UN peacekeeping plane crashes in HaitiOctober 9th, 2009 NEW YORK - A UN surveillance plane carrying six to 10 UN peacekeepers went down in Haiti Friday, but the cause of the crash was not immediately known, the UN said. The military plane belonging to the Uruguayan contingent of the UN mission in Haiti was monitoring the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the UN said.
Bill Clinton joins hundreds of international businessmen at Haiti investment conferenceOctober 1st, 2009 Clinton heads investment meeting in HaitiPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Bill Clinton headlined an investors' conference Thursday in Haiti's capital to promote economic growth and job creation in the impoverished Caribbean nation. Clinton, the United Nations special envoy to Haiti, is also planning to visit the countryside Friday as part of a two-day visit.
Federal investigations seek witnesses to SC medical chopper crash that killed 3 peopleSeptember 30th, 2009 Investigators seek witnesses to SC chopper crashGEORGETOWN, S.C. — Federal investigators hope to find witnesses who saw a medical helicopter crash near the South Carolina coast, killing all three people on board.
Ban condemns bomb attacks that killed nine UN peacekeepersSeptember 17th, 2009 NEW YORK - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the double bomb attacks against the African Union base in Mogadishu Thursday that killed nine peacekeepers and wounding more than 30 others. "I condemn this terrorist attack in the strongest possible terms," Ban said in reaction to the suicide bombing that used UN-marked vehicles to access the UN compound.
CBI to begin YSR chopper crash probe FridaySeptember 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team will begin Friday its probe into the helicopter crash that killed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others last week, an official said Thursday.
Haiti mudslide kills at least 1, damages more than 30 homes after several hours of rainSeptember 7th, 2009 1 killed in Haiti mudslide after few hours of rainMOUNTROIS, Haiti — A mudslide set off by several hours of heavy rain swept into at least 32 houses and shacks made of tin, concrete and dirt walls early Monday, killing at least one person in this Haitian beach town. Civil protection chief Marie-Alta Jean-Baptiste said two other people were missing, while residents put the number at four.
'Probing earlier crashes may have saved YSR'September 4th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - While mourning the death of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash, the brother of an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer who had died in an air crash said here Friday that probing such crashes may have saved YSR.
DGCA to probe YSR's chopper crashSeptember 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Thursday began a probe into the chopper crash that killed Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others Wednesday.
Government sets up panel to probe YSR chopper crashSeptember 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government Thursday night constituted a four-member team to probe the chopper crash that killed Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others.
YSR's chopper exploded after hitting hillockSeptember 3rd, 2009 HYDERABAD - The helicopter carrying Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others appeared to have exploded after hitting a hillock, said a senior official Thursday.
Chopper crash had killed Balayogi in 2002September 3rd, 2009 HYDERABAD - Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. Rajasekhara Reddy's death in a chopper crash comes seven years after Lok Sabha Speaker G.M.C.
Six killed in Russia chopper crashJuly 22nd, 2009 MOSCOW - A Russian Mi-8 helicopter crashed Wednesday in Russia's southern region of Volgograd, killing six people on board, officials said. There were eight people on board the helicopter when it took off from Volgograd at 8.02 a.m.
Orakzai chopper crash, a heavy blow to Pak Army before S.Waziristan offensiveJuly 4th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Friday's helicopter crash in which 26 security personel were killed in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas' (FATA) Orakzai Agency, is being seen as a serious blow to the Pakistan Army ahead of the its planned all out offensive against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud in South Waziristan. The ISPR may have denied any foul play in the M-17 crash saying a technical snag had triggered the crash, but sources said that extremists hiding in the terrains targeted the military chopper with sophisticated artillery.
Four UN peacekeepers from India to be honoured posthumouslyMay 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Four UN peacekeepers from India will be honoured posthumously Friday at a function to mark the International Day of United Nations (UN) Peacekeepers at the New York headquarters of the organisation. "This year's commemorative ceremonies come at a time when the services of UN peacekeepers are in greater demand than ever.
Haitian protesters hurl stones at Dominican consulate over decapitation of countrymanMay 9th, 2009 Angry protests in Haiti over slaying of countrymanPETIONVILLE, Haiti — Angry demonstrators hurled stones and tore down a sign at the Dominican Republic's consulate in Haiti on Friday to protest the decapitation slaying of a Haitian in Santo Domingo. Some 150 protesters massed outside the walled consulate, but Haitian police prevented them from entering the compound.
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