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ReportUSA: all ready for the Obama DAY
Washington, USA - Impressive security measures
The world’s biggest musical acts took to the stage Sunday at a massive outdoor concert on the majestic steps of the "Lincoln Memorial": Bruce Springsteen, U2, Sheryl Crow, Steve Wonder, James Taylor, S... more
ReportGaza (3): Israel hits the UNRWA's head quarters
Gaza, Gaza Strip - The indignation of Ban Ki-Moon
The main UN compound in Gaza was in flames today after being struck by Israeli artillery fire, and a spokesman said that the building had been hit by shells containing the incendiary agent white phosphorus.... more
ReportGaza (2): 1,038 victims and 4,850 wounded from the beginning of the operation "Cast Lead"
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Israeli senior envoy arrived in Cairo
The last provisional assessment of the Palestinian First Aid Serviced evaluated 1,038 people have been killed in the Hamas-run territory while a further 4,850 people have been wounded since the December... more
ReportGaza: tankers and helicopters on Tal Al-Hawa district in the night
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Blocked the ship "Spirit of Humanity"
Israeli tankers and helicopters on Tal Al-Hawa district last night, Palestinian sources reported, and added that the Palestinian militants use anti-tank rockets and mortars. Armoured vehicles' strikes... more
ReportItalian youth died in flight from Madrid to Santiago
Asunciòn , Paraguay - Hit by a heart attack. Unhelpful the emergency landing in Paraguay
A sudden and unexpected event casted in grief an Italian family. Fabio Musso, 33, comes from Confreria (Cuneo), died yesterday due to a heart attack on an Iberia flight took off from Madrid bound to Santiago,... more
ReportFerry boat sinks in Indonesia with more than 250 passengers on board. Missing are being searched
Djakarta, Indonesia - Helicopters, three war ships and one airplane are engaged in the rescue
It's a struggle against the time to save 250 passengers on board of the ferry boat sank due to the cyclone "Charlotte" which stroke Indonesia. The ship left from the harbour of Parepare, in the island... more
ReportLaunched missiles from Lebanon against Israel: urgent talks by Frattini
Rome, Italy - Called the UNIFIL Commander and the Prime Minister of Lebanon
"Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, as soon as he heard of the missiles launched from Southern Lebanon into Israel, had urgent telephone conversations this morning with the UNIFIL (United Nations Interim... more
ReportCaracas expels Israeli ambassador from Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela - The news has been confirmed by Foreign Minister Maduro. The UN's sentence on the Jabaliya's massacre
Venezuela has expelled the Israeli ambassador to protest against the country's assault on Gaza, after the Venezuelan President described it as a holocaust, and Foreign Minister confirmed the expulsion... more
ReportGaza (2). OCHA confirms: 680 victims, the half are women and children
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Very difficult to keep an up-to-date register of victims and wounded
Around 50% of the 680 Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip were women and children, indicates an estimate, already referred to "Misna" by sources at Gaza’s main Shifa Hospital, confirmed by the United N... more
ReportGaza: Israel announces three hours of ceasefire every day
Gaza, Gaza Strip - To allow the access to convoys of humanitarian aid by UN
Israel's military has temporarily stopped its attacks on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip to allow humanitarian aid into the Palestinian territory. The Israelis said the three-hour pause in operations to... more
ReportUS: Leon Panetta new CIA Chief
Washington, USA - The second Italian-US man in the Obama's administration
Leon Panetta, a former congressman and White House chief of staff, has been selected by President-elect Barack Obama to head the Central Intelligence Agency. Mr Obama had selected Mr Panetta for his managerial... more
ReportFear for Fernando Alonso at Malindi's airport
Malindi, Kenya - Safe all people on board of the private airplane
Yesterday at Malindi's airport, in Kenya, has occurred an occurrence that for a second has created worry for the life of F1 pilot, Fernando Alonso: on board of a private airplane, together with his wife,... more
ReportPakistan blocked Khyber Pass: stop supplies to ISAF forces in Afghanistan
Islamabad, Pakistan - Began at the dawn of today against militant
The leading administrator in Khyber, Tariq Hayat, announced the block of a key supply route to US and NATO forces in Afghanistan in order to begin an offensive against militant. Troops backed by helicopter... more
ReportGaza Strip (3): today EU summit in Paris
Paris, France - The meeting wanted by Sarkozy with 27 European Foreign Ministers
European Union Foreign Ministers meeting in Paris on Tuesday are to appeal for an immediate ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas (see AVIONEWS). The ministerial... more
ReportGaza Strip (2): Israel rejects the cease-fire with Hamas
Gaza, Gaza Strip - "There is no room for a ceasefire"
Israel rejected world appeals for a truce on Tuesday and warned its deadly assault on Gaza could last for weeks as warplanes pummelled Hamas positions for a fourth day and tanks massed on the border. The... more
ReportGaza Strip: air strike in the night, 10 victims
Gaza, Gaza Strip - To date at least 5 Israeli victims and over 350 Palestinians
Israeli air strikes continued in the night of Gaza. According to Hamas' sources these attacks provoked 10 victims, while a Palestinian missile killed an Israeli soldier. According to Palestianian's... more
ReportGaza Strip (10). Council of Europe: immediate cessation of hostilities
Strasbourg, France - Hard sentence to the Hamas' attacks and to the Israel's reaction
Hard sentence to the Hamas attacks and to the Israel's reaction on the Gaza Strip by the Council of Europe, through the voice of the President Luis Maria de Puig, that requested the immediate cessation... more
ReportGaza Strip (9): Merkel blames Hamas and support Israel
Berlin, Germany - The Islamic resistance movement is the only responsible
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, through her spokesman Thomas Steg, blames Hamas for the escalation of violence in Gaza because of the firing of rockets into Israel and the abandonment of its ceasefire,... more
ReportPeru: Army against the narco-trafficking of "Sendero luminoso"
Lima, Peru - Hit a helicopter, a dead among the soldiers and various wounded
The narco-trafficking fight, after about twenty years, restarts in Peru, operated by the remaining "Sendero Luminoso", the pro-Maoist organization, considered officially dismantled in 1992 with the arrest... more
ReportGaza Strip (8): the Middle East divided in two
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Protests in all the Arab World
The Arab World is divided in two. To one side who as Egypt supports the attacks, hopes in the destruction of Hamas, but requests the ceasefire, and on one side who as Libya and Iran sentences the attack,... more
ReportGaza Strip (7): Jordan intends to "Reconsider" the relationships with Israel
Amman, Jordan - If it does not stop the raid on the Gaza Strip
Jordan's Parliament has urged the government to "Reconsider" its ties with Israel if the Jewish State does not halt a massive air blitz of the Gaza Strip, a prominent MP (Member of Parliament) said today. "The... more
ReportTurkey: bombing on the PKK's targets in Iraq
Ankara, Turkey - Yesterday the starting of raid
Turkish fighter planes have bombed suspected Kurdish separatist positions in northern Iraq. Turkish military sources said the attacks, which started late on Saturday, targeted members of the rebel Kurdistan... more
ReportGaza Strip (6): Hamas leader announces a new intifada
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Diplomat crisis with Egypt, Jordan and Syria
From Damascus the announcement of a new intifada against Israel including the return to the suicide attacks by the exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal. Muslim nations (like Egypt, Jordan and Syria) angrily... more
ReportGaza Strip (5): "Total war against Hamas"
Gaza, Gaza Strip - The risk to extend hostility also to West Bank
Total war between Israel and Hamas. "We have nothing against the people of Gaza but we are in a war to the death with Hamas", Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in a speech during a special meeting of parliament... more
ReportGaza Strip (4): tanks on the border ready to combat
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Battles to open a way for escape in Egypt
Israel massed tanks near the Gaza Strip and authorized the call-up of 7,000 army reservists. At dusk on Sunday, Israeli fighter jets bombed over 40 tunnels along Gaza’s border with Egypt. Witnesses a... more
ReportGaza Strip (3): bombed the Hamas' Interior Ministry
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Confirmed seven victims
Israeli Air Force jets bombed the Hamas-run interior ministry, the first time government buildings have come under fire, as part of its attempts to stop Gaza's ruling body from launching rocket attacks... more
ReportGaza Strip (2): Israeli soldiers on the border
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Barak: "Will continue to act"
Israel today insisted it will keep up its assault until militants stop launching rockets, with defence minister Ehud Barack warning that "The time has come to fight" and signalling willingness to put "Boots... more
ReportGaza Strip: raid provokes 300 victims and 600 wounded
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Bombing against Hamas bases and facilities
Air strikes continued to batter the Gaza Strip for a third day running today after Israel called up thousands of reserve soldiers ahead of a possible ground invasion. Nearly 300 people are said to have... more
ReportAfghanistan, 30,000 US soldiers by the next Summer
Kabul, Afghanistan - Renewed attention promised by new US President Barack Obama
The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, has said that up to 30,000 additional US troops could be sent to Afghanistan by mid-2009. Adm Mullen said he hoped that between 20,000... more
ReportRussia could supply S-300 missiles to Iran
Moscow, Russia - Hard reactions by US
Iran could receive the S-300 air defense systems from Russia soon, the official "IRNA" news agency reported two days ago. This system should be deployed to strengthen Iranian national defense on border... more
ReportBomb alarm for an Aeroflot airplane
Athens, Greece - According to the Greek civil aviation agency report it
The Greek Civil Aviation Agency reported today the news about a bomb-alarm on a Russian Aeroflot's airplane: "A unknown man called saying that there was a bomb on Aeroflot airplane flying between Athens... more
ReportAfghanistan: US drones killed eight Talibans
Dera Ismail Khan , Afghanistan - Reported by intelligence agency officials
Suspected U.S. drones fired at least two missiles into Pakistan's South Waziristan region on the Afghan border on Monday, killing seven people, intelligence agency officials and residents said. U.S.... more
ReportLost another passenger airplane. Today in the Caribbean
Cockburn Town, Turks & Caicos - According to the owner, the airplane was stolen. After Los Roques another case of hijacking?
Another mystery calls the event of Los Roques about one year later: in the Caribbean archipelago of Turks e Caicos another small tourism airplane, a Britton-Norman Islander with 12 people onboard, is disappeared.... more
ReportIraq: UK to withdrawal its troops within July 2009
London, United Kingdom - The announcement by a joint press-conference during a visit in Baghdad of the British PM
During a visit to Baghdad, British PM Gordon Brown announced that the remaining 4,100 troops stationed in Basra will head home by summer. In his fourth trip in Baghdad as British prime minister, Gordon... more
ReportGeneral strike paralyzes Greece
Athens, Greece - The fights between the police and the demonstrators do not stop
After the killing of young Alexis Grigoriopoulos, happened last Saturday from a policeman, then arrested, the riots and the fights between the police and the demonstrators in the whole Greece do not stop.... more
ReportTwo coalition soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistab - Both Danish
They were both Danish the two soldiers killed yesterday few kilometres in the South of Gereshk, in Helmand, in the South of the Country. They belonged to a patrol attacked with a launch of grenades, and... more
ReportApproved agreement Iraq-USA which regulates the presence of foreign forces in the Country
Baghdad, Iraq - The USA out of Iraq within 2011
"The presidential board ratified unanimously and with no modifications, the agreement for the pull-out of the foreign troops in Iraq": said Nasir al-Ani, chief of the Iraqi presidential cabinet. The... more
ReportIsrael plans to attack Iran's nuclear facilities
Tehran, Iran - Without backing from the US
Israel is drawing up plans to attack Iran's nuclear facilities and is prepared to launch a strike without backing from the US, reported "Jerusalem Post". Officials in the Israeli Defence Ministry told... more
ReportThailand: Suvarnabhumi Airport back in operation
Bangkok, Thailand - Took off yesterday a Blue Panorama Airlines flight
After a week at a standstill, Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport is back in operation with the first incoming flight landing. As regards the repatriate's operations of the Italian tourists. Blue Panorama... more
ReportVenezuela Transaven Air Crash, families of lost Italian people in TV
Rome, Italy - Announced a possible creation of the technical table
Families of the eight Iost Italian people onboard Transaven airplane, Flight YV2081, disappeared on January 4th 2008 on the route between Caracas and Los Roques, participated in a famous Italian television... more
ReportThailand: the first airplane flies from Bangkok
Bangkok, Thailand - Repatriated other 300 Italian tourists with a Thai Airways flight
By respecting times announced yesterday, PAD (Party's Alliance for Democracy) evacuated this morning the two airports of Bangkok occupied since a week due to the anti-government protests, and so allowing... more
ReportThailand (2): started the air-lift for the 1,100 Italian tourists
Rome, Italy - Frattini: "It will be completed in 4-5 days"
Italy started the air lift to carry back home 1,100 Italian tourists blocked in Thailand since a week. Totally 350,00 passengers, Thailand people included, are expecting to go away the Asian Country. Data... more
ReportThailand: agreement between authority and anti-government protesters
Rome, Italy - Following the announcement of the Premier Party's dissolution
Found agreement for the resumption of the air traffic in Bangkok airports, blocked since a week due to the anti-government protests, between the Thai Authorities and the protesters, after the announcement... more
ReportThailand (2): maybe tomorrow the flight to evacuate the Italian tourists
Bangkok, Thailand - The statements of the Crisis Unit Chief
An airplane could arrive in one of the Bangkok airports to repatriate the first group of the Italian tourists, Fabrizio Romano Crisis Unit Chief said. Mr Romano is optimistic about times for the evacuation... more
ReportThailand: Italian Foreign Affairs Ministry announces a flight to repatriate the Italian tourists
Bangkok, Thailand - Reported by Italian Ambassador in Bangkok, Ignazio Di Pace
Italian Foreign Affairs Ministry would be organizing a flight to repatriate a part of the Italian tourists blocked in Bangkok after the fighting of the last week (see AVIONEWS). This news was reported... more
ReportPirates assault cargo ship in Aden Gulf
Aden, Yemen - A helicopter saves three crewmembers in the sea to escape to the capture
After the seizure of "Sirius Star", a Saudi oil tanker, with 300,000 tons of oil and 25 crew members on board last November 15 by the Somali piracy, an other attack occurred today in Aden Gulf. The... more
ReportIndia (2): attempts claimed by Deccan Mujahedeen
Mumbai, India - Killed nine Islamic terrorists
Islamic terrorists have attacked targets in the Indian city of Mumbai killing over a hundred people, wounding nearly three hundred, and taking numerous hostages. The terrorists took hostages at two Mumbai... more
ReportIndia: about 150 people have been saved
Mumbai, India - 130 victims
Last blitz this morning in Oberoi Hotel to free all the hostages after the terrorist attacks that provoked 130 victims. About 150 people have been freed. Italian Foreign Minister, Franco Frattini, expressed... more
ReportIndia (3): helicopters overfly the Trident Oberoi, 25 hostages released
Mumbai, India - About 200 dead and 900 wounded
The terrorists would be arrived by sea and of Pakistan nationality and from two days are spreading blood and terror in Mumbai. Around 200 dead and over 900 wounded. After more than 17 hours of siege,... more
ReportIndia (2): seven Italians inside the Trident Oberoi
Rome, Italy - Frattini: "The hotel is not completely freed, but we are in telephone contact"
Seven Italian people are still inside the Trident Oberoi, the Hotel in Mumbai in which are in progress fighting between the Police and terrorists, Italian Foreign Minister, Franco Frattini, said today... more