Posts Tagged ‘North Atlantic’

MISTAKEN AIRSTRIKE KILLS 33 IN AFGHANISTAN

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 0:00

A North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) airstrike in southern Afghanistan has killed 33 people after an aircraft fired on civilians mistakenly thought to be insurgents, the Afghan government said yesterday. The Afghan cabinet condemned the killings near the border of Uruzgan and Dai Kondi

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SEPT. 30, 1861: A NOVELIST WITH A NOSE FOR DISASTER

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:00

1861: American novelist and short-story writer Morgan Robertson is born. His 1898 novel, Futility, eerily foretells one of the 20th century’s great man-made disasters: the sinking of the Titanic The similarities between Futility and subsequent actual events are startling, beginning with the names of the ships. Morgan Robertson called his liner ...

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ALDA SIGMUNDSDOTTIR: IS RUSSIA ICELAND’S NEW BEST FRIEND?

Monday, July 20, 2009 21:16

At any rate, it seemed very strange to us that suddenly Russia wanted to be our new best friend -- particularly as the US was perceived to have turned its back on Iceland a few months earlier by leaving it out of an important currency swap agreement

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AIRPORT PASSENGER NUMBERS FALL 5.9%

Friday, July 10, 2009 12:30

• 12.7m passengers pass through company's seven airports• Lowest figure for nine months• Edinburgh bucks the trendThe number of travellers using major UK airports declined to its lowest level for nine months in June, BAA said today.The airport operator said a total ...

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