Continental found liable in Concorde crash case
A French court in Pontoise convicted Continental Airlines mechanic John Taylor and the airline of manslaughter for the 2000 Concorde crash that killed 113 people near Paris. Taylor received a 15 month suspended sentence and both defendants face about 2.7 million dollars in damages and fines. both plan appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontoise
France
Continental Airlines
Texas
Paris
John Taylor
Taylor
Taylor and Continental
Continental
Olivier Metzner
Charles de Gaulle
Air France
Bombers Kill 50 at Anti Taliban Tribal Meeting in Peshawar
In Mohmand near Peshawar, two militants blew themselves up at a government backed anti Taliban gathering, killing 50 and injuring about 100. The assault highlights persistent insurgency as Pakistani forces push offensives and drone strikes target Islamist networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peshawar
Pakistan
Mohmand
Afghanistan
al- Qaida
United States
Obama
Deal struck to extend tax cuts and jobless relief
President Obama announced a bipartisan agreement to extend expiring income tax cuts for all, renew long term jobless benefits, and grant a one year Social Security tax cut. The plan includes business tax breaks to aid recovery and marks a shift toward a temporary two year extension for all incomes amid a divided government. Unemployment benefits would run through next year end for 26 to 99 week workers, preventing loss of benefits for millions over the holidays and into next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Barack Obama
Obama
White House
U S Shark Experts Travel to Egypt Over Fatal Attacks
A team of U S shark experts led by George Burgess will assess the Red Sea shark attacks at Sharm el Sheikh in Sinai. Two oceanic whitetip sharks suspected as the culprits have caused a fatal bite and multiple injuries forcing beach closures and tourism concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
U.S
Egypt
Red Sea
Sharm el-Sheikh
Sinai Peninsula
George Burgess
Marie Levine
Shark Research Institute
Princeton
N.J
Ralph Collier
Chamber of Diving and Watersports
Hesham Gabr
Gabr
Ally Carter
Cammie Morgan
Josh
Ms. Morgan
Gallager Academy
Cammie
Gallager
D.C. Monument
Assange lawyer works on deal to turn him in to police
In London Mark Stephens said Swedish authorities have an arrest warrant and that arrangements were being made to meet with British police by consent. Assange faces rape and sexual molestation accusations in Sweden, possibly leading to extradition, while WikiLeaks endures outages and renewed cyber attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assange
Deal
London
Julian Assange
WikiLeaks
Washington
Mark Stephens
Sweden
Britain
Stephens
U.S
WikiLeaks Release Lists U S National Security Targets
The leak publishes a secret cable listing global sites deemed critical by the United States. Officials call the release a damaging hit list aiding adversaries, citing undersea cables mines antivenin factories and suppliers of essential materials. Officials condemn the release as reckless endangerment of security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
WikiLeaks
U.S
Hillary Clinton
Pentagon
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Associated Press
House
Senate
AP File WikiLeaks
Geneva
Switzerland
al-Qaida
David Lapan
State Department
PJ. Crowley
William Hague
BBC
Internet
Chroniclet.com
Elyria Rotary
Elyriarotary.org
Sammie Stefan
Keystone Middle
Donna Hasel
Rick Riordan
Mrs. McCourt
Yjemna
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!