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Boeing 777 crashes while landing at SFO — Sponsored Links — SAN FRANCISCO — An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 arriving from a flight South Korea crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport Saturday morning, bursting into flames, authorities said.
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Jamapro / CBS San Francisco:
Korean Passenger Plane Crashes At SFO; 2 Dead, 230 Injured — SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS/KPIX 5) — An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crashed and burned upon arrival at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, killing two people and injuring 61 others. — The deadly crash happened around 11:30 …
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CNN:
Boeing 777 crashes at San Francisco International Airport — Plane crash at San Francisco airport — (CNN) — An Asiana Airlines' Boeing 777 crashed and burned Saturday while landing at San Francisco International Airport, sending up a large plume of dark smoke from an aircraft that lost its tail and much of its roof.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Passenger jet crash lands at San Francisco International Airport — An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. — There were 12 crew members, 290 passengers and one infant aboard the flight …
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Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
ElBaradei named Egyptian prime minister — CAIRO — Former U.N. nuclear agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei has been appointed Egypt's interim prime minister, one of his top aides said Saturday, giving a liberal and secular direction to a country that until three days ago was led by Islamists.
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Hamza Hendawi / bigstory.ap.org:
EGYPT: ELBARADEI'S APPOINTMENT PUT ON HOLD — You are here — Home » Mohamed Morsi » Egypt: ElBaradei's appointment put on hold — CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's new president moved to assert his authority and regain control of the streets Saturday even as his Islamist opponents declared …
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Boston Herald:
Experts: John Kerry's credibility could sink with boat flap — By: — John F. Kerry's credibility took on more water on the second day of his Nantucket vacation flap, as the State Department backed off its initial denial the embattled secretary of state was yachting during the Egyptian military coup …
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Mathieu Belanger / Reuters:
Runaway freight train explodes, levels center of Canada town — (Reuters) - A driverless freight train carrying tankers of crude oil derailed at high speed and exploded into a giant fireball in the middle of a small Canadian town early on Saturday, destroying dozens of buildings and leaving an unknown number of people feared missing.
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Kirit Radia / ABC News:
Venezuela, Nicaragua Talk Asylum for Edward Snowden, but Could He Get There? — Venezuela and Nicaragua reportedly are prepared to throw Edward Snowden a lifeline — if he can get there. — The accused NSA leaker has been stuck in the transit area of Moscow's Sheremedevo International Airport …
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Brad Plumer / Wonkblog:
Can libertarian populism save the Republican Party? — The dream of the '90s is alive in the conservative movement. There's a new name being floated around as the solution to the current electoral woes of the GOP: Ross Perot. — Reform party presidential candidate Ross Perot gives a thumbs up to supporters in 1996 in Dallas.
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BBC:
‘Dozens dead’ in school attack in Nigeria's Yobe state — At least 29 pupils and a teacher have been killed in a pre-dawn attack by suspected Islamists on a school in northeastern Nigeria, reports say. — Eyewitnesses said some of the victims were burned alive in the attack, in Mamudo town, Yobe state.
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MariAn Gail Brown / CTPost.com:
Political rival claims assault by handshake — EASTON — Most of the time, a handshake shows good manners, serves as a greeting or demonstrates gratitude at the end of a sports match for a well-played game. — Robert “Bert” Webbe, an Easton Republican, says a handshake from First Selectman Tom Herrmann …
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