MH370 report: underwater locator beacon battery had expired a year before
Malaysian authorities release the first comprehensive report into the disappearance of the missing plane but sheds little light on the mystery
The first comprehensive report into the mystery of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 has revealed that the battery of an underwater locator beacon had expired more than a year before the plane vanished in March 2014.
Apart from that anomaly, the detailed report released on Sunday devoted pages after pages to describe the complete normality of the flight, shedding little light on aviation’s biggest mystery.
“The sole objective of the investigation is the prevention of future accidents or incidents, and not for the purpose to apportion blame or liability,” said the report, which was released in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.
India is in denial about its rape culture - but then so are we
The banning of a documentary about a horrific attack on a young woman in Delhi has terrible echoes elsewhere
Hong Kong's domestic workers 'treated worse than the dogs'
Many of the hundreds of thousands of migrant domestic workers looking for a better life in Hong Kong end up exposed to abuse at the hands of their employers. Zigor Aldama reports with three women's stories.
Kamsiah (pictured above) was one of the 334,000 foreign domestic workers registered in Hong Kong. She is also one of the many who have suffered abuses at work. At 41, she left her hometown in Indonesia to work her way to a better life. However, she found herself in a nightmare.
"This is the second time I have worked in Hong Kong, and with my previous employers I had no problems," she said. "But this family treated me worse than their five dogs."
Kamsiah said she had to sleep with the animals and was barely fed with a daily bowl of rice with some vegetables. The pets, however, received all kinds of care from five o'clock in the morning.
"I had to get up at that hour to walk them," she said. "Then I would prepare breakfast, clean the house, do laundry, make lunch, do shopping, hang and iron the clothes, cook dinner, and then the lady would ask me to give her massages until the wee hours of the morning."
Saudi Arabia rejects rights criticism after flogging blogger Raif Badawi
March 8, 2015 - 7:19PM
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia defended its human rights record in its first public reaction to international criticism over last year's sentencing of liberal Saudi blogger Raif Badawi to 1000 lashes and 10 years in jail for "insulting Islam".
The first 50 of Mr Badawi's lashes were carried out in January, prompting strong criticism of the kingdom's rights record from Western countries, including its laws on political and religious expression and the status of Saudi women.
"Saudi Arabia expresses its intense surprise and dismay at what is being reported by some media about the case of citizen Raif Badawi and his sentence," a statement attributed to an unnamed "Foreign Ministry official" said.
Four suicide bombings in Nigeria. Is this Boko Haram's last gasp? (+video)
Five attacks - including four suicide bombings - that have left 54 people dead in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Saturday have been attributed to Boko Haram, which pledged allegiance to ISIS on Saturday. Is Boko Haram trying to keep a dying insurgency alive, or simply shifting in tactics?
Four suicide bombings in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri Saturday left at least 54 people dead and 143 injured, according to The Associated Press.
The attacks occurred over a four-hour period in locations that included a fish market and a bus station, both very crowded places, Police Commissioner Clement Adoda told the wire service.
A fifth blast from a car bomb at a military checkpoint outside the city wounded one soldier and two members of a civilian self-defense unit. The worst of the attacks killed 18 people after one suicide bomber set himself off in a tricycle taxi at the entrance to the Baga fish market, according to the same report.
Colombia landmines: Farc to help army clear minefields
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- Latin America & Caribbean
Colombia's government and Farc rebels have agreed to work together to remove landmines in rural areas of the country where they have fought since the 1960s.
The announcement was made in Cuba, where both sides have been engaged in peace talks for more than two years.
Under the deal, Farc rebels will work alongside members of the military to remove the landmines and other explosive devices.
Colombia is one of the most heavily mined countries in the world.
More than 11,000 people have been injured or killed by landmines in Colombia over the past 15 years.
"The proposal for demining is a first step, but a giant step toward making peace," said Colombian government chief negotiator Humberto de la Calle.
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