14 yr old girl only survivor in the Yemen’s Plane Crash with 153 passangers, till now
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Bodies of 42 illegal miners found in South AfricaJOHANNESBURG - The bodies of 42 illegal miners, who are believed to have suffocated when a fire broke out underground at a gold mine in South Africa, have been recovered, police said Monday. Beached whale rescue bid ends with 44 animals deadJOHANNESBURG - A desperate attempt to rescue dozens of pilot whales that washed up on a Cape Town beach in stormy seas ended with 44 out of 55 whales having to be euthanised, a marine scientist said Sunday. Caution sets in over proposed Bharti, MTN telecom pact (Lead)JOHANNESBURG - After the initial enthusiasm over the $23-billion telecom deal proposed by India’s Bharti Airtel and South Africa’s MTN, analysts have turned cautious, even fearing if the transaction presented a fair value for shareholders. Euphoria over MTN-Bharti transaction wanes in South AfricaJOHANNESBURG - Analysts here, who were initially enthusiastic over the transaction between mobile phone giants Bharti Airtel of India and South Africa’s MTN, have turned cautious after share prices of both companies dropped Wednesday. MTN-Bharti deal could create telecom giant straddling India to Africa (Lead)JOHANNESBURG - South African telecom giant MTN believes a potential deal with New Delhi-based Bharti Airtel has the makings of a telecom giant that would straddle India, the Gulf and Africa. |
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JOHANNESBURG - Hopes dwindled Wednesday for finding any more survivors of the Yemenia Air plane crash off the Comoros Islands, as rescue teams continued to scour the seas for more wreckage. A 14-year old girl is the only known survivor so far of the 153 people on the Airbus A310 from Sana’a, Yemen, which crashed at sea after missing its first attempt at landing in the Comoran capital, Moroni, in bad weather.
