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Air France, Airbus face trial over 2009 Rio-Paris disaster
Air France, Airbus face trial over 2009 Rio-Paris disaster
World
by  AFP

Air France and aircraft maker Airbus go on trial in Paris on Monday on charges of involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 crash of a flight from Brazil, killing all 228 people aboard. Its president, Daniele Lamy, said that instead of trying to pin the blame on the pilots, "We want this trial to be that of Airbus and Air France."

UK train commuters hit by further strikes over pay
UK train commuters hit by further strikes over pay
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Train passengers in Britain faced severe disruption on Saturday, with only one in five services running as railway workers staged another walkout over wages. Railway workers staged another walkout on Wednesday and also took strike action last Saturday, resulting in only 11 percent of trains running nationwide.

Moscow says blast damages key Crimea-Russia bridge
Moscow says blast damages key Crimea-Russia bridge
World
by  AFP

Moscow announced Saturday that a truck explosion ignited a huge fire and severely damaged the key Kerch bridge -- built as Russia's sole land link with annexed Crimea -- and vowed to find the perpetrators without immediately blaming Ukraine. It is hugely important to the Kremlin and Moscow had maintained the bridge crossing was safe despite the fighting.

Tunisia coastguard struggles to rein in migrant boats
Tunisia coastguard struggles to rein in migrant boats
World
by  AFP

As dawn breaks over the Mediterranean, Tunisian coastguards intercept a flimsy craft packed with migrants, bringing their dream of reaching Europe to an end -- for now. In just one night early this week, the coastguard intercepted 130 African migrants, including children and babies, on four craft attempting the crossing from the central region of Sfax.