Qantas jet lands with gaping hole in fuselage The 346 passengers were cruising at 29,000 feet Friday when an explosive bang shook the Qantas jumbo jet. The plane descended rapidly. Oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling as debris flew through the cabin from a hole that had suddenly appeared in the floor.
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,124 As of Friday, July 25, 2008, at least 4,124 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
American Axle posts $644.3M 2Q loss, citing strike American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. said Friday it posted a $644.3 million second-quarter loss, blaming a nearly three-month-long strike that crippled production as well as charges related to a new labor agreement.
Cambodia: UN help if border talks fail Cambodia will pursue U.N. intervention to avoid a military confrontation with Thailand if talks between the two countries fail to produce a breakthrough, the Cambodian foreign minister said Friday.
Myanmar opposes investigative powers Myanmar's junta has indicated it will oppose any effort to give a Southeast Asian human rights body the power to monitor or investigate rights violations in the region, diplomats said Tuesday.
Thai insurgents condemn 'cease-fire' The leader of a Muslim insurgent group in southern Thailand denounced the recent announcement of a cease-fire in the region as a hoax, while suspected rebels set off a bomb Monday that wounded seven people.
Bird flu mutates during race against time to find vaccine Avian flu — the H5N1 virus experts think could out-kill the infamous 1918 pandemic flu — mutates every time it infects a human, according to new research out of Thailand.
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