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  • Diversion of flight fails to save passenger from Ireland Diversion of flight fails to save passenger from Ireland

    A flight from Melbourne to Qatar was diverted to India on Wednesday, in a desperate attempt to save an Irish man on board. The man, Raymond McMorrow, 68, is believed to have had a heart attack on board Qatar Airways flight QR 031 while in transit from Melbourne to Doha, the Qatar capital. The Qatar Airways plane landed without incident at Cochin Airport, in southern India, where an ...

  • Pakistani plane forced to land near London two held

    Britain had to scramble fighter jets Friday to escort a Pakistani International Airlines (PIA) plane down to land after it was diverted from Manchester. Later, two people were arrested from aboard the aircraft on suspicion of endangering the flight. The Royal Air Force Typhoon jets were scrambled to escort the passenger plane, originally heading from Pakistan's Lahore city to Britain's ...

  • Two held over Pakistani planes mid-air alert

    Britain had to scramble fighter jets Friday for escorting a Pakistani International Airlines (PIA) plane after it was diverted from Manchester. Later, two people were arrested on suspicion of endangering the aircraft's flight. The Royal Air Force Typhoon jets were scrambled to escort the passenger plane, originally heading from Pakistan's Lahore city to Britain's Manchester city. Police ...

  • Britain sends up fighters as Pakistani plane diverted

    Britain had to scramble fighter jets Friday for escorting a Pakistani International Airlines (PIA) plane after it was diverted from Manchester. The PIA plane was diverted from Manchester to Stansted airport, reported BBC, citing a Manchester airport spokesperson Friday. The plane, flight number PK709, carrying 297 passengers, had reportedly left Lahore at 09.35 a.m. and was due in at ...

  • Picnicking tourists rescued from floating iceberg in Iceland

    A cellphone photo of the picnicking American tourist group before they were rescued from an ice slab that broke off from land early this week in Iceland. A group of American tourists have been rescued from a drifting Icelandic iceberg that broke off from land as they were trying to picnic upon it, complete with folding chairs and table.The five imperiled picknicers are safe, plucked by a small ...


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Notes on a Scandal

Notes on a Scandal

Notes on a Scandal is a lurid psychodrama cleverly dressed up in art house garb. It plumbs the recesses of pathetic and sordid human behavior with a wry combination of gleeful deliciousness and arty pretension, making it the movie equivalent of a grocery store scandal r ... ...

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    15 hours ago Next week's photo assignment: SPLASH.Very nice photos for this week's photo assignment, NATIONAL PARKS. Now get out there and submit them to the National Parks photo contest by uploading them ...

  • Delays after passenger jet lands at Heathrow with engine fire

    A worker walks past a British Airways passenger jet after it was towed off the runway following an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport west of London on May 24, ...

  • Barwa boss to unveil island with floating hotels

    The firm's CEO, Abdulla Abdulaziz Al Subaie, will speak at the Real Estate Summit that runs alongside the exhibition where he will reveal details of the Oryx Island project - a pedestrian-only development with five floating hotels, an aqua park and a series of luxury villas. The island, which will be built close to the new Hamad International Airport, will also have a Maritime College ...

  • If your flight is canceled who pays

    LEIPZIG, Germany - Compensation for airline passengers whose flights are canceled is a contentious arena that is changing with the smoke and ash of a European volcano. Europe has a generous ...

  • Great waterfronts to visit across North America

    The New York Harbor, where the Hudson River empties into New York Bay, is one of the largest natural harbors in the world, and the city's 500 miles of coastline are undergoing a major revitalization. Battery Park, located on the southern tip of Manhattan, offers views across the harbor, and you'll find similar waterfront parks along the East and Hudson Rivers in Queens, Brooklyn and ...

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