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Michel Suleiman
(photo: (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar) / AP)
Ethiopian jet crashes in flames off Lebanon coast
Houston Chronicle
| BEIRUT - An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people caught fire and crashed into the Mediterranean shortly after takeoff Monday from Beirut, setting off a frantic search as rain lashed the coast and debris washed ashore. At least 23 bodies were recovered. | The cause of the crash was not immed...
A passenger jet takes off from Beirut airport as in the background U.N. and Lebanese vessels search for survivors after an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed in the sea in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010.
(photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
Ethiopian plane from Lebanon crashes, 90 on board
The Boston Globe
| BEIRUT-An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people crashed into the Mediterranean Sea early Monday just minutes after takeoff from Beirut, Lebanon's transportation minister said. | The cause was not immediately known. But police ruled out terrorism and said the crash was likely weather-related....
Best for weather-watching: India
The Independent
| It's the winds that bring it. They come in from the east, a cool rush that lifts the dust of a long dry summer and a lock of hair from your head. You lift your head, too, and the air darkens; a shift in pressure that strokes its way down your back....
Local weather forecasters learn new ‘met’ codes
Nation
| Local weather forecasters and related staff are now up to date with new meteorological codes being adopted and used around the world. | This follows a two-week training course the National Meteorological Services (NMS) staff completed on Friday. | ...
Ethiopian jet crashes in flames off Lebanon coast
Houston Chronicle
| BEIRUT - An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people caught fire and crashed into the Mediterranean shortly after takeoff Monday from Beirut, setting off a frantic search as rain lashed the coast and debris washed ashore. At least 23 bodies were...
Calamity
Britain's Prince Harry, left, talks to his girlfriend Chelsy Davy, who was born in Zimbabwe, before the international rugby match between England and South Africa at Twickenham stadium in west London, Saturday Nov. 22, 2008.
(photo: AP / Matt Dunham)
Harry launches charity polo contest
The Guardian
| Prince Harry made an impassioned plea for support for his charity Sentebale as he launched a polo competition that will fund its efforts to help impoverished African children. | The royal also expressed his sympathy for the victims of the Haitian earthquake and spoke of how when "natural disaster strikes" eventually a sense of hope woul...



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