Dutch crash survivor returns home to healing
A 9 year old Dutch boy, Ruben van Assouw, the sole survivor of the Tripoli Libyan jetliner crash, arrived in the Netherlands aboard an airborne ambulance and was taken to St Elizabeth Hospital Tilburg. Investigators from the United States and other nations pursue the crash cause as families begin the long process of grieving.
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Amsterdam
Libya
Netherlands
Ruben van Assouw
Afriqiyah Airways
Tripoli
United States
Ruben
Eindhoven
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Tilburg
van Assouws
Patrick
Trudy
Enzo
Ivo Opstelten
Plane escorted to Vancouver amid bomb threat on CX838
Canadian fighter jets escorted Cathay Pacific Flight CX838 from Hong Kong to Vancouver International Airport on Saturday after a bomb threat was reported. Passengers were safely evacuated and no injuries were reported. RCMP provided the update.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Cathay Pacific
Hong Kong
Vancouver International
North American Aerospace Defense Command
Canadian Defense Department
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ex-Mexican candidate missing in possible violence
Diego Fernandez de Cevallos, 69, long time PRI ally and former 1994 National Action Party presidential candidate, vanished after his car was found near his Queretaro ranch with signs of violence and belongings inside. Atlantis shuttle faces space junk risk but docking to the ISS proceeds as planned.
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Mexico City
Diego Fernandez de Cevallos
Queretaro
Fernandez de Cevallos
National Action Party
Mexico
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantis
International Space Station
Mission Control
Homeland security tech bets prove costly flops under Bush era
McClatchy reports that key DHS programs including the virtual border fence from Boeing and advanced radiation detectors from Raytheon failed to meet tests. Napolitano froze funding and retooled plans amid persistent false alarms and maintenance problems, while analysts cite inexperience and aggressive contracting.
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McClatchy
Washington
Department of Homeland Security
Defense
Boeing Co
Government Accountability Office
Homeland Security
Janet Napolitano
Accountability Office
Raytheon
Transportation Security Administration
DHS
Stewart Baker
Homeland Security Policy
Napolitano
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