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Russia holds day of mourning after 224 die in Sinai plane crash
Cairo (AFP) – International investigators have begun probing why a Russian airliner carrying 224 people crashed in a mountainous area of Egypts Sinai Peninsula, killing everyone on board in one of the deadliest Airbus incidents of the past decade.Flags will fly at half mast on official buildings in Russia on Sunday and entertainment...
Investigators probe deadly Russian airliner crash in Egypt
CAIRO (AFP) – International investigators have begun probing why a Russian airliner carrying 224 people crashed in a mountainous area of Egypts Sinai Peninsula, killing everyone on board in one of the deadliest Airbus incidents of the past decade.As Russia on Sunday started a day of mourning for the victims, Cairo and Moscow both rejected...
Officials search for cause of Russian plane crash over Egypt’s Sinai
A relative of those on the Metrojet flight that crashed in Egypt react as they gather to grieve at a hotel near St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport outside St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. (Source: AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) A Russian passenger airliner crashed Saturday in a remote mountainous part of Egypt’s Sinai...
Officials search for cause of plane crash over Egypt’s Sinai
Deadly attack: In this image released by the Prime Minister’s office, Sherif Ismail, right, looks at the remains of a crashed passenger jet in Hassana Egypt, Friday. A Russian aircraft carrying 224 people, including 17 children, crashed Saturday in a remote mountainous region in the Sinai Peninsula about 20 minutes after taking off from a...
Close Associate of Ukraine Oligarch Arrested
A close political associate of Ukrainian multibillionaire Igor Kolomoyski was arrested Saturday as part of a crackdown on corruption and organised crime, authorities said. …read more Source:...
Kerry on mission to reassure nervous Central Asia
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Central Asia on Saturday for a five-day, five-nation tour of the “Stans,” to reassure them they will not be forgotten. Concern is mounting in the region that, as the US operation in Afghanistan finally draws towards a close, Washington will lose interest in its landlocked northern neighbours. He landed...
IS says it brought down Russian plane
Egyptian emergency workers unload bodies of victims from the crash of a Russian aircraft carrying 217 passengers and 7 crew members over the Sinai Peninsula from a police helicopter to ambulances at Kabrit airport in Suez, some 20 miles north of Suez, Egypt, Saturday. (AP/Amr Nabil)The Islamic State group is claiming responsibility for bringing...
Mourinho brushes off Chelsea sack talk
LONDON : Jose Mourinho claims he isn’t concerned about his future as Chelsea manager even if the rest of the football world is “excited” that he could be in danger of the sack, reports BSS. Mourinho was given a vote of confidence by Blues owner Roman Abramovich earlier this month after Chelsea made a spluttering start to their defence of...
LIVE: No survivors as Russian aircraft with 224 people aboard crashes in Egypt
Relatives of the victims of a Russian airliner with 217 passengers and seven crew aboard has crashed, react as they gather at Pulkovo airport in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) A Russian airliner carrying 224 passengers and crew crashed in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula on Saturday after losing radar...
217 Russians, three Ukrainians were on board crashed Russian plane
CAIRO: A Russian aircraft carrying more than 220 people crashed Saturday in a remote mountainous region in the Sinai Peninsula more than 20 minutes after take-off from a Red Sea resort popular with Russian tourists, Egypt’s Ministry of Civil Aviation said. …read more Source: New Straits...
