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Workers stand by a charred plane where a body lies under the rubble in Recife, Brazil, Wednesday July 13, 2011. The regional airliner crashed in the northeastern city in Brazil on Monday, killing all 16 people on board, the nation's Air Force said. The crew of the twin-turboprop aircraft belonging to Noar Airlines reported problems shortly after taking off about 7 a.m. local time from the city of Recife en route to the city of Natal. Witnesses said at least one of the passengers was pleading for help after the plane made a hard landing, gesturing through a window to onlookers, but the aircraft burst into flames before aid could arrive. (AP Photo/Otavio de Souza)

16 dead as plane attempts emergency landing in Brazil

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Last updated Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 2:38pm

RECIFE, Brazil -- The crew of two and all 14 passengers aboard a light aircraft in Brazil were killed Wednesday when it attempted an emergency landing near a beach.

The twin-engine plane belonging to Noar Linhas airline had just taken off from Recife airport in the northeast of the country on a flight to Natal when the pilot radioed the control tower to report an emergency and announce he would attempt to land on the beach.

The L-410 Turbolet went up in flames as it attempted to land on an area of open land behind the beach, with witnesses reporting an explosion.

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People seen outside their damaged houses after a magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit late Thursday in Simav in northwest Turkey, May 19, 2011, killing three persons, wounding 79 other and causing material damage, Turkish authorities told news channels. Turkish rescue workers and soldiers scrambled Friday to set up tents to shelter hundreds of people left homeless after the earthquake damaged buildings. ( AP Photo)

2 killed in Turkey earthquake

Dan J. Deuel, Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Last updated Friday, May 20, 2011 - 2:46pm

ISTANBUL -- Two people died and more than 100 were injured after a 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit western Turkey, authorities said Friday.

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A spectator reaches out to greet Britain's Queen Elizabeth II after she visited the English Market in Cork, Ireland, Friday May 20, 201, on the fourth and final day of her first-ever state visit to Ireland. The ambitious trip has been hailed by many as consolidating a new era of cooperation between England and Ireland, (AP Photo/pool)

Queen concludes landmark visit to Ireland

Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Fiona Smith

Last updated Friday, May 20, 2011 - 2:53pm

CORK, Ireland -- Britain's Queen Elizabeth II concluded her historic visit to Ireland -- the first by a British monarch to the Republic -- with a visit to the southern city of Cork Friday.

Thousands lined the streets of Cork to greet the queen, whose visit has been almost universally praised for its gestures of reconciliation.

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Police rescue team leader Senior Lt. Col. Dang Tien Dung speaks to the media about the discovery of 15 bodies in Saigon River where a tourism boat sank, in Binh Duong province, Vietnam, Saturday, May 21, 2011. A little boy's birthday party went tragically wrong Friday when the double-decker tour boat capsized during a storm, killing 15 people, including the 3-year-old being honored and four other children, officials said Saturday. (AP Photo)

Tourist boat capsizes in Vietnam; at least 20 people missing

Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Pham Bac

Last updated Monday, May 23, 2011 - 10:48am

HANOI, Vietnam -- At least 20 people were feared dead Friday after a tourist boat capsized amid heavy rain and strong winds in the Sai Gon River, in southern Vietnam, officials said.

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Pope Benedict XVI waves as he is driven through the crowd during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

Pope praises Michelangelo nudes as 'spiritual'

Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Peter Mayer

Last updated Friday, May 13, 2011 - 3:21pm

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI on Friday lauded what he said was the "spiritual" nature of the nude figures that appear in Michelangelo's masterpiece, "The Last Judgment."

"As modern p

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Bin Laden's likely successor: Egyptian doctor al-Zawahiri

Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Last updated Monday, May 2, 2011 - 9:20am

WASHINGTON -- Ayman al-Zawahiri, the man tipped to succeed Osama bin Laden as head of al-Qaida after years as second-in-command, is often described as the terror network's ideologue-in-chief.

He has also been al-Qaida's main spokesman in the past few years, issuing dozens of audio and video statements since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks as U.S. troops scoured Afghanistan and Pakistan for bin Laden.

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In Her Majesty's service Prince Andrew in trouble

Anna Tomforde, Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Last updated Monday, March 7, 2011 - 12:16pm

LONDON -- As Britain prepares for a monumental wedding party, dark clouds have gathered over the royal household owing to a new round of alleged misdemeanours by Prince Andrew in his role as trade ambassador.

Instead of flashing Kate Middleton's happy smile and news about her forthcoming wedding to Prince William on their front pages, British newspapers have been focusing on Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, and his liaisons with tycoons, despots and pretty girls.

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Attacker of Danish cartoonist gets 9-year sentence

Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Lennart Simonsson

Last updated Friday, February 4, 2011 - 3:57pm

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- A court in Denmark on Friday handed down a nine-year prison term for a Somali-born man who a year ago attacked a Danish cartoonist whose depiction of the prophet Mohammed sparked outrage in the Muslim world.

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Greek prosecutor charges 5 with having terrorist ties

Christine Pirovolakis, Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Last updated Friday, January 14, 2011 - 4:54pm

ATHENS, Greece -- A Greek public prosecutor charged five people, including a German woman, with having involvement in a terrorist group, just days before the start of a trial of dozens of radical anarchists.

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5 missing in Colombian mudslide

Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Rodrigo Ruiz-Tovar

Last updated Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 4:16pm

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Rescue teams were trying Thursday to locate five people who were believed to have been trapped in a mudslide in northeastern Colombia.

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Police suspect a fire-bomber is attacking Berlin mosques

Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Elena Gorgis

Last updated Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 6:15pm

BERLIN -- Police in Berlin were hunting Thursday for an attacker thought to have targeted mosques with fire bombs at least 10 times.

The inquiry began after a fire bomb was thrown early in the day at an Islamic cultural center in Berlin, sending a sheet of flame up the facade. German police said "information" was found at the scene suggesting there had been more than 10 serial attacks.

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