Autopsies on 118 bodies recovered from the Aug. 14 plane crash near Athens show all passengers and crew died on impact, a chief state coroner said Sunday. Helios Flight 522 had been flying from Larnaca, Cyprus, to Athens with 115 passengers and six crew members when it crashed into a mountainous region near the village of Grammatiko. Three bodies have not been found. Investigators are examining reports that the Boeing 737-300’s pilots were incapacitated by a loss of cabin pressure.
Thailand: Half of kids live in poverty
Nearly half of Asia’s 1.27 billion children live in poverty, deprived of food, safe drinking water, health or shelter, a development agency said in a report released in Bangkok today. While 600 million children under the age of 18 lack access to one of these basic human needs, more than 350 million are deprived of two or more of the needs, said “Growing Up in Asia,” a report from the child humanitarian organization Plan. The report said that to combat poverty, the international community needs to reduce subsidies given to U.S., European and Japanese farmers and forgive billions of dollars in debt.
Egypt: Hundreds arrested in sweep
About 2,100 members of Egypt’s security forces swept through the rugged desert of the Sinai Peninsula on Sunday, arresting 300 people as they searched for terrorists involved in a series of recent bombings, security officials said. Most of the arrests took place in el-Arish, a north Sinai town near the border of Gaza and Israel, a security official said.
Zimbabwe: Park lions kill tourist
A pride of lions attacked and killed a Japanese woman visiting a Zimbabwe wildlife park, state media reported Sunday. The attack occurred Thursday at the Lion and Cheetah Park at Norton. The 50-year-old woman was about to leave the park’s 49-acre lion enclosure on foot with five people from the Japanese Embassy and park employees when one of the animals attacked,.
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