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Putin critic arrested at protest
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is arrested as he joins a protest in Moscow, hours after being given a suspended sentence for fraud.
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Travel firms sue cheap airfare site
United Airlines and travel firm Orbitz have launched legal action against a site that finds cheap airfares.
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AirAsia says debris is missing plane
Indonesian officials confirm that bodies and debris found in Indonesia’s Java Sea are from AirAsia flight QZ8501 that went missing on Sunday.
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Albania seamen die in ferry recovery
Two Albanian seamen are killed on a tugboat towing the Italian Norman Atlantic ferry, which was hit by a deadly fire in stormy seas on Sunday.
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Bodies recovered in search for AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501
Indonesian officials have confirmed at least 40 bodies have been found in the ongoing search for missing AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501. Many have been recovered from the scene, with debris also sighted. The bodies were spotted in the Java Sea off the Indonesian part of Borneo.
Ebola case confirmed on-board British Airways flight
A healthcare worker returning from west Africa has been diagnosed with the Ebola virus after arriving in the United Kingdom on a British Airways flight. The female patient arrived in Glasgow on BA 1478 on Sunday, following connections in London Heathrow and Casablanca in Morocco.
Dubai Airports maintains upward trajectory
Dubai Airports maintained its growth trajectory in the second half of 2014 with passenger traffic at Dubai International rising 4.3 per cent in November, according to the latest traffic report issued by operator Dubai Airports. Passenger traffic in November 2014 totalled 5,565,509, up 4.3 per cent from the 5,337,544 passengers recorded in the same month in 2013.
Transaero strikes financial rescue deal with Russian government
Transaero Airlines, Russia’s second largest carrier, has expressed its “utmost gratitude” to financial authorities after receiving $170 million in debt guarantees from the government. In a statement the airline thanked the Russian ministry of finance, the transport ministry, the Federal Air Transport Agency, and the State Corporation Bank for Development for their financial support.
Sony hackers ‘shared’ stolen logins
Data that helped hackers access Sony’s internal network came from another group targeting the firm, reports the Washington Post.
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