Co-pilot appears to have crashed Germanwings plane on purpose

A French gendarme helicopter flies over the moutainside crash site of an Airbus A320, near Seyne-les-Alpes, March 25, 2015. REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot (Reuters) - A young German co-pilot locked himself alone in the cockpit of a Germanwings airliner and flew it into a mountain with what appears to have been the intent to destroy it, a French prosecutor said on Thursday. Investigators and grieving relatives were left struggling to explain what...

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VIDEO: New detailed images of Germanwings A320 crash site

A plane operated by the budget carrier of Germany's Lufthansa crashed in a remote area of the French Alps on Tuesday, killing all 150 on board in France's worst aviation disaster in decades. With the cause of the accident a complete mystery, authorities recovered a black box from the Airbus A320 at the crash site, where rescue efforts were being hampered by the mountainous terrain. Local MP Christophe Castaner, who flew over the crash site,...

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Germanwings Airbus crashes in French Alps, 150 dead

An Airbus operated by Lufthansa's (LHAG.DE) Germanwings budget airline crashed in a remote snowy area of the French Alps on Tuesday, killing all 150 on board including 16 school children. Germanwings confirmed its flight 4U 9525 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf went down with 144 passengers and six crew on board. The airline believed there were 67 Germans on the flight. Spain's deputy prime minister said 45 passengers had Spanish names. One Belgian...

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Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew dies aged 91

SINGAPORE: Mr Lee Kuan Yew, who was Singapore’s first Prime Minister when the country gained Independence in 1965, has died on Monday (Mar 23) at the age of 91. "The Prime Minister is deeply grieved to announce the passing of Mr Lee Kuan Yew, the founding Prime Minister of Singapore. Mr Lee passed away peacefully at the Singapore General Hospital today at 3.18am. He was 91," said the PMO. Arrangements for the public to pay respects and for...

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Condition of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's founding father, deteriorates

Singapore's former prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew pictured in 2013 at the Standard Chartered Forum in Singapore. Mr. Lee was admitted to Singapore General Hospital's intensive care unit in February. Photo: Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The health of Singapore's first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, who has been in hospital with pneumonia since February 5, has deteriorated further, the government said Wednesday. The Prime...

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BREAKING: Gunmen storm Tunisian museum, kill 2 Tunisians, 17 foreign tourists

Tunisian security forces secure the area after gunmen attacked Tunis' famed Bardo Museum on March 18, 2015. Tunisian security forces secure the area after gunmen attacked Tunis' famed Bardo Museum on March 18, 2015. Members of the Tunisian security services take up a position after gunmen reportedly took hostages near the country's parliament, outside the National Bardo Museum, Tunis, March 18, 2015. Tourists and visitors from...

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ISIS overtakes Iraq's largest Christian city

Many of the Iraqi Christians who fled the violence have arrived in the Kurdish city of Erbil Iraq's largest Christian town has been overrun by the same militant Islamists who have gained a foothold in parts of eastern Syria and western and northern Iraq. The latest advance by ISIS (or the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) has caused thousands of Christians in the city to flee, just as other minority groups...

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WARNING: GRAPHIC - ISIS terrorists release shocking video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians

WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO. WATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK. The video shows ISIS fighters dressed head to toe in black, marching the captives, all wearing orange jumpsuits, to a beach. The 21 men can be seen being forced onto their knees before they are beheaded by the militants standing behind them. A caption on the five-minute video read: 'The people of the cross, followers of the hostile Egyptian church.   advertising WATCH: Source: Asian...

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ISIS video shows beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians

In a new propaganda video released Sunday by ISIS, the militant group claims to have beheaded over a dozen members of Egypt's Coptic Christian minority on a Libyan beach. The highly produced video shows an apparent mass execution with jihadists in black standing behind each of the victims, who are all are dressed in orange jumpsuits with their hands cuffed behind them. The five-minute video, released by the terror group's propaganda wing al-Hayat...

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ISIS video purports to show beheading of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto

Islamic State (Isis) has released a video purportedly showing the beheading of the Japanese journalist Kenji Goto and containing a warning that Japan is now a target for the militants. The video, called A Message to the Government of Japan, showed a militant who looked and sounded like a man with a British accent who has taken part in other Isis beheadings. The man, armed with a knife and dressed head-to-toe in black with his face covered,...

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Gas blast wrecks Mexico children's hospital, killing 3

Rescue workers comb through the rubble of a children's hospital after a gas truck exploded, in Cuajimalpa on the outskirts of Mexico City, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. The powerful explosion shattered the hospital on the western edge of Mexico's capital, killing at least three adults and one baby and injuring dozens. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) MEXICO CITY (AP) — Injured and bleeding, mothers grasping infants in their arms fled...

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WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO - SAF casualties in Maguindanao now 50, names of 41 released

PNP-SAF members were killed in an encounter in Maguindanao, 25 January 2015. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/InterAksyon.com COTABATO CITY – The number of casualties from the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) in the encounter between the police and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Tukalinapao, Mamasapano, Maguindanao has now reached 50. This was confirmed by Senior Superintendent Noel Armilla,...

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PNP recovers 49 bodies of slain cops

BLOODY SUNDAY. Philippine police commandos unload body bags containing the remains of their comrades killed in a clash with Muslim rebels in Maguindanao on Sunday, January 25. Photo by Mark Navales/AFP MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine National Police recovered 49 bodies of slain members of the Special Action Force (SAF) in Maguindanao, according to the regional police headquarters of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao...

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Missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 believed to have crashed in Belitung waters

Family members of passengers of missing AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501 gather at Juanda international airport in Surabaya in East Java on Dec 28, 2014, hours after news broke that the flight went missing. PHOTO: AFP AirAsia flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore is believed to have crashed at the location 03.22.46 South and 108.50.07 East, in waters around 80-100 nautical miles from Belitung, a National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas)...

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AirAsia flight QZ8501: Plane en route from Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with air traffic

An Air Asia flight travelling from Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control, Metro TV reported on Sunday. -- PHOTO: ST FILE An AirAsia Indonesia plane travelling from Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday morning. Flight QZ8501 has 155 passengers and seven crew members on board. The passengers include 149 Indonesians, one Singaporean, one British, one Malaysian and three Koreans....

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