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SecurityNEW HUMANITARIAN ROME-BAGHDAD FLIGHT
ROME, ITALY, Organized by Cargosped and respecting Onu's rules, by the end of March an humanitarian flight will depart for Baghdad, it will transport free of charge first necessity products, such as medicines,... more
SecurityA CUBIC METER OF DUNG IN FRONT OF MILAN BA HEADQUARTERS
MILAN, ITALY, "Potere Contadino 2001" an Italian agricultural organization, in order to protest against Great Britain where the first cases of "mad cow" have been reported, with a provocative action,... more
SecurityAGUSTA-CORPS OF FOREST RANGERS: TOMORROW TAR'S JUDGMENT
ROME, Tomorrow Administrative Regional Court (TAR) of Lazio, Italy, would have to put an end to Augusta-Italian Corps of Forest Rangers litigation: the helicopter company protested against the advertisement... more
SecurityUSA LABORATORIES DEVELOP A NEW, NON LETHAL WEAPON
TEXAS, USA, A Pentagon spokesman announced realization of a new, non lethal weapon, which has been developed by U.S. Air force laboratories in New Mexico and Texas, in a developement project worth 40 USDm.... more
SecurityPILOTS SUICIDES ON A TB-20
ROUSSILLON , FRANCE, Jaques Delafaye, 55, former Herault-Languedoc-Roussillon aero-club president, crashed volutarily on the runway to suicide. His pilot's license withdrawed due to his psycological... more
Security2500 YOUNG SOLDIERS RELEASED IN SUDAN WITH UNICEF AIR LIFT
SUDAN, More than 2500 children between eight and eighteen years old, which were used as soldiers, have been released in southern Sudan in the last five days thanks to a Unicef air lift. According to the... more
SecurityU.S. AIRCRAFTS ATTACK A IRAQI RADAR SITE
IRAQ, U.S. fighters attacked near Mosul, in no-fly zone, a radar and anti-aircraft Iraqi site, which have targeted it. Is the second attack in the last days. An Iraqi spokesman denied the attack, which... more
SecurityWOMAN IN AVIATION CONFERENCE
ANAHEIM, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, In the Heli Expo 2001, president of Women inAviation International (WAI), Peggy Baty Chabrian, announced that the annual meeting will be held from February 22 to March... more
SecurityALITALIA'S CHAIRMAN HANDLES HIS RESIGNATIONS
ROME (ITALY), An ALITALIA bulletin announce the resignation of Domenico Cempella, the ALITALIA chairman. He sent the usual communication to his board of directors president and to trade-union college... more
SecurityWAPA CLOSES NEWS SPREADING
ROME, WAPA editorial staff announces the closing of news spreading for today. We wish you a nice evening and we will resume our work tomorrow morning. more
SecurityWAPA STARTS NEWS SPREADING
ROME, ITALY, Good morning from WAPA editorial staff. We start our news spreading. more
SecurityAIR ATTACK ON IRAQ, THREE KILLED
BAGHDAD, According to iraqi newsagency american and british planes have killed three people in an attack on civilian targets in the southern province of al-Muthanna, three-hundred-and-fifty kilometres... more
SecurityMILITANTS ASSAULT KASHMIR AIRPORT
KASHMIR, Rebels attacked the Srinagarin's airport, capital of Indian-administered Kashmir Police's sources said that the heavily-armed men attacked the main gate of the airport and that in the exchange... more
SecurityDEPLETED URANIUM (3): THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF WAR CRIME WILL GIVE INFORMATIONS ABOUT URANIUM
HAGUE, An International Court for the Balkan war's crimes spkesman said that about use of the uranium in Kosovo from NATO it is in course an inquiry and that it will come put to disposition all informations... more
SecurityDEPLETED URANIUM (2): SUMMIT TUESDAY
ROME, A Foreign ministry's spokesman said that NATO and the political Alliance's Committee will meet on January 9 to discuss about depleted uranium upon Italian request. NATO would have demonstrated... more
SecurityCHOSEN THE NEW MINISTERS FOR ADMINISTRATION BUSH
U.S.A., He will be the democratic Norman Mineta, current minister of the Commerce of the Clinton administration, the minister of the Transports for the government who is being formed the neo-president... more
SecurityWAPA'S LAST NEW FOR THE YEAR 2000: THANKS AND BEST WISHES
ROME, WAPA's editorial staff, drawing near the new year's eve, wants to express its thanks to all the people who supported and helped the huge growth of the editorial activity of the agency. The... more
SecurityATTEMPTED HIJACK ON A BA FLIGHT
LONDON-NAIROBI, The man, whose identity is not known, broke into the cockpit of a plane flying from London to Nairobi and tried to take control of the aircraft disengaging the autopilot. The plane was... more
SecurityPROBABLY TWO DIED IN HELICOPTER ACCIDENT IN ALTO ADIGE, ITALY
SARENTINO, ALTO ADIGE, ITALY, An Ecureuil B3 helicopter owned by Aeroveneta, an Italian helicopter company based at Vipiteno, near Bolzano, crashed this afternoon causing pilot's death and probably the... more
SecurityITALIAN CORPS OF FORESTERS CALL FOR TENDERS
ROME, Italian State Corps of Foresters invited tenders for 10-years maintenance, technical staff's training and forniture of 33 single-engine helicopters and of 16 twice-engine helicopters. Maximum... more
SecurityEU APPROVED LTU'S JOINED CONTROL
BRUSSELS, Eu approved the acquisition of German airline LTU by Swiss airline Sairgroup, Rewe group and German bank Oppenheim. more
SecurityHIGH-TECH RESOURCES TRACK SANTA'S ROUTE
NEW YORK, The North American Aerospace Defense Command, known as NORAD, will be charged with the holiday mission and will use "satellites, radars, and the pilots of NORAD's Canadian and American jet fighters"... more
SecurityTHREE GB SOLDIERS CHARGED OVER KILLING
KOSOVO, Three British soldiers from 1st Battalion of the Parachute Regiment, and belonging to NATO's KFOR forces, have been charged over the killing of two allegedly members of the Kosovo Liberation Army... more
SecurityINTERNET: NEW SUFFIXES FOR AVIATION INDUSTRY DOMAINS
CALIFORNIA, The Internet Corporation for Assigned names and numbers provided a new batch of domain names. The decision capped a five years discussion and helped ease the dot-com name crunch. The new suffixes,... more
SecurityGERMAN MINISTER OF TRANSPORT RESIGNED
BERLIN, Reinhardt Kimm, german minister of Transport, involved in a scandal when he was the president of Saarbrucken football association, resigned, as it was demanded by the opposition party. Reinhard... more
SecurityGREAT BRITAIN: MAN ARRESTED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO HIJACK AN AIRCRAFT
UK, A man attempting to hijack an aircraft en route to London-Gatwick airport has been jailed for four years by a British court. The man, from Trinidad and Tobago and identified as Auburn Mason, thretened... more
SecurityIRAQ TO GRANT ASYLUM TO HIJACKERS
IRAQ, Iraq granted political asylum to two arabs who hijacked a saudi plane last month forcing it to fly to Baghdad. The new was officially reported by the Iraqi Foreign Minister, Mohammed Said al Sahhaf.... more
SecurityBRUSSELS: STRIKE CALLED BY LUGGAGE HANDLERS AFTER ROBBERY AT AIRPORT
BRUSSELS, Laggage handlers called a strike to protest against the lack of safety after the robbery at airport. On Tuesday there was a robbery on a Lufthansa plane, parked in the airfield, carrying five... more
SecuritySRI LANKA AVIATION BOMBED TAMIL REBELS
SRI LANKA, Forty people have been killed in the bombings of Sri Lanka aviation over Tamil rebels bases. The isle, located in the south of India, is place of a civil war in which air forces play a main... more
SecurityTWO U.S. FIGHTERS STRAYINTO NORTH KOREAN AIR SPACE
WAPA-PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA, KCNA, the official north korean press agency, reported that two U.S. fighters flew over the zone of Kaesong, about ten km north of borderline with South Korea. The "immediate... more