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SecurityFrench Minister for Transport intervenes on flight cancellation for terrorism
Paris, France - "Flights will be cancelled for precaution"
On Air France Washington flights' cancellation, the French Minister for Transports, Gilles de Robien, intervenes saying that yesterdays' and todays' flights have been cancelled "For the precaution principle.... more
SecurityPossible air crash in Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria - No news on casualties
For the moment there aren't many information on the plane that has probably crashed on a beach near Lagos, Nigeria. Apparently it has been the private broadcaster Channels to diffuse the news, saying that... more
SecurityA phone call made by one of the airplanes hijacked on September 11th has been made public
Washington, Usa - The same aircraft hit one of the Twin Tower
The US Congress Commission, which is investigating on September 11 attack, has made public the phone call that one of the flight attendants made from one of the two aircraft that hit the Twin Towers. It... more
SecurityChina Southern Airlines bought 21 Airbus aircraft
Paris, France - Chinese President Hu Jintao said it
The President of the People's Republic of China, Hu Jintao, in an official visit in Paris, during a joint press release with French President Jacques Chirac, informed that China Southern Airlines bought... more
SecurityArrested presumed killer "in extremis" on a taking off airplane
Miami, Florida - The airplane was already taxiing
His name is Jason Nelson, he has been charged with killing his young girlfriend and her mother and running away with four years old woman's daughter. The man, landed at Miami international airport, deserted... more
SecurityEmergency landing for an Iran Air Jumbo
Beijing, China - Unhurt the 120 passengers
This morning an Iran Air Boeing 747 made an emergency landing in Beijing airport. Apparently the front undercarriage didn't come down, forcing therefore the pilots to make an emergency landing in the Chinese... more
SecurityAustralia: suspected case of Sars for two crew members
Sydney, Australia - Currently in isolation
The carrier name is unknown, but two crew members showed symptoms, which may think of two new cases of Sars, the first ones in Australia after the epidemic of few months ago, coming back from China. This,... more
SecurityBomb alarm at Schiphol airport
Amsterdam, Holland - Due to a suspicious suitcase
Bomb alarm at Schiphol, the main Dutch airport and one of the most important of Europe, where a suspicious suitcase has been found in the first hours of the afternoon in the Hall One, making a bomb squad... more
SecurityHussein "flies" in Qatar
Baghdad, Iraq - The news was released by Cnn
It seems that Saddam Hussein, captured yesterday, was been transferred by plane in the Usa military base, the site of the Central Command for the Middle East and the Indian Ocean, allocated in Qatar. According... more
SecurityThe last injured of the Nassiriya massacre comes back to Italy
Rome, Italy - The airplane with the Carabiniere Antonio Altavilla on board landed this afternoon at the Ciampino airport
Antonio Altavilla, one of the Carabinieri who were seriously injured during the Nassiriya terroristic attack, has came back in his native country just in the day of the massacre's anniversary. This afternoon,... more
SecurityIraq: attack to the American military base
Ramadi, Iraq - There could be several victims
According to first, concitate indiscretions, there could be several the victims of the terroristic attack happened against one of the military bases in Iraq: that one of Ramadi, west of Baghdad. "There... more
SecurityUsa chopper takes fire in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq - The pilot has carried out an emergency landing
A Usa Apache helicopter, engaged in a zone of Iraq, seems to have taken fire but the pilot was successful into executing a "controlled landing". It was reported by a spokesperson of the American Army. more
SecurityCarries out a record fly and runs out of fuel
Sydney, Australia - The protagonist of the episode is and Australian man called Jon Johanson
He completed a record flight flying in solitary over the South Pole on board of the single-engine RV-4 aircraft manufactured by himself but ran out of fuel and got stranded in a military base. The protagonist... more
SecurityBush banishes plastic guns for other 10 years
Washington, Usa - They could pass unchecked at the airport metal detectors
A law just signed by the Usa President extends for ten years (the current ban would have been expired this month), the banishing of the guns realized in plastic material, that can not be detected by the... more
SecurityEmergency landing for Usa aircraft in Iraq
Bagdad, Iraq - It seems that one of the engines exploded
An C-17 cargo aircraft of Usa Aviation seems to have had to make an emergency landing at the airport of Baghdad due to the explosion of a motor. The explosion could have been provoked by a missile. Sources... more
SecurityThe Usa chopper seems to have made an abrupt, controlled landing near Fallujah
Bagdad, Iraq - There were no victims or injured
A little ago voices were released about the crashing of a Usa helicopter in Iraq. It seems it was, according to what has been released by the American General Command in Florida, an "abrupt, controlled... more
SecurityThe Usa chopper crashed today was shot down
Bagdad, Iraq - It was reported by a witness
The Usa helicopter crashed today near Fallujah (60 kilometers west of Baghdad) seems to have been shot down by a "Rpg" rocket. It was reported by a witness to the Associated Press. more
SecurityBaghdad: attacked the Italian Embassy (2). Frattini: "We don't have to lower the guard"
Rome, Italy - The Foreign Minister confirms the threats received in the last days
"This episode confirms that we must be always ready, on the alert, and never lower the guard", it is with these words that the Foreign Minister, Franco Frattini, has commented the news of the attack against... more
SecurityBaghdad: attacked the Italian Embassy
Baghdad, Iraq - Nobody was injured, material damages only
Yesterday evening at 23,30 local hour (21,30 in Italy) a missile or perhaps a mortar blow was launched against the building that host the Italian Embassy in Iraq. The second floor of the building, in which... more
SecurityBaghdad: a rocket launcher found near the Italian Embassy
Baghdad, Iraq - Attacked also two hotels in the center of the city
This morning the Iraqi police has found a rocket launcher placed near the site of the Italian Embassy in Baghdad. A witness has reported to have noticed a man parking a cart in an adjacent road and then... more
SecurityA radar operational problem seems to be the cause of the White House evacuation
Washington, Usa - It should have been a dot on the radar
It should have been a dot tracked on the radar to cause the White House evacuation, according to U.S. Air Force close sources. Therefore the alarmed was called off. more
SecurityWhite House: alarm called off
Washington, Usa - It was just a hitch
Alarm called off after the evacuation of the White House due to airspace violation. Apparently, the evacuation procedure was stopped as, even if the aircraft broke the airspace above the White House, it... more
SecurityUsa: evacuated the White House
Washington, Usa - Due to a presumed violation of the aerial space
The White House has been evacuated due to a presumed violation of the Usa aerial space. more
SecurityNew attack in Instanbul (20): according to Rutelli it is always necessary to contrast terrorism
Rome, Italy - According to the Margherita President terrorism hits the people who think
Terrorism, according to Rutelli, hits who reason, like Turkey, the United Nations, the soldiers who, as the Italians troops, work for the peace. According to the President of the Margherita Turkey was... more
SecurityNew attack in Instanbul (19): Fini's firm condemnation
Rome, Italy - It was reported by a note released by the Council Vice-President
"Firm condemnation for the new tragic terroristic attack that has caused Istanbul's bloodshed, shock for the tragic number of victims, grief and sympathy to the Governments and the peoples of Turkey and... more
SecurityNew attack in Instanbul (18): Blair-Bush press conference
London, Uk - Bush's words
Also Bush reaffirms the determination of not leaving Iraq until democracy will not be establish again. For the Usa President "The terrorists want to demoralize and to intimidate the free nations but they... more
SecurityNew attack in Instanbul (17): in course the Blair-Bush press conference
London, Uk - Blair is talking
In this moment it is in course in London the Blair-Bush press conference summoned after the today attacks in Istanbul. Blair has asserted that the British military forces will remain in Iraq until "The... more
SecurityNew attack in Instanbul (16): the number of victims is increasing
Instanbul, Turkey - The victims seems to be 25
The Turkish press agency Anatolia reports that at the moment the number of dead has increased to 25, with 390 people wounded, as a result of the new terroristic attacks of this morning in Istanbul. more
SecurityNew attack in Instanbul (15): interview with Pera
Rome, Italy - It was sent a sympathy letter
The President of the Italian Senate, Marcello Pera, has expresses his sympathy to the President of the Turkish National Assembly for the terroristic attacks in Istanbul. In the letter sent from Pera it... more
SecurityNew attack in Instanbul (14): Chirac...
Paris, France - The French President rigidly condemns the attacks
The French Head of State, Jacques Chirac, condemns with strong resolution the attack occurred this morning in Instanbul which caused again countless victims. Moreover Chirac will send a letter where he... more
SecurityNew attack in Instanbul (13): Follini...
Rome, Italy - Everybody is part of the game
The Secretary of the Udc party Marco Follini believes that even if the attacks occurred so far away from Italy, it doesn't matter because "We are all part of the game" in the battle against terrorism. more
SecurityNew attack in Instanbul (12) - Fassino...
Rome, Italy - He expresses solidarity to Turkey and Great Britain
"Words seem to be vain in front of the series of terrible attacks that hit Instanbul and the British representatives. However we can't give up in front of this barbarous and blind violence of those who... more
SecurityNew attack in Instanbul (11) - Press conference Bush-Blair
London, England - For this morning's attacks
At 2.00 pm in London there will be a joint Blair-Bush press conference oon the latest developments of the international situation after this morning's attacks in Instanbul which targeted the British consulate... more
SecurityNew attack in Instanbul (10) - Prodi's statement
Brussels, Belgium - Prodi considers them barbarous attacks against innocent people
"The European Commission considers abhorrent these attacks against innocent people". This is what declared Prodi's spokesperson. The President of European Commission added that at the moment it cannot... more
SecurityNew attack in Instanbul (9) - The attacks have been claimed
Instanbul, Turkey - Al Qaeda
This morning's attacks in the Turkish capital seem to have been just claimed by Al Qaeda and the Islamic-Turkish group Ibda-c with an anonymous telephone call to the Turkish agency Anadolu. The two groups... more
SecurityNew attack in Instanbul(8) - safe the Italian consulate
Ankara, Turchia - Pezzotti "no damages to the Italian buildings"
According to what declared by the Italian consul in Istanbul, Luciano Pezzotti, it seems that the explosions did not cause any damage either to the Italian consulate, 1 kilometres away from the British... more
SecurityTwo new terroristic attacks in Iraq (2). Hit one school
Baghdad, Iraq - Two Iraqi kids have died
An explosive device has exploded in a school in Karbala, in the center of the country, causing the death of two Iraqi children and the wounding of other two. Local sources reported that the victims were... more
SecurityNew attack in Instanbul (7) - Probably increased the number of victims
Ankara, Turkey - The explosions seem to have been caused by a kamikaze and a car bomb
According to the latest news the number of victims seem to have reached 15 and 320 the injuries, while two seem to be the confirmed explosions. The Ankara security services seem to have established that... more
SecurityNew attack in Istanbul (6) - exceptional security measures
Ankara, Turkey - Security forces around occidental buildings
Security forces implemented unprecedented security measures around U.S., British and Israelian buildings and in general around every occidental buildings in Ankara ad Instanbul, according to the national... more
SecurityNew attack in Istanbul (5) - 5 casualties
Ankara, Turkey - Officials of the Health ministry of Instanbul gives the death toll
Health ministry's officials in Instanbul inform, according to the national press agency Anadolu, that the total number of casualties is 5 and 169 the injuries, caused by this morning's explosions in the... more
SecurityTwo new terroristic attacks in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq - At least 5 the victims
Yesterday night a car bomb exploded in front of the building of the local Council of the city of Ramadi, near Baghdad, killing at least two Iraqis and injuring other 12 people. This morning, instead, a... more
SecurityIraq: Usa soldiers arrest 2 Iraqis suspected of planning the shooting down of Us aircraft
Tikrit, Iraq - The arrest has been made near Tikrit
Arrested near Tikrit, the city of the former-dictator Saddam Hussein, two Iraqis suspected of planning the shooting down of Usa airplanes with missiles. A third man has instead escaped. The col. Lieutenant... more
SecurityNew attack in Istanbul (4)
Ankara, Turkey - At least 10 casualties at the British consulate
According to Sky news at least 10 people were killed in the British consulate's explosion. Five seems to the victims of the bank's explosion. 5 the total numbers of explosions. more
SecurityNew attack in Istanbul(3). The explosions continue
Ankara, Turkey - The number seems to be now 5
The Turkish agency Anadolu informed that this morning's explosions in the Turkish capital seems to be now 5. One of them should have hit a usually crowded shopping centre. The second explosion occurred... more
SecurityNew attack in Istanbul (2). The explosions are now three
Ankara, Turkey - British consulate severely hit
At the moment there have been three confirmed explosions in the Turkish capital. The third one, confirmed a couple of minutes ago, should have occurred still in the consulate area. It seems that the two... more
SecurityNew attack in Istanbul
Ankara, Turkey - Two explosions in the Turkish capital
Few minutes ago, at 10.55 am,local time, there was a strong explosion in Istanbul, followed by a second one few moments afterwards. At the moment there is only sketchy news, however Ntv informed that the... more
SecurityTerroristic threats against Praga-New York flight (2). No bombs found on board
Praga, Czech Republic - The Iceland Police's investigations had no outcome
Confirmed the news that the searches conducted on the Csa airplane that took off from Praga for New York have not found any hidden explosive devices on board. The news has been reported by the Czech press-agency... more
SecurityTerroristic threats against Praga-New York flight
Praga, Czech Republic - The aircraft forced to land in Islanda for investigations
An airplane of the Czech company Csa that took off from Praga directed to New York has been forced to land in Islanda after the Usa embassy in Praga received an email that signaled the presence of a bomb... more
SecurityWill Concorde have an euro-japanise successor?
Tokyo, Japan - It is what the Eads' president has foretold during his visit in Tokyo
The last flight of the mythical supersonic aircraft has been lately concluded but there are already voices about a probable Concorde's new successor. Philippe Camus, president of the Eads, during his visit... more
SecurityThe last farewell to the fallen in Nasiriyah
Nasiriyah, Iraq - The platoons of the four Italian armed forces in Iraq lined up
Faraway from the solemn funerals that took place in Rome, in the square of arms of White Horse base in Nasiriyah a simple ceremony took place to send the last farewell to the soldiers and the civilians... more