Friday, September 30, 2011

And Now News for the Day Friday September 30







Here are today’s News briefs from Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Libya, Britain, New Orleans. Here is some information to read, to reflect upon. Some of these events and issues require our prayers.


Earlier this month an All Nippon Airways Boeing 737-700 with 117 people aboard dropped 6,000ft in 30 seconds and rolled more than 130 degrees over the Pacific on a night flight from the southern Japanese island of Okinawa to Tokyo.

The passenger jet nose-dived and rolled almost upside down after the co-pilot hit the wrong controls while trying to open the cockpit door so the captain could return from a toilet break.



The Hong Kong High Court ruled that immigration laws barring foreign maids from applying for permanent residency violated the territory's mini--constitution.

Indonesia praised the 'benchmark' Hong Kong court ruling Friday that could allow thousands of its nationals to settle in the Chinese city and said it might open the way for similar action elsewhere.


Moussa Ibrahim, spin doctor for Muammar Gaddafi, has been captured by rebel forces while driving close to the city of Sirte, according to military commanders.

Officers from the National Transitional Council said fighters from Misrata found Ibrahim in a car close to Sirte, Gaddafi's birthplace, and seized him. Initial and unconfirmed reports even suggested Ibrahim was captured while disguised as a woman.


Britain’s government is preparing to raise the motorway speed limit from 70 mph to 80 mph. The motorway speed limit was established in 1965.


Retired Archbishop Philip M. Hannan, 98, was the leader of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans for more than 20 years. He died on Thursday at a hospice in New Orleans. The archbishop was a confidant to President John F. Kennedy. He also delivered the eulogy for President Kennedy in 1963.

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