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Varsovia -
Polish investigators reviewing what caused a 2010 airplane crash in Russia that killed then-president Lech Kaczynski and 95 others alleged on Thursday that the black boxes were tampered with in the original probe.
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Shanghai -
An amphibious plane crashed into a highway bridge on the edge of the Chinese commercial hub Shanghai on Wednesday, killing five people and injuring five more, according to the city government and local media.
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Moscow -
Russian firefighters on Sunday found the remains of a crashed plane that went missing Friday with ten people on board while putting out wildfires in Siberia.
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Khartoum -
A Sudanese military plane crashed on Saturday in the state of North Kordofan, killing all five crew members on board, the army said.
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Moscow -
Two Russian military pilots were killed when their helicopter crashed near the central Syrian city of Homs, the defence ministry said on Tuesday, adding that the aircraft had not been under fire.
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Varsovia -
Poland marked the sixth anniversary Sunday of the jet crash that killed then president Lech Kaczynski amid louder-than-ever claims it was no accident -- fuelled by his twin brother's party winning power last year.
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London -
The unscientific belief that air can be captured and bottled, sold, and then breathed in by another for reasons of health or to capture an aroma has reached new heights of silliness, with London air being sold by the jar. Of was this simply a joke?
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Varsovia -
Poland has accused Russia of downing a Polish presidential jet in 2010 in what it called an act of "terrorism," sparking an immediate retort on Monday from Moscow.
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Kathmandu -
Rescuers have found the burnt-out wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed into a mountainside in Nepal on Wednesday, killing all 23 people on board, officials said.
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Nay Pyi Taw -
Four Myanmar military personnel were killed and one was seriously injured after a small air force propeller plane crashed shortly after take off in the capital Naypyidaw on Wednesday, officials said.
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Varsovia -
Poland's right-wing government on Thursday launched a fresh probe into a 2010 Polish presidential jet crash in Russia, arguing that key facts pointing to "Russia's responsibility" were "hidden" during a previous investigation.
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Varsovia -
Poland's new right-wing government will on Thursday launch a fresh investigation into what caused a 2010 air crash in Russia that killed then president Lech Kaczynski and 95 others, according to the defence ministry.
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Tehran -
Iran postponed two premier league football matches on Sunday, state media said, as air pollution more than twice the acceptable level persisted in the capital.
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Tehran -
Iran is to close schools for two days in Tehran, an official said on Saturday, following air pollution three times the acceptable level that has blanketed the city in smog.
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Tehran -
Air pollution in Iran's capital hit its worst level -- for a day without a sandstorm -- in at least nine months on Monday, prompting warnings that all citizens should stay indoors.
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Zurich -
A new type of gold has been created and it is as light as air. The new material takes the form of a foam and it is one thousand times lighter than mined gold, making the material the lightest form of the metal ever produced.
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Seoul -
Two people were killed when a US military attack helicopter crashed on a mountain road in South Korea on Monday evening, officials said.
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Juba -
Investigators in South Sudan have found the two black boxes from a Soviet-era Antonov plane which crashed last week killing at least 36 people, state radio said Tuesday.
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Juba -
United Nations divers in South Sudan on Thursday searched the Nile for victims and the black box flight recorder from a plane crash in which at least 36 people died.
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Kiev -
The decades-old Antonov plane that crashed Wednesday in South Sudan, killing at least 36 people, "was is no state to fly", the Ukraine-based aircraft company said.
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Juba -
At least 36 people were killed on Wednesday when a Soviet-era Antonov plane crashed just after take-off from South Sudan's capital Juba.
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Sanktpeterburg -
Flags flew at half-mast in Russia Sunday as the country mourned its biggest ever air disaster after a passenger jet full of Russian tourists crashed in Egypt's Sinai, killing all 224 people on board.
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Ankara -
Turkish air force planes on Friday downed a drone of unknown origin which had violated Turkey's air space near the Syrian border, the military said.
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This week’s releases include witty and sarcastic television; horror movies unafraid of not-so-happy endings; everyone’s favourite blue genie; and a couple of excellent HBO Emmy nominees.
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A Canadian startup has started a pilot project to take CO2 out of the atmosphere in the form of pellets. The company plans to scale it to a global scale enabling countries to suck more CO2 from the atmosphere than they dump in.
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Moscow -
Russia on Monday said it would close its airspace to Ukrainian airlines from October 25 in reprisal for a ban that Ukraine has slapped on two Russian firms.
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Caracas -
A Venezuelan fighter jet crashed on the border with Colombia during an operation to intercept an "illicit aircraft," killing its two pilots, the government said Friday.
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One of the pioneers of electronic music, known for his far-reaching artistic exploits and spectacular live shows, is readying a new album for release. He made time for Digital Journal, speaking to us from his Paris studio.
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Estanzuela -
Two people died when a plane carrying crew members from a film starring Tom Cruise crashed in Colombia, aviation authorities and Universal Pictures said.
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Estanzuela -
Two people died when a plane carrying crew members from a film starring Tom Cruise crashed in Colombia, aviation authorities and Universal Pictures said.
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Air India Express - Boeing courtesy photo Courtesy Boeing
POWER FAILURE: The massive power outage that disabled computers and stranded thousands of Delta Air Lines passengers this week is said to have started here, at company headquarters in Atlanta. Bud/Wikimedia Commons
Scottish Air Ambulance on the clifftop Gordon Hatton
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A Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm 105 of the SAPS Air Wing flies surveillance over the Union Buildings.
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