Missing Air France Flight 447
RIO DE JANEIRO - BRAZIL'S government confirmed late on Tuesday that debris spotted by aircraft in the Atlantic Ocean came from a missing Air France flight that had been carrying 228 people when it vanished without a trace.
Defence Minister Nelson Jobim told a media conference in Rio de Janeiro 'there are no doubts' that jet fuel slicks and debris, including a seat from a plane, were from flight AF 447, which had been flying from Rio to Paris early Monday when it went missing.
LAHORE (Pakistan) - A PAKISTANI court ordered the release on Tuesday of the founder of banned Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba because there was insufficient evidence to link him to last year's deadly Mumbai attacks. India immediately condemned the ruling.
The Lahore High Court's decision to free Hafiz Mohammed Saeed from house arrest came as tensions are spiking in Pakistan's northwest along the Afghan border.
PARIS - PRESIDENT Barack Obama told French television viewers on Tuesday that the West should renew its dialogue with Islam, calling the United States 'one of the largest Muslim countries of the world.'
Speaking to Canal+ television in Washington before setting off on a tour of the Middle East and Europe, Mr Obama said he would use a planned speech in Cairo to set out a new framework for American relations in the region.
MADRID - BRAZILIAN playmaker Kaka has signed for Real Madrid from AC Milan in a 65-million-euro deal (S$134 million), Spanish radio station Cadena Ser reported on Tuesday.
Newly-installed Real president Florentino Perez sealed the deal with AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani and Bosco Leite, father and agent of the 2007 world and European player of the year, Cadena Ser said.
