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SecurityToday the second launch of the SpaceShipOne (2): mission accomplished
Los Angeles, Usa - Paul Allen will cash USD 10m for the space tourism
Also accomplished the second attempt on the first private space team in the history: the SpaceShipOne has remarkable gone over the 100 km height barrier (see news AVIONEWS). The billionaire Paul Allen... more
SecurityFalse bomb-alert: Singapore Airlines plane diverted
London, United Kingdom - It landed to the Manchester Airport
A Frankfurt-New York flight of the Singapore Airlines was diverted in England to Manchester Airport, after a bomb-alert. The plane would have carried out an emergency landing without problems at 11:00am,... more
SecurityBritish Airways plane diverted for safety reasons (2): escorted by two F-16 jet fighters
Amsterdam, Netherlands - At moment the police would be making controls on the aircraft
A British Airways spokesman, reported that the flight BA983 destined to Heathrow made the emergency landing at the Schipol International Airport at 01:56pm local hour, escorted by two Dutch F-16 jet fighters... more
SecurityBritish Airways plane diverted for safety reasons
Amsterdam, Holland - Airline would have received a "specific threat"
An Airbus-319 of the British Airways taken off from Berlin and destined to London seems was diverted at 2:00pm (local hour) Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, for safety reasons. The carrier reported to have... more
SecurityThe two Italian girls kidnapped in Iraq are free: they arrived in Rome-Ciampino Airport yesterday night
Rome, Italy - Aboard an airplane of Italian Red Cross together with its Extraordinary Commissioner, Maurizio Scelli
The two Italian girls kidnapped in Iraq and freed yesterday arrived last night at 11:15 pm (Italian local time) aboard an Italian Red Cross' Falcon 20 aircraft, landing at Rome-Ciampino Airport. Relatives,... more
SecurityThe two Italian girls kidnapped in Iraq are free (5): they are going to arrive in Rome even this night
Rome, Italy - The antiterrorism pool attorney is waiting for them
Simona Pari and Simona Torretta could arrive in Rome at night. Rome's antiterrorism pool Attorney is waiting for them. Meanwhile, it would have been revealed that Italian Premier Berlusconi will talk about... more
SecurityThe two Italian girls kidnapped in Iraq are free (4): Berlusconi confirms the event
Baghdad, Iraq - Releases occurred in different places
Even the two Iraqi hostages kidnapped by the group responsible for hiding Simona Pari and Simona Torretta would have ben freed. All the releases would have happened in different places anyway. Rome's Prefect... more
SecurityThe two Italian girls kidnapped in Iraq are free (3): Berlusconi confirms the event
Rome, Italy - Now they would be together with the Italian Red Cross
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has confirmed the occurred release of the two Italian girls kidnapped in Iraq. Berlusconi has underlined how Simona Pari and Simona Torretta are together with the Italian... more
SecurityThe two Italian girls kidnapped in Iraq are free (2): half of the ransom has been paid
Baghdad, Iraq - The "Al Rai al Aam" newspaper revealed it
It seems that has been paid the half of a ransom of USD 1m in order to free the two Italians girls: the daily paper of Kuwait "Al Rai al Aam" reveals it. At the moment in which we write Simona Pari and... more
SecurityThe two Italian girls kidnapped in Iraq are free: they are going to arrive in Rome by a special flight tomorrow
Baghdad, Iraq - They would have directly been brought to the Italian diplomatic delegate by their kidnappers
The two Italian girls kidnapped in Iraq, Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, would have been freed. It would have been revealed by Al Jazeera, putting into evidence how they would have been brought to the... more
SecurityThe two Italian girls kidnapped in Iraq are free (6): from several years they were engaged with the "Un ponte per" association
Baghdad, Iraq - Both have taken care of plans about children
Simona Pari and Simona Torretta both volunteers of the association "Un ponte per" have been seized in Baghdad the last September 7. Simona Pari is born in Bologna on June 6, 1975, is graduated in philosophy... more
SecurityOlympic flight: it was false the bomb alert
London, United Kingdom - "The flight 411 for America carries a bomb for Iraq"... "America will see": this is the message of the anonymous calls to the Greek newspaper "Ethnos"
No bomb aboard the Olympic Airways flight Athens-New York, forced yesterday afternoon to make an emergency landing, because of three anonymous telephone calls perceiving about the presence of a device... more
SecurityIsrael: union announces the end of strike
Tel Aviv, Israel - The air traffic will be resumed
Few minutes ago Histadrut, the Israeli union, would have announced the end of the general strike that for two days has paralyzed the country. In Israel many categories of workers have crossed their arms... more
SecurityEU approves the cancellation of the embargo against Libya
Brussels, Belgium - The measure to be ratified at Luxembourg on October 11 by EU's Foreign Office ministers
European Union approved after the USA (see for details AVIONEWS) the cancellation for the embargo against Libya this morning. The decision was considered by Coreper, the Committe of representatives for... more
SecurityAbolition sanctions to Libya: Bush says yes
Washington, USA - Line and charter flights will return to travel from and to Tripoli
It’s arrived as preannounced (see news AVIONEWS) the President George W. Bush signature which puts a stop to trade embargo to Libya: the sanctions already had been suspended the last April 23, when Gheddafi r... more
SecurityDemonstration occurred at Fiumicino
Fiumicino, Italy - Several employees of the air station operating at the Cargo City moaned about the lack of activities efficiency
A spontaneous protest by the employees of a shipping company linked to Alitalia occurred at Fiumicino Airport this morning. Starting at about 06:30 am, a group of at least 60 cars and lorries would have... more
SecurityThe Mi-8s are firing against terrorists escaping from Beslan's school (4): it is a massacre
Beslan, Russia - The first partial news indicate more than 100 victims and at least 200 children among the injured persons
Helicopters and special forces go on trying to find the terroristic group barricaded in a side of the school structure, the theatre of a serious Checen terroristic action (see for details AVIONEWS 1, 2... more
SecurityThe Mi-8s are firing against terrorists escaping from Beslan's school (3): the helicopters overfly the temporary refuge of the militiamen
Beslan, Russia - 13 among them sheltered themselves in another building but the Russian forces have already surrounded it
The group probably consisting of 13 among the members of the Checen terroristic commando has barricaded inside a building after escaping from Beslan school, whose roof fell down and whose structure would... more
SecurityThe MI-8s are firing against terrorists escaping from Beslan's school (2): aerial vehicles overfly the area searching for the fugitives
Beslan, Russia - Terrorists would have tried to escape by putting on hostages' dresses in order to hide within the crowd
Russian military helicopters are overflying the area around the Beslan's school in order to find the escaping terrorists. It seems that at least ten among them are close and that the men and women of the... more
SecurityThe MI-8s are firing against terrorists escaping from Beslan's school
Beslan, Russia - The final assault against the Chechen militiamen who have kidnapped hundreds people has really started
The Russian armed forces and Police's blitz against the Chechen terrorists, who have kidnapped hundreds children and young persons together with their parents and teachers, at a Beslan school, in Northern... more
SecurityMalpensa: hijacking fear on an Alitalia flight
Varese, Italy - Emergency measures soon sprang, a half hour traffic stop
This morning at international airport of Malpensa has been a hijacking alarm on the Alitalia flight AZ-637 from Miami. It seems hijacking hypothesis circulated for a signal from French flight assistant's... more
SecurityNew battle in Najaf
Najaf, Iraq - Iraqi temporary Government appears anyway willing to peacefully put the struggles to an end as soon as possible
Even the last night the US Air Force's strikers would have performed several bombing missions on the Iraqi holy city of Najaf. In the morning, struggles between the Moqtada Al-Sadr's militiamen and the... more
SecurityStruggle in Najaf started again (2): bombing in Iraq occurred also in the morning
Najaf, Iraq - US strikers would have also hit an industrial plant at Falluja
American strikers would have carried on bombing activities in Iraq also during the morning, hitting several targets in many cities of the country. Najaf would be still involved in sporadic struggles between... more
SecurityStruggle in Najaf started again: the USA resort to the AC-130 Spectres
Najaf, Iraq - New bombing and gunfire began yesterday in the evening and went on all night long
Starting from yesterday in the evening, the Iraqi city of Najaf turned into a target again and it was bombed by US Air Force. Moqtada Al-Sadr decided to avoid to surrender and he is carrying on his fighting,... more
SecurityRebels attack Italian soldiers in Iraq: an Italian Air Force's HH-3F helicopter repulses the militiamen
Nassiriya, Iraq - No one was injured among the Italian troops
A new attack by the rebels in Iraq against the Italian forces occurred today. An Italian Army convoy moving north from Nassiriya would have been attacked at about 12:05 am (local time) by several men endowed... more
SecurityAttack against Carabinieri in Nassiriya
Nassiriya, Iraq - Three injured and one appears serious so that he would have been carried to Kuwait City by an Italian Air Force's helicopter
Three Italian contingent's Carabinieri stationed in Nassiriya (Iraq) were wounded last night during two attacks against three vehicles, occurred within about 20 minutes. Carabinieri were performing a territorial... more
SecurityItalian-Lybian agreement: the repatriation by airplane for 2500 illegals already started
Rome, Italy - Italian-Libyan air, naval, and land patrols to fight illegals boats
An agreement between Rome and Tripoli has been reached yesterday, aiming to the counter-immigration training and patrolling of two countries borders by air, naval and land units, in order to prevent in... more
SecurityAl-Sadr wounded during USA's strikes
Najaf, Iraq - Nevertheless, cures provided would have enabled him to escape while the holy city is under US control
Moqtada Al-Sadr would have been wounded during the strike activities performed in the last 24 hours by the US F-16 and AV-8B fighter-bombers on the holy city of Najaf. It would have been unveiled by his... more
SecurityAl-Sadr under siege in Najaf (2): American soldiers control the holy city again
Najaf, Iraq - USA's F-16s hit Moqtada Al-Sadr's house
US F-16 Fighting Falcon multirole light fighters would have hit the Shiite leader Moqtada Al-Sadr's house in Najaf, even if he would be far from his house, barricaded together with some hundreds rebels... more
SecurityAl-Sadr under siege in Najaf
Najaf, Iraq - The area related to the monumental cemetery of the holy city would have been surrounded by USA's forces
The final attack by American forces and Iraqi national guard against Moqtada Al-Sadr's militiamen in Najaf would have started last night, while the rebels remain in the holy city, barricading themselves... more