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ReportGaza Strip: air strike in the night, 10 victims
Gaza, Gaza Strip - To date at least 5 Israeli victims and over 350 Palestinians
Israeli air strikes continued in the night of Gaza. According to Hamas' sources these attacks provoked 10 victims, while a Palestinian missile killed an Israeli soldier. According to Palestianian's... more
ReportGaza Strip (10). Council of Europe: immediate cessation of hostilities
Strasbourg, France - Hard sentence to the Hamas' attacks and to the Israel's reaction
Hard sentence to the Hamas attacks and to the Israel's reaction on the Gaza Strip by the Council of Europe, through the voice of the President Luis Maria de Puig, that requested the immediate cessation... more
ReportGaza Strip (9): Merkel blames Hamas and support Israel
Berlin, Germany - The Islamic resistance movement is the only responsible
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, through her spokesman Thomas Steg, blames Hamas for the escalation of violence in Gaza because of the firing of rockets into Israel and the abandonment of its ceasefire,... more
ReportPeru: Army against the narco-trafficking of "Sendero luminoso"
Lima, Peru - Hit a helicopter, a dead among the soldiers and various wounded
The narco-trafficking fight, after about twenty years, restarts in Peru, operated by the remaining "Sendero Luminoso", the pro-Maoist organization, considered officially dismantled in 1992 with the arrest... more
ReportGaza Strip (8): the Middle East divided in two
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Protests in all the Arab World
The Arab World is divided in two. To one side who as Egypt supports the attacks, hopes in the destruction of Hamas, but requests the ceasefire, and on one side who as Libya and Iran sentences the attack,... more
ReportGaza Strip (7): Jordan intends to "Reconsider" the relationships with Israel
Amman, Jordan - If it does not stop the raid on the Gaza Strip
Jordan's Parliament has urged the government to "Reconsider" its ties with Israel if the Jewish State does not halt a massive air blitz of the Gaza Strip, a prominent MP (Member of Parliament) said today. "The... more
ReportTurkey: bombing on the PKK's targets in Iraq
Ankara, Turkey - Yesterday the starting of raid
Turkish fighter planes have bombed suspected Kurdish separatist positions in northern Iraq. Turkish military sources said the attacks, which started late on Saturday, targeted members of the rebel Kurdistan... more
ReportGaza Strip (6): Hamas leader announces a new intifada
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Diplomat crisis with Egypt, Jordan and Syria
From Damascus the announcement of a new intifada against Israel including the return to the suicide attacks by the exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal. Muslim nations (like Egypt, Jordan and Syria) angrily... more
ReportGaza Strip (5): "Total war against Hamas"
Gaza, Gaza Strip - The risk to extend hostility also to West Bank
Total war between Israel and Hamas. "We have nothing against the people of Gaza but we are in a war to the death with Hamas", Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in a speech during a special meeting of parliament... more
ReportGaza Strip (4): tanks on the border ready to combat
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Battles to open a way for escape in Egypt
Israel massed tanks near the Gaza Strip and authorized the call-up of 7,000 army reservists. At dusk on Sunday, Israeli fighter jets bombed over 40 tunnels along Gaza’s border with Egypt. Witnesses a... more
ReportGaza Strip (3): bombed the Hamas' Interior Ministry
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Confirmed seven victims
Israeli Air Force jets bombed the Hamas-run interior ministry, the first time government buildings have come under fire, as part of its attempts to stop Gaza's ruling body from launching rocket attacks... more
ReportGaza Strip (2): Israeli soldiers on the border
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Barak: "Will continue to act"
Israel today insisted it will keep up its assault until militants stop launching rockets, with defence minister Ehud Barack warning that "The time has come to fight" and signalling willingness to put "Boots... more
ReportGaza Strip: raid provokes 300 victims and 600 wounded
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Bombing against Hamas bases and facilities
Air strikes continued to batter the Gaza Strip for a third day running today after Israel called up thousands of reserve soldiers ahead of a possible ground invasion. Nearly 300 people are said to have... more
ReportAfghanistan, 30,000 US soldiers by the next Summer
Kabul, Afghanistan - Renewed attention promised by new US President Barack Obama
The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, has said that up to 30,000 additional US troops could be sent to Afghanistan by mid-2009. Adm Mullen said he hoped that between 20,000... more
ReportRussia could supply S-300 missiles to Iran
Moscow, Russia - Hard reactions by US
Iran could receive the S-300 air defense systems from Russia soon, the official "IRNA" news agency reported two days ago. This system should be deployed to strengthen Iranian national defense on border... more
ReportBomb alarm for an Aeroflot airplane
Athens, Greece - According to the Greek civil aviation agency report it
The Greek Civil Aviation Agency reported today the news about a bomb-alarm on a Russian Aeroflot's airplane: "A unknown man called saying that there was a bomb on Aeroflot airplane flying between Athens... more
ReportAfghanistan: US drones killed eight Talibans
Dera Ismail Khan , Afghanistan - Reported by intelligence agency officials
Suspected U.S. drones fired at least two missiles into Pakistan's South Waziristan region on the Afghan border on Monday, killing seven people, intelligence agency officials and residents said. U.S.... more
ReportLost another passenger airplane. Today in the Caribbean
Cockburn Town, Turks & Caicos - According to the owner, the airplane was stolen. After Los Roques another case of hijacking?
Another mystery calls the event of Los Roques about one year later: in the Caribbean archipelago of Turks e Caicos another small tourism airplane, a Britton-Norman Islander with 12 people onboard, is disappeared.... more
ReportIraq: UK to withdrawal its troops within July 2009
London, United Kingdom - The announcement by a joint press-conference during a visit in Baghdad of the British PM
During a visit to Baghdad, British PM Gordon Brown announced that the remaining 4,100 troops stationed in Basra will head home by summer. In his fourth trip in Baghdad as British prime minister, Gordon... more
ReportGeneral strike paralyzes Greece
Athens, Greece - The fights between the police and the demonstrators do not stop
After the killing of young Alexis Grigoriopoulos, happened last Saturday from a policeman, then arrested, the riots and the fights between the police and the demonstrators in the whole Greece do not stop.... more
ReportTwo coalition soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistab - Both Danish
They were both Danish the two soldiers killed yesterday few kilometres in the South of Gereshk, in Helmand, in the South of the Country. They belonged to a patrol attacked with a launch of grenades, and... more
ReportApproved agreement Iraq-USA which regulates the presence of foreign forces in the Country
Baghdad, Iraq - The USA out of Iraq within 2011
"The presidential board ratified unanimously and with no modifications, the agreement for the pull-out of the foreign troops in Iraq": said Nasir al-Ani, chief of the Iraqi presidential cabinet. The... more
ReportIsrael plans to attack Iran's nuclear facilities
Tehran, Iran - Without backing from the US
Israel is drawing up plans to attack Iran's nuclear facilities and is prepared to launch a strike without backing from the US, reported "Jerusalem Post". Officials in the Israeli Defence Ministry told... more
ReportThailand: Suvarnabhumi Airport back in operation
Bangkok, Thailand - Took off yesterday a Blue Panorama Airlines flight
After a week at a standstill, Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport is back in operation with the first incoming flight landing. As regards the repatriate's operations of the Italian tourists. Blue Panorama... more
ReportVenezuela Transaven Air Crash, families of lost Italian people in TV
Rome, Italy - Announced a possible creation of the technical table
Families of the eight Iost Italian people onboard Transaven airplane, Flight YV2081, disappeared on January 4th 2008 on the route between Caracas and Los Roques, participated in a famous Italian television... more
ReportThailand: the first airplane flies from Bangkok
Bangkok, Thailand - Repatriated other 300 Italian tourists with a Thai Airways flight
By respecting times announced yesterday, PAD (Party's Alliance for Democracy) evacuated this morning the two airports of Bangkok occupied since a week due to the anti-government protests, and so allowing... more
ReportThailand (2): started the air-lift for the 1,100 Italian tourists
Rome, Italy - Frattini: "It will be completed in 4-5 days"
Italy started the air lift to carry back home 1,100 Italian tourists blocked in Thailand since a week. Totally 350,00 passengers, Thailand people included, are expecting to go away the Asian Country. Data... more
ReportThailand: agreement between authority and anti-government protesters
Rome, Italy - Following the announcement of the Premier Party's dissolution
Found agreement for the resumption of the air traffic in Bangkok airports, blocked since a week due to the anti-government protests, between the Thai Authorities and the protesters, after the announcement... more
ReportThailand (2): maybe tomorrow the flight to evacuate the Italian tourists
Bangkok, Thailand - The statements of the Crisis Unit Chief
An airplane could arrive in one of the Bangkok airports to repatriate the first group of the Italian tourists, Fabrizio Romano Crisis Unit Chief said. Mr Romano is optimistic about times for the evacuation... more
ReportThailand: Italian Foreign Affairs Ministry announces a flight to repatriate the Italian tourists
Bangkok, Thailand - Reported by Italian Ambassador in Bangkok, Ignazio Di Pace
Italian Foreign Affairs Ministry would be organizing a flight to repatriate a part of the Italian tourists blocked in Bangkok after the fighting of the last week (see AVIONEWS). This news was reported... more
ReportPirates assault cargo ship in Aden Gulf
Aden, Yemen - A helicopter saves three crewmembers in the sea to escape to the capture
After the seizure of "Sirius Star", a Saudi oil tanker, with 300,000 tons of oil and 25 crew members on board last November 15 by the Somali piracy, an other attack occurred today in Aden Gulf. The... more
ReportIndia (2): attempts claimed by Deccan Mujahedeen
Mumbai, India - Killed nine Islamic terrorists
Islamic terrorists have attacked targets in the Indian city of Mumbai killing over a hundred people, wounding nearly three hundred, and taking numerous hostages. The terrorists took hostages at two Mumbai... more
ReportIndia: about 150 people have been saved
Mumbai, India - 130 victims
Last blitz this morning in Oberoi Hotel to free all the hostages after the terrorist attacks that provoked 130 victims. About 150 people have been freed. Italian Foreign Minister, Franco Frattini, expressed... more
ReportIndia (3): helicopters overfly the Trident Oberoi, 25 hostages released
Mumbai, India - About 200 dead and 900 wounded
The terrorists would be arrived by sea and of Pakistan nationality and from two days are spreading blood and terror in Mumbai. Around 200 dead and over 900 wounded. After more than 17 hours of siege,... more
ReportIndia (2): seven Italians inside the Trident Oberoi
Rome, Italy - Frattini: "The hotel is not completely freed, but we are in telephone contact"
Seven Italian people are still inside the Trident Oberoi, the Hotel in Mumbai in which are in progress fighting between the Police and terrorists, Italian Foreign Minister, Franco Frattini, said today... more
ReportIndia: a special flight to repatriate the European tourists
Mumbai, India - It is talked tourist out of going after the yesterday attempts
Following the yesterday attempts in Mumbai, European Foreign Ministries invite to be prudent. "All travels in this area are not recommended, and tourists must put in contact with Embassies and Consulates... more
ReportBangkok Airport (2): removed 50 Italian people
Bangkok, Thailand - Italian Foreign Ministry is in contact with the Embassy in Bangkok
Removed by the Thai Authority about 50 Italian people blocked in the International Bangkok Airport. The Italian Foreign Ministry disclosed the Embassy in the capital city is in contact with the Italian... more
ReportSea piracy: Germany sent 1,700 soldiers in the Horn of Africa
Berlin, Germany - Tomorrow Rear-Admiral Philip Jones will present to EU the details of Eunavfor Atalanta Plan
According to the German daily "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung", Germany may sent about 1,400 soldiers in Africa, as part of the European mission called "Eunavfor Atalanta". The newspaper said 500 naval... more
ReportCAI: Formigoni pro-Lufthansa
Milan, Italy - The President of Lombardy Region wishes a "Strong alliance" with German airline
Roberto Formigoni, President of Lombardy Region, in the margin of the opening ceremony of "Sicurtex Expo 2008" ongoing from today to November 28 in Milan, and regarding to the foreign partner on which... more
ReportAustralia: New Wales of the South invaded by enormous swarm of grasshoppers
Sydney, Australia - Nine airplanes ready to intervene
The authorities of New Wales of the South, in Australia, have already prepared nine airplanes ready to intervene against an enormous swarm of grasshoppers, if this had to be near to the crops of wheat,... more
ReportLos Roques: research operations of the disappeared airplane restarts
Caracas, Venezuela - In Venezuela to follow the developments of the case
After some months of suspension, Venezuelan authorities investigation restarts in order to shed light on the accident, if it was an accident, occurred in Venezuela on January 4th 2008, when eight Italian... more
ReportNasiriyah: Italy remembers the victims
Rome, Italy - Tomorrow commemoration ceremonies
Italy will remember the 19 people died on November 12th 2003 in Nasiriyah (Iraq) when a truck blew up in front of Italian military base. Tomorrow, in the day of the fifth anniversary, many ceremonies have... more
ReportFiumicino: "Dissident" unions blocks the departure of 10 billion Euros
Rome, Italy - The airplane will leave as a State's flight
Critical day for Rome's airports, with Ciampino closed to the traffic from this morning to tomorrow morning, due to an emergency landing of a Ryanair Boeing 737/700, and cancellations and delays in the... more
ReportRussia: over 20 dead in Russian nuclear submarine accident
Vladivostock, Russia - The worst event since 2000
Twenty people died on board a Russian nuclear submarine in the Pacific Ocean and 21 others were taken to the hospital, the Navy said on Sunday. The accident occurred late on Saturday during the sea... more
ReportStill legal troubles for Olmert
Tel Aviv, Israel - Inquiry on multiple compensations for air tickets
New legal troubles for the outgoing Israeli premier Ehud Olmert, following the two inquiries opened for supposed corruption: this morning some officials of the unity against fraud have interrogated him... more
ReportCrash in Mexico: State funeral for Minister of the Interior
Mexico City, Mexico - The attack theory too hastily rejected?
The father, Spanish, and sister of Juan Camilo Mourino, the Mexican Foreign Minister, have already landed in Mexico City by an airplane coming from Madrid. He died together with eight people (plus four... more
ReportPakistan: air strike against Taliban rebels
Islamabad, Pakistan - The Army continues in its offensive launched in August
15 Taliban militants have been killed in an air raid in Waziristan, North-West Pakistan, government officials say. Security forces targeted a compound in Airab, a village in the troubled Bajaur region... more
ReportSomalia: kidnapped four aid-workers of ACF and two airplane pilots
Mogadishu, Somalia - Their nationality is still unknown
According to some humanitarian organizations, today at 12:00 four aid-workers of the French NGO "Action contre la faim" and two airplane pilots were kidnapped at Dhusa Mareb, 350 km North of Mogadishu.... more
ReportUS elections (3): Barack Obama is the new president
Washington, USA - "Yes, we can"
With 52% of votes, Barack Obama is the new US president. During his speech, the newly-elected president said: "We are moving towards a better Country, now the change has arrived in America". He is the... more
ReportSteve Fossett: ADN test confirms
Washington, USA - "They are Fossett's bones"
ADN tests confirmed that they are Fossett's bones the ones found 800 metres from the place where earlier this month his airplane wreckage was found (see AVIONEWS 1, 2). Steve Fossett left on September... more