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Memorial dedicated at NY site where plane hit home
A new memorial has been dedicated at the site of a 2009 plane crash that killed 50 people in western New York.Relatives and friends of the victims were among those at Saturday's ceremony in Clarence, near Buffalo.Continental Flight 3407 crashed into a house on Feb. 12, 2009. The plane was approaching Buffalo Niagara International Airport after traveling from Newark, N.J. The flight was operated by

Cargo plane crashes in Ghana
A cargo plane crashed into a minibus near Accra during a forced landing Saturday night, killing over a dozen people.

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Egypt's Mubarak: From war hero to convict
War hero. Savior of the nation. An anchor of stability in a turbulent region. And in the twilight of his life, a criminal convicted for his role in the deaths of those fighting to oust him.

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Drivers puzzled over fewer wrecks, cautions
Wrecks and pileups and torn-up cars have become a rarity in NASCAR this season.

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Sushil Khanna: Why public-sector mergers fail

The prolonged strike by Air India (AI) pilots once again demonstrates the difficulty in managing mergers in the public sector. Even six years after the merger between AI and Indian Airlines (IA),

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AI adopts new system to track pilots' duty hrs

Air India commissioned an automated crew management system which records pilot flying hours, rest period, availability and thereby reducing the chance of manipulation. The new system has been in

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