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MiscellaneousSupposed terrorist arrested at Gatwick Airport
London, United Kingdom - He has just before disembarked a plane from Ethiopia
A man suspected to be one of attempters of London July 21 failed attacks has been arrested today as he arrived in Great Britain on a flight from Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. He is a 23 year old British citizen:... more
MiscellaneousGaruda Airlines' pilot sentenced for Munir's murder
Jakarta, Indonesia - Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto put arsenic in noodles of Indonesian activist
An Indonesian court sentenced to 14 years prison the pilot of Garuda Airlines for the murder of the activist Munir Thalib, leader of fights for human rights (see for details AVIONEWS). According to the... more
MiscellaneousFirearms against helicopter of Italian undersecretary: Farnesina demanded explanations
Rome, Italy - The Italian ambassador in Colombo expected to request details to the Sri Lankan authorities
In relation to the incident that took place on the occasion of the official visit in Sri Lanka of the Italian Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, Margherita Boniver, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs... more
MiscellaneousIsraeli missiles over Gaza Strip
Gaza, Strip of Gaza - The air raid aimed at hitting access roads and strategic routes
Israeli airplanes pelted Northern Gaza with at least 10 rockets injuring both one Palestinian medic and paramedic early today. Two of missiles would have in fact hit an area near a hospital but the attack... more
MiscellaneousCicu: "Italian Government and Sardinia's local administrations even going to meet about La Maddalena in January"
Rome, Italy - Italian Defence Undersecretary reassured island's workers with reference to the future departure of the US submarines
Italian Undersecretary of Defence Salvatore Cicu recently commented regarding the future of La Maddalena after the departure of the US submarines. Italian Government and US Administration will set a plan... more
MiscellaneousAdditional Israeli raids overnight
Gaza, Strip of Gaza - The new attack followed rockets launched by Islamic Jihad militants
Third consecutive raid overnight operated by Israeli Air Force on the Strip of Gaza. Palestinians had launched a Qassam II rocket last evening causing no victim among residents of Ashkelon area (Southern... more
MiscellaneousCIA flights: EU Parliament to open inquiry too
Strasbourg, France - Frattini: "There is no evidence confirming the allegations"
European Parliament’s members are about today to open an inquiry on allegations tha CIA would have operated supposed secret flights in Europe and established secret prisons for suspect terrorists. But t... more
MiscellaneousIAF plane fired rocket on Nothern of Gaza Strip
Gaza, Strip of Gaza - Warplanes and Apache helicopters flew over the zone during night
A Israeli Air Force’s aircraft last evening launched at least a missile on the city of Beit Hanoun, in the Northern Gaza Strip, lightly injuring 4 persons. Palestinian sources reported that Israeli air a... more
MiscellaneousGreenpeace activists on French aircraft carrier carrying asbestos
Toulon, France - The "Clemenceau" appears destined to a scrapyard in the far India
This morning, three Greenpeace activists scaled the mast of the French aircraft carrier "Clemenceau" in Toulon road, unfurling a banner reading "Asbestos carrier stay out of India". Another activist buzzed... more
MiscellaneousIraqi election: security measures on December 15
Baghdad, Iraq - In the meantime, people in military bases, hospitals and prisons have already started voting
Iraqi Parliament election is scheduled on December 15, Thursday, but some trades have already started voting: preferences are being expressed in the hospitals, prisons and military bases for about 7000... more
MiscellaneousCIA's flights: plane entered Swiss airspace suspected of connection with Abu Omar's abduction
Zurich, Switzerland - The Imam of a Milan's mosque was kidnapped on February 17 2003
According to Swiss-German television, a Learjet LJ-35, having the military acronym "SPAR 92", chartered by the CIA, has flown over Switzerland two times from Aviano military airport to Ramstein base (Germany)... more
MiscellaneousEritrea-Ethiopia: troops and means along the border
Asmara, Eritrea - Tension is rising between the two states and Eritrean-native people in Belgium asked EU authorities for paying more attention to the seriousness of situation
Tension along the Eritrea-Ethiopia border is rising as well as also both countries populations’ worry, with an official denunciation by Eritrean-native people in Belgium in front of European Union’s ins... more
MiscellaneousUK: fuel depot few km far from Luton Airport exploded
Hemel Hempstead, UK - No consequences affected flights and fuel availability for the aircraft
A terrible explosion frightened the small British city of Hemel Hempstead (around 45 km North from London) yesterday morning at about 06:00 am. A fuel depot was the disaster site and other two blasts followed... more
MiscellaneousLybia sentenced for the attempt to UTA DC-10 in Teneré
Paris, France - A compensation worth over EUR 4.5 million
Six terrorists authors of the attempt and Lybia have been sentenced by Paris court to reimburse more than EUR 3.5m to the families of the UTA DC-10 victims, the plane exploded in Niger sky crashing on... more
Miscellaneous"Far West" on American Airlines plane
Washington, USA - A passenger was killed after a shooting on board
A man reportedly threatening to have a bomb in his carry-on baggage was shot and killed by US air marshals on board an American Airlines Boeing 757 just landed at Miami Airport from Medellin (Colombia).... more
MiscellaneousEritrea: UN personnel must leave the country in ten days
Asmara, Eritrea - Eritrean and Ethiopian troops movements would have been already detected by Organization's personnel
Eritrea-Ethiopia border is under 3300 Blue Helmets’ surveillance to prevent the two states from resuming hostility. Eritrean Government, however, has forbidden international mission’s helicopters to per... more
MiscellaneousCIA flights scandal (2): Rice-Merkel meeting on international terrorism
Berlin, Germany - German Chancellor intends to ask for explanations about the arrest which would have affected a German citizen by a mistake
US Secretary of State Rice met new German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany. German Government’s leader appreciated US Administration representative’ attitude about the matter concerning measures enf... more
MiscellaneousCIA flights scandal: "Rendition, a multi-decennial practice in line with international Law
Berlin, Germany - US State Secretary Condoleezza Rice commented on CIA's activities in the war on terror
,US State Secretary Condoleezza Rice arrived in Europe and made US point of view about the so called rendition (extraterritorial arrest with a following deliver of criminals to other states) clearer (see... more
MiscellaneousLiechtenstein gave back Saddam's jet
Baghdad, Iraq - "This is an important symbolic act for the Iraqi people"
Liechtenstein yesterday returned to the Iraqi Government a private plane which had been used by former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to transport money and senior officials. It was the first Iraqi aircraft... more
MiscellaneousIsraeli air raids on Gaza
Gaza City, Strip of Gaza - In reply to the launch of homemade rockets towards the Jewish territory in the past days
Israeli Air Force’s planes fired missiles against an abandoned building yesterday and also launched a rocket in the Northern Gaza Strip in the first air attack on Gaza in more than a month. Palestinian s... more
MiscellaneousCIA flights scandal: Rice landed in Europe
Berlin, Germany - New revelations from UK: US intelligence's planes landed without control of authorities
American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice landed in Germany where she is expected to give answers over alleged CIA flights carrying terrorists to clandestine jails (see for details AVIONEWS): in Germany... more
MiscellaneousAmerica West's aircraft made an emergency landing for a threat
Kansas City, Usa - Found a minatory message on board
A passenger has found a note on which was written "Talebans are here", and showed it to Captain who has immediatly decided to make at Airbus a forced landing at Kansas City’s International airport. Flight w... more
MiscellaneousCIA planes landed also in Rome to "Le Figaro"
Rome, Italy - The French daily took its cue from "The Guardian" revelations
According to the French newspaper "Le Figaro", CIA airplanes carrying supposed terrorist prisoners, would have had a stop-over also in France and Rome at least 2 times, in 2002 and 2005. A Learjet plane... more
MiscellaneousMan selling parts for fighter planes to China sentenced to 15 years
Washington, USA - "A threat to worldwide air safety"
A man who tried to sell component for fighter planes to China and forged the certificates of quality of other aircraft parts, has been sentenced to 15 years and 8 months in prison by a judge who described... more
MiscellaneousAlitalia: Cimoli, carrier's President, at Palazzo Chigi last evening
Rome, Italy - Received by Gianni Letta, Undersecretary of the Premiership
Giancarlo Cimoli, Alitalia’s CEO and President, last evening has been seen to enter in Palazzo Chigi, Italian Government’s headquarter. Some Premiership’s sources sustain that Alitalia’s leader has bee... more
MiscellaneousCIA flights and secret prisons in Europe: Rice expected to give explanations
Washington, USA - The Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner denounced to have seen a small Guantanamo in Kosovo
US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, will seek to deflect growing pressures from the Old Continent during her next trip in Europe the coming week: several countries in Europe are in fact claiming that... more
MiscellaneousFrance: investigation onto free flights of Chirac's family is continuing
Paris, France - To look into Euralair's bankruptcy
French police are continuing to look into allegations that President Jacques Chirac and his family would have taken advantage for private purposes from free flights operated by Euralair carrier (see for... more
MiscellaneousEarthquake in Pakistan: humanitarian air-bridges are continuing
Islamabad, Pakistan - Both NATO and UNHCR are in the front line
NATO-UNHCR air-bridge from Turkey, which started last October 19, has been completed after 103 flights. NATO transported in Pakistan more than 1000 tons of relief in all from the air base of Incirlik (Turkey),... more
MiscellaneousTerrorism. Four Australian women arrested on Nov. 15, have been released
Sydney, Australia - Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs noticed it
The case of four Australian women accused of an attempted hijacking of a Gulf Air’s plane en route from Sydney to Damascus, appears to be concluded (see for details AVIONEWS). Syria has released four A... more
MiscellaneousIsrael violated again Lebanon airspace
Beirut, Lebanon - Thousand of leaflets over Beirut against Hezbollah
Today, two days after the fierce clashes between Tel Aviv forces and the guerrilla members, Israeli airplanes dropped thousands of leaflets over Beirut, warning Lebanese citizens that Hezbollah wanted... more
Miscellaneous"Blair Force One" has been stopped
London, United Kingdom - The negative opinion came from Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer
The today’s "Times" edition reported the declarations released by Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, about the British "Air Force One" (The equivalent of the American presidential plane in a s... more
MiscellaneousA drunken woman tried to open an aircraft's hatch in flight
Brisbane, Australia - A French tourist en route from Hong Kong to Brisbane was condemned at a light penalty
A French woman got a warning and an USD 1000 worth fine because last Saturday, while she was in a drunken state attempted to open one emergency hatch on board a Cathay Pacific’s airplane en route from H... more
MiscellaneousPortugal-native ISAF soldier killed in Afghanistan (2): it was the result of a mine's blast
Kabul, Afghanistan - Portugal's Defence Minister, Luis Amado, said
Three injured soldiers have been hospitalized at Kabul: two suffered slight injuries while a third was in serious condition. Meanwhile Portugal’s Defence Minister, Luis Amado, said that it appeared to b... more
MiscellaneousOne helicopter and two planes over Ragusa's coasts after clandestines shipwreck
Ragusa, Italy - Nine clandestines killed due to stormy sea
They were travelling on a 16-meter wood boat coming from Lybia presumably: it was signalled last evening by Malta’s authorities at 32 miles from Sicily. But the ship grounded because of the bad conditions o... more
MiscellaneousPortugal-native ISAF soldier killed in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - Other three brother-in-arms emerged injured
Portoguese contingent (196 militaries) stationed in Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has another victim, a soldier killed in the explosion of mine occurred 12 KM... more
MiscellaneousTerrorism. Women arrested yesterday were six: four from Australia and two from Iraq
Sydney, Australia - Officers from Australian Embassy to Cairo are arriving in Syria
The women arrested by Damascus Police yesterday, due to the supposed attempt of divert a Gulf Air plane bound for Sydney, were six, four from Australia and two from Iraq; they were bringing a child too... more
MiscellaneousAmerican air strikes killed 37 Iraqi insurgents
Baghdad, Iraq - US Army revealed it
It was the American Army to inform that about 37 Iraqi rebels have been killed yesterday by US air raids in Western Iraq, near the Syrian border. The anti-al-Qaeda operation called "Steel Curtain" started... more
MiscellaneousScientist arrested for illegal export of Russian technologies
Moscow, Russia - He is Igor Reshetin, general director of TsNIIMASH-Export company
Russian scientist Igor Reshetin, general director of TsNIIMASH-Export, company engaged in exporting space technologies, has been arrested by the FSB, the Russian intelligence service agency, for illegal... more
MiscellaneousAbu Omar kidnapping: will a photo nail the CIA?
Milan, Italy - Italian Judge would have found it in a computer belonging to a US intelligence's member
A photo could nail CIA’s members who would have kidnapped Milan Quaranta Street Mosque Egyptian Imam Abu Omar in February 2003. It would deal with an image produced one month before the kidnapping in a... more
MiscellaneousAttack in Amman (5): authorities re-opened borders and increased security measures
Amman, Jordan - They had been closed a few hours after attempts in the capital
Borders have been re-opened in Jordan. National security authorities announced it in the Arab country which had opted for resorting to such measure just a few hours after attempts hitting the capital Amman.... more
MiscellaneousAttack in Amman (4): Italy to support Jordan in fighting terrorism
Rome, Italy - Italian Republic President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi's message
Italian Republic President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi sent a message to Jordan in order to express his personal sorrow after the attempts which hit its capital, Amman. Italy will certainly support Jordan in... more
MiscellaneousAttack at Amman (3): struggle against terrorism must not succumb
Berlin, Germany - Gerhard Schroeder and Joschka Fischer declarations
"Yesterday’s attempts at Amman were barbaric acts which encourage us to not weaken our efforts in the struggle against terrorism. Such barbaric acts must be condemned firmly", said former German chancellor G... more
MiscellaneousAttack at Amman (2): NATO to work with Jordan to fight terrorism
Brussels,Belgium - The condemn of NATO's General Secretary Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
"There is no justification for unreasonable disruptions. We absolutely condemn terrorist attacks to Jordan occurred last evening. I offer my most sincere condolences to King Abdullah and Jordanian people.... more
MiscellaneousUN's call on Israel to cease Lebanon airspace's violations
Beirut, Lebanon - Tension along the "Blue Line"
General Secretary Kofi Annan, after the formal protest presented to UN by Beirut’s Prime Minister, Fouad Siniora, deplored Lebanon airspace’s violations by Israel and asked that they be halted immediately (se... more
MiscellaneousAttack at Amman: killed 57, injured 300
Amman, Jordan - Royal Jordanian inaugural flight from Malpensa has been cancelled
Three blasts by kamikazes in three international hotels patronized by tourists and Western business men, rent Amman, capital of Jordan, shortly before 9:00pm yesterday killing 57 people, including many... more
MiscellaneousEarthquake in Pakistan: NATO's air-bridge second stage has started
Islamabad, Pakistan - 69 airplanes have taken off as far
NATO’s aircraft have completed the delivery of 860 tonnes of humanitarian relief from UNHCR in Pakistan. To carry out the airlift started last October 19 (see for details AVIONEWS), have been employed 6... more
MiscellaneousFederal Police thwarted a terrorist attack to Australia
Sydney, Australia - A large operation backed up by military helicopters brought to arrest 17 people
Seventeen people have been arrested both at Sydney and Melbourne by Australian Police as a part on an anti-terrorism operation which allowed to avoid an attempt. The operation started during last night... more
MiscellaneousIraq, white phosphorous bombs against Iraqi people? (2): images and interviews to US soldiers to push forward this news
Falluja, Iraq - Also "Manifesto" newspaper's journalist Giuliana Sgrena would have confirmed she knew this matter
The USA have always confirmed they deployed the white phosphorous only and exclusively to put into evidence targets and never against civil population. RAI News 24, however, would have shown movies indicating... more
MiscellaneousIraq: white phosphorous bombs against Iraqi people?
Falluja, Iraq - It would have been unveiled through a RAI News 24 report
A report carried out by RAI News 24 would have unveiled that the United States would have deployed chemical products forbidden by international treaties during military activities in Falluja in November... more
MiscellaneousFire against Israeli Apache along Lebanon Southern coast
Beirut, Lebanon - In response to a Lebanon airspace's violation by Israel
Lebanese Army’s artillery shot against Israeli Apache helicopter last evening while they were overflying Lebanon’s Southern coast. No injured people were reported and aircraft would have immediately ret... more