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12.05.2010International
* 105 dead in Tripoli airport plane crash, says official
STAFF WRITER 12:49 HRS IST
Tripoli, May 12 (AFP) A Libyan plane arriving from South Africa crashed today at Tripoli airport killing all 105 people on board, a security official told AFP.
Among the dead were 94 passengers and 11 crew members, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
There was no immediate indication of the cause of the crash, which occurred as the Afriqiyah Airways plane was landing after a flight from Johannesburg at around 6:00 am (0930 IST).
"All 94 passengers and 11 crew members who were on board were killed," the official said.
Afriqiyah Airways said on its website that it operates an Airbus fleet.
It started operations with five leased planes and signed a contract with Airbus at an exhibition in Paris in 2007 for the purchase of 11 new planes, the website said.
It was founded in April 2001 and at first fully owned by the Libyan state.
12.05.2010Business
* Rupee gains 12 paise against dollar in early trade
STAFF WRITER 9:38 HRS IST
Mumbai, May 12 (PTI) The Indian rupee appreciated by 12 paise to 45.18 a dollar in early trade today on the back of fresh capital inflows by foreign funds.
The domestic currency had closed 46 paise lower at 45.30/31 in the previous session on Tuesday.
Forex dealers said the rupee strengthened against the US currency on fresh capital inflows by foreign funds into equities and selling of dollar by banks.
Meanwhile, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex rose by 55.65 points, or 0.32 per cent to 17,197.18 in the opening trade today.
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* UK phone maker INQ to sell unlocked phones in India
STAFF WRITER 12:43 HRS IST
New Delhi, May 12 (PTI) British phone maker INQ today said it has launched unlocked versions of its handsets, which were earlier only available with Aircel network, in the open market to tap the country's burgeoning telecom market.
Locked phones can't be used with all telecom networks and usually come with the connection.
However, after the handset is unlocked it can used for any telecom service. So, the launch of INQ's unlocked handsets would enable user's to go for any telecom operator's network and not just Aircel.
"All INQ phones in the market can be easily unlocked to any network. The new batch of phones are coming in the market over the coming days would be pre-unlocked," INQ Co-founder Jeff Taylor told PTI.
12.05.2010Sports
* Viswanathan Anand retains World Chess C'ship title
STAFF WRITER 2:27 HRS IST
Sofia (Bulgaria) May 11 (PTI) World champion Viswanathan Anand today retained his crown winning the World Chess Championship title by wrapping up the final game against Veselin Topalov of Russia here.
Anand achieved an improbable win playing with black in the final game to retain the world title by 6.5-5.5 margin after the end of the 12th and final game here.
Experts over the world had predicted that Topalov, at his worst, will draw the last game under normal time control and then the match will be headed in to the rapid tiebreaker.
However, it was not to be as Topalov, trying to look for complications, went haywire in a slightly difficult position and could not recover as Anand kept dealing one lethal blow after another to notch up his fourth world title in 11 years to remain the undisputed king of the game once again.
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02.06.2010
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