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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An airliner carrying 54 people went missing Sunday during a short flight in bad weather in Indonesia's mountainous easternmost province of Papua, and rescuers were heading to an area where villagers reported seeing a plane crash into a mountain, officials said.

In a desperate bid to get their team combination right, the Indian cricket team summoned Karnataka all-rounder Stuart Binny as the 16th member of the Test squad ahead of the second Test, starting Thursday.

Light forced its way into the dusty classroom with a bang. With debris swirling in the air, paratroopers took turns stepping through a fresh hole in the cinder block wall, exiting through a cabinet that may have once held school supplies.

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After 150 years at the bottom of the Savannah River, the armored skeleton of the Confederate warship CSS Georgia is being raised to the surface one 5-ton chunk at a time.

London (AFP) - Arsenal got back on track after their opening day meltdown as Olivier Giroud's superb volley inspired a 2-1 Premier League win against Crystal Palace on Sunday.

Jorge Lorenzo draws level with Valentino Rossi at the top of the MotoGP drivers' championship after victory in Brno.

When the 49ers signed former rugby star Jarryd Hayne to an NFL contract, all they knew was that they were getting a good athlete with raw potential. After Saturday night’s preseason debut, the 49ers now know they have a player who looks like he fits in the NFL. Hayne was outstanding for the 49ers, lining…

The boss of the national train service is impatient to diversify into new modes of transport

Australia won 71-59.

The movie adaptation of German writer Michael Ende's 1979 fantasy novel The Neverending Story (Die unendliche Geschichte) was released during that special era in the 1980s when a PG rating almost certainly meant nightmares for children under the age of 10 (see: Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal). But that didn't stop Wolfgang Petersen's magical adventure story from becoming a bona fide cult classic. Having recently celebrated its 31st anniversary, now seems like the perfect time to revisit the world... Читать дальше...

The ambulance service has defended taking more than an hour to reach an injured woman who cut her head open after falling down steps on a ferry.

More than half of humanity lives in cities, and the world's urban population is going to explode in the coming decades. 

With their eight arms and giant egg-shaped head, octopuses are one of the most alien-looking creatures on the planet.

Early this year, the United States Patent and Trademark Office approved a patent application from Boeing's Nathan Hiller for a "rapid deployment air and water vehicle."

Short-term, skills-based courses offer a new model for students seeking an edge in the business world.

Increasingly skeptical citizens are challenging government's version of events

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat was gifted on Sunday with a copy of 'Bhagwad Gita', written in a special ink made from gold by a Muslim artisan, at a function of Jain seers here.

MECHANIC FALLS, Maine (AP) — A concert at a Maine farm that was the scene of a hayride fatality last fall was cut short by a power outage.

MECHANIC FALLS, Maine (AP) — A concert at a Maine farm that was the scene of a hayride fatality last fall was cut short by a power outage.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Heather and Doug Donahue left careers in teaching and construction behind to follow a dream of opening a dairy farm and cheese-making business in the rolling fields of Maine. Maine has established itself as the state with the fastest-growing artisanal cheese industry in the country, and state agriculture officials said it's not slowing down. [...] the surge has tracked in line with a growing number of producers of raw milk, which some cheesemakers use to make cheese, said Linda Stahlnecker... Читать дальше...

Navy divers raising armored wreckage of Confederate warship CSS Georgia in 5-ton chunks

Navy divers who began working in late June to recover cannons, unexploded shells and other artifacts from the riverbed finally started midweek on their last major task — retrieving an estimated 250,000 pounds of the Civil War ironclad's armored siding. [...] classified as a captured enemy vessel by the Navy, the remains of the Confederate ironclad are being salvaged as part of a $703 million deepening of the Savannah harbor for cargo ships. "The historical significance is evident in everything we do," Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jason Potts... Читать дальше...

Navy divers who began working in late June to recover cannons, unexploded shells and other artifacts from the riverbed finally started midweek on their last major task — retrieving an estimated 250,000 pounds of the Civil War ironclad's armored siding. [...] classified as a captured enemy vessel by the Navy, the remains of the Confederate ironclad are being salvaged as part of a $703 million deepening of the Savannah harbor for cargo ships. "The historical significance is evident in everything we do," Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jason Potts... Читать дальше...

Manchester United transfer gossip: Striker will join after Super Cup second leg