KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 (Xinhua) — A Malaysian passenger plane carrying 239 people, including 227 passengers and 12 crew members, has lost contact with air traffic control after leaving Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur, the carrier said Saturday.
Conservative peer Lord Naseby has suggested the UK government is not abiding by David Cameron’s promised timetable for co-operating with the UN to set up an independent inquiry into claims the Sri Lankan government carried out war crimes.
The Coastal Security Group (CSG) has formed three special teams to nab two Madurai-based agents, who acted as vital links in the smuggling of gold biscuits from Sri Lanka by sea on Saturday, CSG Additional Director-General of Police C.Sylendra Babu said.
Stewart Bell | MAPLE RIDGE, B.C.—On the slim strip of grass outside the Fraser Regional Correctional Centre, a totem pole thunderbird shows its cedar wings to the river plain that meanders out to the Strait of Georgia and the Pacific.
Stewart Bell, TORONTO — A Canadian awaiting sentencing in New York for his role in an arms smuggling ring that sought missiles and assault rifles for Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels has apologized and asked to be released with time served.
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