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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 ...

  • Tourism chiefs back golf resort

    Tourism chiefs have insisted plans for a controversial £100 million golf resort near the Giant’s Causeway should proceed without delay, despite the objection of a world heritage body. Unesco has called for a halt to the proposed Bushmills Dunes resort at Runkerry on Northern Ireland's scenic North Coast, citing concerns on the potential environmental impact on the famous ...


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A Prophet (Un prophète) [Blu-Ray]

A Prophet (Un prophète) [Blu-Ray]

In his quietly stunning performance as a French teenager of Arab descent spending six years in prison, Tahar Rahim looks not unlike a thinner, more intense Danny McBride, and his nervous, awkward mannerisms reminded me of McBrides small, but crucial role in David Gordon Greens lyrical All t ... ...

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  • Simon Calder Nowhere else but London would a temporary runway closure lead to 200 flights being cancelled

    Simon Calder is Travel Editor at Large for The Independent, writing a weekly column, various articles and features as well as filming a weekly video diary. Every Sunday afternoon, Simon presents the UK's only radio travel phone-in programme called The LBC Travel Show with Simon Calder (97.3 FM). He is a regular guest on national TV, often seen on BBC Breakfast, Daybreak, ITV News and Sky ...

  • Tourism Ministry marks Du Bois death anniversary

    Accra, May 24, GNA - An exhibition and bazaar to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Dr W.E.B Du Bois was on Thursday opened by the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts in ...

  • RAF Typhoons divert Pakistan International Airlines plane to Stansted - video

    Essex police have made two arrests for 'suspicion of endangerment to the aircraft' after a Pakistan passenger plane, en-route to Manchester, had to be escorted to Stansted airport by RAF Typhoons. The aircraft has been isolated and passengers have disembarked. No one was hurt during the incident and Stansted airport is operating as ...

  • 1001 Chinese Tales Birth tourism reveals collective Chinese anxiety

    Does the thought of turning a 100,000-yuan ($16,280) investment into a profit of 9.8 million yuan make your heart skip a beat? If your answer is yes, then consider delivering your baby in the US.Of course this kind of "investment" has no guarantee, but the astonishingly high "rate of return" has attracted many pregnant Chinese women to take the risk.While "birth ...

  • Name that airport ...

    Here is this week's 'name that airport' photo. Can you guess where this was taken? Submit your guess by clicking the comment link and typing your answer there. Check back on Wednesday after noon ET to see ...

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