SAO PAULO, Brazil (CNN) -- A jetliner crashed and exploded into flames at Brazil's busiest airport on Tuesday night, killing at least 200 people, local rescue workers said.
As investigators prepared to open a probe into the cause of the crash of the TAM Airlines Airbus A320, questions were being raised about both the growth in Brazilian air traffic and Sao Paulo's Congonhas Airport.
The Sao Paulo fire department said at least 200 people, including some on the ground, were dead at the scene. The figure would make Tuesday's crash Brazil's deadliest air disaster.
Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva declared three days of national mourning for the victims. more....
Mittwoch, Juli 18, 2007
Montag, Juli 02, 2007
Apple iPhone Cell Phone Review - Battery Life
We run our battery life tests using the default settings that the phone uses, doing a settings reset before each test. And this poses an issue for the iPhone; by default, the WiFi scanning is enabled, so the iPhone is constantly scanning for WiFi networks (but not connecting to them; we did not set up a WiFi network for these tests). We'll be running a series of tests over the next few days to determine the effect of various settings on battery life, including WiFi scanning, turning off the WiFi and browsing over WiFi. more....
Mittwoch, Juni 27, 2007
Indian ExPress: No means of livelihood, father seeks death for daughters
Mohammed Safi Shamsi 24.06.07 India Press
MULUK GRAM, BOLPUR (BIRBHUM), JUNE 24: Abdur Rauf, 71, of Mulukgram near Bolpur in Birbhum district, wants death for his two disabled daughters, who have been deprived of adequate support from the administration.
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MULUK GRAM, BOLPUR (BIRBHUM), JUNE 24: Abdur Rauf, 71, of Mulukgram near Bolpur in Birbhum district, wants death for his two disabled daughters, who have been deprived of adequate support from the administration.
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