AirAsia Flight 8501: Indonesia jet recovery; 7 bodies were found

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqKd8B4Gg6jUs_-HQdyFFceBbBz6xNARoYY6n5fIam6GcHpaQfiWGRAdyYE4Q-9bLU4m-zXGvqsofJrLRCyYM1Cvnn7sDAJhVekCtMW7Q4fVvVDf8pJgb1pRS07hDnavvWehJP4AoeYVI/s1600/airasia-victims-l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqKd8B4Gg6jUs_-HQdyFFceBbBz6xNARoYY6n5fIam6GcHpaQfiWGRAdyYE4Q-9bLU4m-zXGvqsofJrLRCyYM1Cvnn7sDAJhVekCtMW7Q4fVvVDf8pJgb1pRS07hDnavvWehJP4AoeYVI/s1600/airasia-victims-l.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><b>AirAsia Flight 8501: Indonesia jet recovery; 7 bodies were found</b></span><br /> <span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> Bad weather hindered efforts to recover victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 Wednesday, and sent wreckage drifting far from the crash site, as grieving relatives “surrounded in darkness” gathered in an airport and prayed for the strength to move forward.<br /> <br /> SEE PICS: AirAsia QZ8501 plane’s mystery ends with grief and distress for relatives<br /> The massive hunt for 162 people who vanished Sunday aboard the Airbus A320 from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore, was severely limited due to heavy rain, wind and thick clouds. Seven bodies, including a flight attendant still wearing her red AirAsia uniform, have been recovered, said Indonesia’s Search and Rescue Agency chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo.<br /> <br /> The weather prevented divers from retrieving bodies in the Java Sea on Wednesday, and helicopters were largely grounded, but ships were still scouring the area. Sonar images identified what appeared to be large parts of the plane, but strong currents were moving the wreckage. “It seems all the wreckage found has drifted more than 50 kilometers from yesterday’s location,” said Vice Air Marshal Sunarbowo Sandi, search and rescue coordinator in Pangkalan Bun on Borneo island, the closest town to the site. “We are expecting those bodies will end up on beaches.” The airliner’s disappearance halfway through the two-hour flight triggered an international search for the aircraft involving dozens of planes, ships and helicopters from numerous countries. It is still unclear what brought the plane down.<br /> <br /> Recovering bodies was expected to remain difficult for the near future. Indonesia’s meteorology and geophysics agency predicted that the conditions would worsen, with more intense rains, through Friday. The aircraft’s cockpit voice and flight data recorders, or black boxes, must be recovered before officials can start determining what caused the crash. Items recovered so far include a life jacket, an emergency window, children’s shoes, a blue suitcase and backpacks filled with food. Simple wooden boxes containing bodies, with signs numbered 001 and 002, were unloaded in Pangkalan Bun, with flowers placed on top. Nearly all the passengers were Indonesian. The country is predominantly Muslim, but most of those aboard were Christians of Chinese descent.<br /> <div> <br /></div>

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India creates history in 2014 with space odyssey

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jqx4V5LjKwUj0NofcKHma1nL9klwx3mElN6RGqrgXYx_f65xUT6Zl3BhITxKmZqLQkqk3Kr3a4EK3NRvrSYwkpYjLjXVG871N0goQTZ_OT5DbodnXhmvG_SOAg1gUqZJOLCE7KE30ss/s1600/isro-main.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jqx4V5LjKwUj0NofcKHma1nL9klwx3mElN6RGqrgXYx_f65xUT6Zl3BhITxKmZqLQkqk3Kr3a4EK3NRvrSYwkpYjLjXVG871N0goQTZ_OT5DbodnXhmvG_SOAg1gUqZJOLCE7KE30ss/s1600/isro-main.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> With IRSO succeeding in its first inter-planetary Mars Orbiter Mission making India the only country to achieve this feat in its maiden attempt, 2014 was not only momentous but a very busy year for the space sector.<br /> <br /> The year saw two successful launches of GSLVs and five foreign satellites in the orbit. The country’s space agency also tested the atmospheric re-entry of a crew module towards realising its ambition to send humans into space.<br /> At the start of the year, ISRO launched GSLV-D5 through use of indigenous cryogenic technology and injected GSAT-14 communication satellite into the intended orbit, announcing India’s entry into the heavy satellite launch market.<br /> <br /> Launching a GSLV with an indigenous cryogenic engine has been a major challenge for ISRO since 2001 after multiple unsuccessful attempts. Only two of a total of seven attempts succeeded, four were a failure and another a partial success. In April, it successfully launched its IRNSS 1B, its second navigational satellite, onboard PSLV-C24 from Sriharikota.<br /> IRNSS-1B, the second of the seven satellites planned under the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS).<br /> <br /> In June, ISRO launched five foreign satellites for four countries on board PSLV-C23 rocket which placed them in orbit, an achievement described by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an ‘endorsement’ of the country’s space capabilities.<br /> Besides its primary payload of 714 kg French Earth Observation Satellite SPOT-7, the rocket carried and placed in orbit 14 kg AISAT of Germany, NLS7.1 (CAN-X4) and NLS7.2 (CAN-X5) of Canada, each weighing 15 kg, and the 7 kg VELOX-1 of Singapore.<br /> <br /> However, its biggest feat came in September when the Mars Orbiter Mission was successfully inserted in the red planet’s orbit. ISRO not only received accolades nationally, but also on global platform.<br /> The space agency also launched communications satellite GSAT-16 by the European launcher Ariane 5 VA221, from the Kourou space port in French Guiana.<br /> <br /> GSAT-16’s 48 transponders – 12 in the C band, 12 in the extended C and 24 in the Ku band – cover the entire country and the Andaman & Nicobar islands.<br /> On December 18, taking its baby steps towards realising India’s ambition to send humans into space, the Department of Space tested the atmospheric reentry of a crew module after its heaviest launch vehicle GSLV Mk-III capable of carrying heavier payloads up to four tonnes- blasted off from Sriharikota.<br /> Weighing over three tonnes, the 2.7-metre tall cup cake shaped crew module with a diameter of 3.1 metres, which features aluminium alloy internal structure with composite panels and ablative thermal protection systems, was made to safely drop down into the sea by specially-made parachutes.<br /> The experiment also witnessed the largest parachute in action ever made in the country. The main parachute, which helped the crew module touch the waters at around 7 metre/second speed, was 31 metres in diameter.<br /> <br /> At the international level, India and China agreed to cooperate on research and development of scientific experiment, remote sensing satellites and communication satellites.<br /> In October, India and Mexico formally agreed on a cooperation in areas related to the peaceful use of the outer space, such as remote sensing and satellite communication.<br /> <div> <br /></div>

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Karaoke bar in China five there were 11 killed, 24 injured

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1SPsmZ5ECl55aIVYBOlxy9m6k0UACw5NJJghGP2sNux9ai0-SSMnGoV-b-V2Sq_HbBU3mCtHtPGc8eaWw36cBUhQb0VlhaAD5ty1TaBx8y3OiDzvFdqqdbIQFiwCJxpmRQBvHgye2PA/s1600/china-bar-fire+2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1SPsmZ5ECl55aIVYBOlxy9m6k0UACw5NJJghGP2sNux9ai0-SSMnGoV-b-V2Sq_HbBU3mCtHtPGc8eaWw36cBUhQb0VlhaAD5ty1TaBx8y3OiDzvFdqqdbIQFiwCJxpmRQBvHgye2PA/s1600/china-bar-fire+2014.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> A karaoke bar in central Henan province of China was fired on December 15 2014, at least eleven people were killed and 24 others injured.<br /> <br /> Some 35 people were rushed to an area hospital after the fire broke out at the Huangguan bar in Changyuan County. The 24 injured, including 13 in serious conditions, were being treated at the hospital, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. According to the county government, the condition of one person has worsened while the rest are stable.<br /> <br /> Police have arrested Kong Weikai, the legal representative of the bar and were identifying the dead. The blaze was doused after nearly an hour. The cause of the accident is being investigated. Bo Xuebin, the county’s Party chief, has ordered all karaoke bars in the county to suspend operation and ensure fire safety.<br /> <br />

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At checkpoint, Taliban kill 7 Afghan policemen

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHs2f9lzKCAyaVc-VC9F4dQKELcLlxV5aaOSnZvLClE_gedC-wbM6zQSxxLsUJ2UtbWMGEZf5j-hpLBOQ3Ow1sb_Y6LEjvH83vHhllSyGUoBK85QEWPGoobDPrhMtMIdFTBvv61Nh6KvI/s1600/Afghan+policemen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHs2f9lzKCAyaVc-VC9F4dQKELcLlxV5aaOSnZvLClE_gedC-wbM6zQSxxLsUJ2UtbWMGEZf5j-hpLBOQ3Ow1sb_Y6LEjvH83vHhllSyGUoBK85QEWPGoobDPrhMtMIdFTBvv61Nh6KvI/s1600/Afghan+policemen.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> India:<br /> An Afghan official says 7 policemen were killed in a northern province after their checkpoint came under attack by insurgents.<br /> Abdul Manan Raoufi, police operational chief of Jawzjan province, says that along with the seven killed, five other policemen were wounded in the attack late Saturday in a village in the province’s Qashtepa district.<br /> He says police reinforcements were sent to the location and a gunbattle ensued in which five insurgents died.<br /> The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.<br /> The militants have been stepping up their attacks against Afghan security forces in a bid to undermine the Western-backed government as foreign combat troops prepare to withdraw from the country by the end of the month.<br /> <br />

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Pakistan security crackdown; arrest over 300 terror suspects in Islamabad

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