing...
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Red Cross workers stopped treating gunshot victims for several hours in a violent city across the border from Texas after receiving death threats over their radio...
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Monsoon rains pummeled northern India, bringing dozens of buildings crashing down and killing 74 people, police said Thursday.
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U.S.-led coalition troops battled a group of militants in eastern Afghanistan, killing over 30 insurgents, while three NATO soldiers were killed in a roadside blast...
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The U.S.-led coalition says over 30 militants were killed in a battle with its troops in eastern Afghanistan.
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NATO says three of its soldiers were killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in central Afghanistan.
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AP, Lucknow
Police say at least 74 people have been killed as heavy monsoon rains lash northern India.
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AP, San Juan
The governor of Puerto Rico denied new charges of alleged campaign finance violations on Wednesday, accusing federal authorities of political sabotage.
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AP, Thessaloniki
Police arrested the country’s most wanted man while tracking down the alleged kidnappers of a prominent businessman, officials said Thursday.
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AP, Madrid
A jetliner heading to the popular Canary Islands vacation resort crashed during takeoff Wednesday, turning a wooded area off the end of a runway into a hellish scene of...
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As of Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008, at least 4,145 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press...
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Christie’s says it will auction an Aboriginal boomerang collected by the explorer Capt. James Cook.
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AP, Baghdad
Top Sunni politicians on Wednesday accused Iraq’s Shiite-dominated security forces of carrying out political arrests, and warned that this could push Iraq into...
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AP, Beijing
Two elderly Chinese women who applied to hold a protest during the Olympics were ordered to spend a year in a labor camp, a relative said Wednesday. Police later...
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AP, Toronto
An outbreak of listeriosis has killed one person and sickened at least 16 others, Canadian public health officials said Wednesday as a food company suspended production...
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AP, Madrid
A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from...
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The Beijing bishop appointed by China’s state-controlled Catholic Church said in an interview Wednesday that he hopes Pope Benedict XVI will visit his country and...
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The United States and Poland signed a deal Wednesday to place a U.S. missile defense base just 115 miles from Russia _ a move followed swiftly by a new warning from...
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Georgia’s president has told The Associated Press he does not believe Russia will fulfill its promise to withdraw from most of the country in the coming days.
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Russia is countering a French push for immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Georgia by circulating a competing U.N. Security Council resolution.
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Leo Abse, a colorful Welsh politician who took a leading role in liberalizing laws on homosexuality and divorce, has died at age 91.
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Qantas Airways Ltd. reported Thursday a 44 percent rise in annual net profit, but acknowledged it is beginning to feel the effect of a slowing economy and higher fuel...
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An engine access panel fell off a Qantas Airways jumbo jet en route to Singapore from Melbourne, Australia, on Friday, the latest in a string of incidents for the...
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AP, Wellington
A Qantas Airways flight landed safely Wednesday night after a problem with one of its engines on a flight from Australia to New Zealand, the company said, the latest in...
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AP, Sydney
Australia’s airline safety body said Wednesday it would expand its investigation of Qantas after the company announced it temporarily pulled six aircraft from...
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AP, Canberra
A packed Qantas jetliner lost the use of crucial flight instruments after an explosion aboard the aircraft last week blasted a large hole in its fuselage, an air safety...
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AP, Canberra
An explosion aboard a packed Qantas jetliner sent shrapnel through the floor of the passenger cabin and sheared off a door handle, but there was no risk of the door...
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AP, Camberra
An air safety investigator says part of an oxygen cylinder exploded through the floor of the passenger cabin of a Qantas jumbo jet over the South China Sea last week.
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AP, Manila
An investigator says a valve and other fragments that could be from a missing oxygen tank have been found in a Qantas jet that had its fuselage ripped open mid-flight.
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AP, Manila
The 346 passengers were cruising at 29,000 feet Friday when an explosive bang shook the Qantas jumbo jet. The plane descended rapidly. Oxygen masks dropped from the...
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AP, Manila
A Qantas flight en route to Australia from London made an emergency stop in Manila on Friday after a loud bang punched a hole in the Boeing 747-400’s fuselage,...
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A Qantas flight en route to Australia from London made an emergency stop in Manila on Friday, and airport authorities discovered a big hole in the Boeing...
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AP, Manila
A Qantas flight en route to Australia from London made an emergency stop in Manila on Friday, and airport authorities discovered a big hole in the Boeing...
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AP, Los Angeles
A Qantas jetliner has departed from Los Angeles for Australia after the airline and law enforcement authorities determined a bomb threat was a hoax.The flight scheduled...
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AP, Sydney
Qantas engineers are planning a series of rolling strikes in Australian cities next week as part of a continuing pay dispute with the airline, the union said...
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Qantas Airways Ltd. apologized Wednesday for price-fixing after the Australian carrier became the third international airline this year to admit to the practice in the...
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Well-known for in-flight entertainment, Australia’s largest airline Qantas plans to expand its operations in New Zealand and offer new business services, as...
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Aviation industry accounts for two percent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions and has come under increasing pressure from environmental campaigners....
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No doubt, several airlines have been offering comfortable in-flight sleeping options for many years. But these days, several airlines are taking steps to provide more...
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Australian international airline, Qantas has launched a new class for economy passengers traveling on long-haul flights. The new premium economy class will be offered...
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In this Dec. 1, 2003 file photo, Australia’s National flag carrier Qantas Airways’ CEO Geoff Dixon, right, listens as Alan Joyce, the CEO of the low cost Australian domestic airline Jetstar speaks in a press conference in Sydney. Qantas Airways said...
