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Probe reveals oxygen bottle burst on Qantas flight (AP)
The first Qantas A380 will operate two round-trip services each week between Los Angeles and Australia - one to Melbourne, starting on October 20 and one to Sydney, starting on October 24, 2008. Qantas is the first airline to bring the A380 to LAX. (Credit: Christian Brinkmann, Airbus)AP - Air safety investigators say a pressurized oxygen cylinder set off a blast that blew a large hole in the side of a Qantas jet last month, forcing an emergency landing.
Publ.Date : Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:30:02 GMT

Afghans say deadly US raid based on misleading tip (AP)
Graphic shows civilian deaths in Afghanistan; 1c x 4 inches; 46.5 mm x 101.6 mmAP - Afghan officials said Thursday that a deadly U.S.-led special forces raid on a remote western village last week was based on misleading information provided by a rival clan.
Publ.Date : Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:05:58 GMT

Gustav kills 60 in Caribbean, aims at U.S. (Reuters)
A contract worker for United States Corps of Engineers packs sand in a Hesco basket near a flood wall in New Orleans, Louisiana August 28, 2008. (Lee Celano/Reuters)Reuters - Tropical Storm Gustav, which has killed at least 60 people in the Caribbean, struck Jamaica with near hurricane-force winds on Thursday and was on a path to reach New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico oil fields as a potentially powerful hurricane.
Publ.Date : Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:36:26 GMT

Top U.S. and Pakistan military officials talk strategy (Reuters)
Relatives gather around a man injured in a bomb blast in Pakistan's tribal town of Bannu near the border with Afghanistan, in Peshawar August 28, 2008. A car bomb blew up as a Pakistani police bus travelled across a bridge in the country's northwest on Thursday, killing 11 people, police said. (Ali Imam/Reuters)Reuters - Top U.S. and Pakistani military officials met this week on a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean to discuss the presence of militant safe havens in Pakistan and their role in Afghan violence, officials said on Thursday.
Publ.Date : Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:33:54 GMT

Court upholds dismissal of charges in KPMG case (Reuters)
Jeffrey Eischeid, former head of the Innovative Strategies group from accounting firm KPMG exits federal court in New York, September 6, 2005. (Chip East/Reuters)Reuters - A U.S. appeals court has upheld the dismissal of criminal charges against 13 former executives at KPMG, saying prosecutors violated the defendants' rights by pressuring the accounting firm not to pay their legal bills.
Publ.Date : Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:41:47 GMT

Russia faces diplomatic isolation on Georgia (Reuters)
People attend a funeral of soldiers killed in the South Ossetia conflict at a cemetery in Tbilisi August 28, 2008. (David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters)Reuters - Russia faced diplomatic isolation over its military action against Georgia on Thursday, with its Asian allies failing to offer support and France saying EU leaders were considering sanctions.
Publ.Date : Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:02:32 GMT

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