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Plane makes emergency landing in Romania (4:08 p.m.)
TIMISOARA, Romania — An aviation official says a Romanian plane with 51 people on board has made an emergency landing without landing gear in western Romania.
Carmen Stoica, spokeswoman for Timisoara International Airport, said Saturday the plane circled the airport for almost two hours after its landing gear got stuck. It landed on a bed of [...]
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- US auto sales in reverse, plunge to 26-year low (3:32 p.m.)
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- General Santos: Bag-ong natawo gilabay, naluwas (2:29 p.m.)
- Gaza Rocket hits Ashkelon (2:05 p.m.)
- Police seek seized American UN worker in Pakistan (1:24 p.m.)
- Protester hurls shoe at Chinese PM during UK visit (12:39 p.m.)
- IMF: Asia may rebound in 2010 if trade recovers (11:29 a.m.)
- Indonesian navy picks up boat people from Myanmar (11:21 a.m.)
- Red Cross kidnappers demand troops out (10:45 p.m.)
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- Dalai Lama in hospital for test (8:59 p.m.)
- Reds kill 3 policemen (6:58 p.m.)
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- Steelers win record sixth Super Bowl (1:45 p.m.)
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- Filipino homes trade bulbs for fluorescent globes (11:48 a.m.)
- Nadal beats Federer to win Australian Open (10:20 a.m)
- Brunei to send 30 peacekeepers to Philippines (5:03 p.m.)
- Dead goose, ducks found on HK beach have bird flu (3:39 p.m.)
- 2 killed in dynamite blast (2:49 p.m.)
- Farmer in central China sick with bird flu (11:11 a.m.)
- 15 dead, 20 injured in bar fire in southern China (11:05 a.m.)
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