Rescuers were searching rugged, forested terrain Friday for a new Russian-made passenger plane lost over mountains in western Indonesia during a demonstration flight for potential buyers. Fifty people were on board, including diplomats, businesspeople and journalists.Search and rescue teams were deployed to the area just south of the capital, Jakarta, said Bambang Ervan, a spokesman for the Minist

World News May 10, 2012

Spain's government will effectively nationalize the nation's fourth largest bank to shore up the hurting banking sector and try to convince investors the country doesn't need a bailout like those taken by Greece, Ireland and Portugal, the Economy Ministry said Wednesday.Under the deal, (euro) 4.5 billion ($5.9 billion) in funding that Bankia SA received from Spain in 2010 and 2011 will be converte

World News May 10, 2012

Air-traffic controllers in the New York area slept on the job, watched movies on duty, left work early and repeatedly violated safety rules, a U.S. investigative agency told the White House and Congress.Controllers at the facility that monitors traffic in a radius of about 80 kilometers around New York also used careless and casual languages in communications with pilots, leading to at least one s

Social Affairs May 9, 2012

Al-Jazeera said Tuesday it has shut its English-language bureau in China after its correspondent became the first foreign journalist to be expelled from the country since 1998.Beijing's refusal to renew the visa of US citizen Melissa Chan sparked anger among press groups, which linked the decision to a documentary by the international news channel on forced prison labor in China.The Foreign Corres

World News May 8, 2012

중국에서 900만원이 넘는 지폐가 갈가리 찢긴 사건이 화제가 되고 있다고 지난 월요일 영국 데일리메일이 보도했다.린자오창(31)이 정신분열증을 앓고 있는 아내의 치료비를 위해 애써 모은 5만 위안(약 903만원)의 지폐가 아내의 손에 의해 찢겨 그 조각들을 은행에 갖고 와 도움을 청했다.찢긴 돈을 붙이는 작업을 위해 6시간 동안 모두 12명의 은행 직원이 동원됐다. 그러나 작업 끝에 겨우 지폐 한 장을 완성했을 뿐이었으며 끝내 돈 붙이는 작업을 포기했다.한편 린 씨의 안타까운 사연은 중국의 언론매체 및 소셜 미디어 사이트인 웨이보를 통해 중국 전역에 알려졌다.언론 보도 후에 두 명의 자원봉사자가 자신이 사는 지역에서 수 백 킬로미터 떨어진 청두까지 가서 린 씨을 돕고, 자선단체와 지방단체에서 성금을 보내는

Podcast May 8, 2012

Cutting back on calories is a good idea to protect the heart, and U.S. researchers say eating less also may reduce a person's risk of memory loss. Yonas Geda of the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., and colleagues looked at the association between eating and those with mild cognitive impairment.The researchers compared eating habits and diagnosis of memory loss in 1,000 participants, ages 70 and o

Technology May 8, 2012

A Texas man said he plans to install rods on his home after he was struck by lightning while sleeping in his favorite chair.Cheval Silva of Edwards County said he fell asleep while watching TV with his 5-year-old granddaughter Monday evening and he awoke thinking his house had been shot by a hunter, KSAT-TV, San Antonio, reported Friday."Searing pain in my right foot, and when I woke up, I could s

World News May 8, 2012

Prosecutors said Monday they have raided four savings banks to investigate alleged irregularities that led to their operations being suspended a day earlier.Investigators raided the head offices of Solomon Savings Bank, Mirae Savings Bank, Korea Savings Bank and Hanju Savings Bank, along with the homes of each bank's executives, prosecution officials said.In total, more than 30 locations, includin

May 7, 2012

An elderly Massachusetts man who was accused of killing and eating part of his wife died at a Boston hospital, authorities said.Jiemieng Liu, 79, died of natural causes Saturday at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital under the supervision of corrections officers, the Boston Herald reported.Liu, who was charged with murder in the April 5 death of his wife, 73-year-old Yuee Zhou, was found next to her body in

World News May 7, 2012