88 die in Russian passenger plane crash

Sunday, September 14, 2008 MOSCOW: An Aeroflot Boeing-737 jet crashed near Ural Mountains city Perm killing all 88 passengers including the 6 crews on board.
Russian Airline Boeing-737 was on way to its destination taking off from the Moscow airport and crashed near the city Perm in the Mountains of Ural, the plane was flying at a height of 1800 meter, while about to land lost contact with the control. Russian Radio said that none among the passengers and the crew was left alive, while the relief teams have left for the scene of incident.

100 injured as fire erupts in Bangladesh textile mill

Sunday, September 14, 2008 DHAKA: A fire broke out in a textile mill in Ghazipur in Bangladesh, injuring at least 100 people.

According to Mill administration, the fire erupted at 10:30pm at night after running machine. However, laborers working in the mills managed to control the fire after switching off the power supply.The fire caused damage worth 50, 000 Taka.

Topalov beats Norwegian prodigy in Grand Slam Chess final

Sunday, September 14, 2008 MADRID: Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov on Saturday won the Grand Slam Chess Final Masters in Spain, beating 17-year-old Norwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen who had hoped to become the youngest ever world number one.
With four wins, five draws and one loss, Topalov collected 17 points and took home the 150,000-euro (210,000-dollar) first prize.
Carlsen had three wins, four draws and three losses to score 13 points, the same as Armenia's Levon Aronian.
India's Viswanathan Anand, who had eight draws and two losses to finish last at the tournament in the northern city of Bilbao and ceded his number one ranking to Topalov, according to an unofficial chess listing. Anand is now in fifth.

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India's swine flu death rate is increasing

Friday, August 14, 2009 MUMBAI: A 26-year-old woman died Thursday of H1N1 swine flu in the southern city of Bangalore, raising India's death toll from the virus to 20, authorities said.The death was the first reported in India's information technology capital, the Press Trust of India reported.Meanwhile in Pune, the worst-affected in India, two more victims of the virus died Thursday, raising the death toll in that western city near Mumbai to 12, the report said. The victims were an 11-month-old boy and a 75-year-old old woman.US media reported movie halls, schools and colleges were ordered closed Thursday for three days to a week in Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of the country, as fear of the pandemic spread.Prajakata Lavangare, a spokeswoman for the government of Maharashtra state of which Mumbai is the capital, said similar orders were issued in Pune, which is also located in the state.The woman who died in Bangalore was identified only as Roopa, a teacher in...

Tennis: Clijsters wins US Open, second time

NEW YORK: Kim Clijsters of Belgium won the US Open on Sunday by defeating Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 7-5, 6-3 in the final.She is the first mother to win a Grand Slam title since Evonne Goolagong in 1980, the victory coming just five weeks after she returned to the sport following a 27-month retirement. She was the first wildcard, man or woman, to win a US Open title in the history of the tournament.

42 killed in wave of Iraq bombings

BAGHDAD: At least 42 people were killed and nearly 100 wounded in a spate of bomb attacks near the restive northern Iraqi city of Mosul and in the capital Baghdad on Monday, police said. In the deadliest single attack, two booby-trapped lorries exploded before dawn in the village of Khaznah, east of Mosul, leaving 25 people dead and 70 others wounded. Thirty-five houses were destroyed in the village, which is home to members of the tiny Shabak community, a sect of Kurdish origin. In Baghdad, two car bombs went off as day labourers were gathering in the early morning hours looking for jobs.The first bomb exploded at Hay al-Amel, in the west of the capital, killing nine people and injuring 46. The second bomb attack in Shurta Arbaa in the north of the city killed seven people and wounded 35 others.

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