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Indonesia says missing AirAsia plane could be at 'bottom of sea'
A missing AirAsia jet carrying 162 people could be at the bottom of the sea after it was presumed to have crashed off the Indonesian coast, an official said on Monday, as countries around Asia sent ships and planes to help in the search effort.
AirAsia Jet with 162 Aboard Goes Missing on Indonesia-Singapore Flight
An AirAsia passenger jet with 162 people aboard lost contact over the Java Sea while en route to Singapore on Sunday and is missing, according to airline officials.
Search halted for missing AirAsia plane as night falls
Indonesia suspended until first light the search for an AirAsia plane that went missing Dec. 28 in the Java Sea with 162 people on board after the crew requested a change of flight plan due to bad weather.
AirAsia plane with 162 on board missing en route to Singapore
Rescuers scoured the sea for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people which went missing in bad weather Sunday en route from Indonesia to Singapore, the third crisis for a Malaysian carrier this year.
Air traffic controllers lost contact with the Airbus A320-200 around an hour after it left Juanda international airport at Surabaya in east Java, at 5:20am.
Prayers and tears as Asia mourns tsunami dead 10 years on
Prayers, tears and solemn visits to mass graves marked the start of commemorations Friday across tsunami-hit nations for the 220,000 people who perished when giant waves decimated coastal areas of the Indian Ocean a decade ago.
Climate change: The impossible deal
For "shall", substitute "may". For example, change "countries signing this climate change treaty SHALL state how much they are going to cut their greenhouse emissions" to "countries signing this climate change treaty MAY state how much they are going to cut their emissions if they feel like it, but if they don't, hey, no problem."
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Turkish economy living on borrowed time
I looked at emerging market (EM) exchange rates against the dollar on the night of Dec. 17, right before the Federal Reserveâs (Fed) interest rate decision. The Turkish Lira was the second most depreciated currency against the dollar, right after the Russian ruble.
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Brent falls below $60 for first time since 2009
Brent crude oil prices fell over $1 per barrel and below $60 for the first time since July 2009 in early European trading today as Chinese factory activity slowed and stumbling emerging market currencies dented demand expectations.
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Pamukkale most visited site this year
Denizli's ancient Pamukkale-Hierapolis site was the most visited place in Turkey in 2014, followed by the ancient city of Ephesus and the Göreme Open Air Museum, according to TÜRSAB President Başaran Ulusoy The travertine falls of Pamukkale, together with the adjacent ancient city of Hierapolis, drew the most visitors in Turkey this year, the Turkish Travel Agencies Union (TÜRSAB) has said, po
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26 dead, 82 missing in Indonesian landslide
Rescuers searching for more than 80 people missing after a landslide in Indonesia deployed bulldozers and excavators Sunday to battle their way through roads strewn with debris to the site of the disaster, officials said.
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