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Archive for April 20, 2012
Plane Crashes in Pakistan With 127 On Board, GEO TV Says – Bloomberg
A Bhoja Air Boeing (BA) Co. 737-200 with 127 people on board crashed in Islamabad, GEO TV reported, citing aviation ministry officials it didn’t identify.
The aircraft was on its way from Karachi when it crashed in poor weather conditions, the television channel said. Air traffic control lost contact with the plane at 6:40 p.m. local time in Pakistan, it reported without saying how many passengers were hurt.
Rescue teams are reaching the site, GEO TV said.
In July 2010, an Airbus SAS jetliner crashed into a rain- soaked hillside at Islamabad, killing all 152 people on board in the deadliest air disaster in the nation.
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Wikipedia: Geo TV or Geo Television is a Pakistani television network, founded by Mr. Mir Shakil ur Rehman in May 2002 and owned by Independent Media Corporation. →
Zimmerman ‘sorry’ for loss of Martins’ son; bond set at $150,000 – This Just In – CNN.com Blogs
After George Zimmerman took the stand during his bond hearing and told Trayvon Martin’s parents that he was sorry for the loss of their son, a Florida judge Friday set Zimmerman’s bond at $150,000.
The judge set a number of conditions, including GPS monitoring. The judge said Zimmerman wouldn’t have the opportunity to be released Friday, because his attorney and state authorities needed to hammer out the monitoring and other logistics.
Friday’s bond hearing also included testimony from one of the state’s main investigators in the case, with Zimmerman attorney Mark O’Mara challenging the state’s assertions. Under questioning, the attorney said the state didn’t have evidence to contradict Zimmerman’s account that Martin started the fight that led to the shooting, but he did say evidence did call into question other parts of Zimmerman’s account.
Zimmerman, 28, was charged on April 11 in the February death of Trayvon Martin, after the case sparked a heated, national debate over racial profiling and saw thousands of protesters demand Zimmerman’s arrest. Martin’s family contends Zimmerman racially profiled their son, who was walking back from a convenience store in Sanford, Florida.
