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Ecuador’s director of national intelligence was also among those who died in the crash. The search and recovery efforts were being hampered by a fire at the site and the difficult terrain, officials said.
NBCUniversal said its Florida-based journalist, José Alberto Suárez, who worked for CBS Miami in the 1990s, was among those killed in the crash.
NYTimes – World Ecuador’s director of national intelligence was also among those who died in the crash. The search and recovery efforts were being hampered by a fire at the site and the difficult terrain, officials said.
A luxury safari helicopter crashed in Kenya with no survivors, according to investigators there. Five of the seven people killed were Americans. Imtiaz Tyab reports.
NYTimes – World Ecuador’s director of national intelligence was also among those who died in the crash. The search and recovery efforts were being hampered by a fire at the site and the difficult terrain, officials said.
BBC News – World Michele Sensi-Contugi, and his wife Stephany Hollihan among the seven people killed in the crash.
Officials say all seven people onboard killed, including Telemundo executive and Ecuador intelligence chief Seven people, including five Americans, were killed when a safari helicopter crashed on Wednesday morning in a remote part of northern Kenya, according to local police and the state department. Among the dead were an executive with Telemundo, the US-based Spanish-language network owned by NBC Universal, and th…
Sky News – World Five Americans are among seven people killed in a helicopter crash in Kenya, the US state department has said.
BBC News – Business The billionaire tech executive finds himself mired in a personal and national security scandal.
President orders prompt investigation after one train derails in collision in al-Ayyat about 30 miles from Cairo Seven people were killed and more than 100 injured when two trains collided on Sunday south of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, officials said. The crash occurred in al-Ayyat district in Giza province, about 30 miles south of Cairo, when a train travelling to Fayoum province crashed into the rear of a train h…
NPR – World Disgraced comedian was convicted last week and was warned he faces a ‘signficant’ prison term The jury of eight men and four women deliberated for more than eight hours last week to return a unanimous verdict where they found Brand guilty on four of the seven charges. He was found guilty of one count of rape and three incidents of sexual assault. He was acquitted of two rape counts and one attempted incident. He was…
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