US pilot inexperience contributed to Brazil air crash: report

BRASILIA: Lack of experience by two US pilots flying a private jet that collided midair with a Brazilian airliner in 2006 contributed to the deadly crash of the latter, an official report Wednesday said.

The document, by the Brazilian Air Force, blamed the US pilots and Brazilian air traffic controllers for the disaster, which killed all 154 people on board the Boeing 737 owned by the Brazilian airline Gol in September 2006.

It said the pilots, Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino, were unfamiliar with the Embraer Legacy jet they were flying.

They had just picked up the small aircraft in Sao Jose dos Campos, outside Sao Paulo, and were heading to the United States at 37,000 feet when their aircraft clipped the Boeing going in the other direction at the same altitude.

The airliner crashed into the Amazon rainforest.

Lepore and Paladino managed to land safely with their five passengers despite part of the Legacy jet's tail being sheared off.

The report was released after Air Force officers met with families of those killed on the Boeing to discuss its contents. Several of the relatives were seen leaving after the meeting in a distraught state.

"They killed my son," yelled one woman, Teresa Guedes, mother of Carlos de Souza Guedes, a 28-year-old passenger on the Gol flight.

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Obama to pick Chinese-American scientist as energy secretary

WASHINGTON: US President-elect Barack Obama is expected to nominate Steven Chu, a prominent Chinese-American scientist for the post of energy secretary, media reports said.

Obama will also pick Lisa Jackson for environmental protection agency (EPA) administrator and former Clinton administration EPA director Carol Browner as his energy czar.

Chu, whose father came from China, is director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a co-winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in physics.

Jackson is the head of the Department of Environmental Protection in New Jersey, where she has earned mixed reviews.

The formal announcements will be made in the coming weeks, according to news reports.

Meanwhile, reports said Obama will formally nominate former Senate leader Tom Daschle to be secretary for health and human services Thursday.

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Bolta Pakistan –8th December 2008

Mushtaq Minhas and Nusrat Javed present another fresh episode of Bolta Pakistan and talk with Intizar Hussain.


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Live With Talat – 8th December 2008

Syed Talat Hussain bring fresh episode of Live With Talat in AAJ TV guests include Nasir Sultan(Shahruh Khan Fanes ), Andeleep Shahid Columnist, Nadeem Begh, Muhammad Elyas (Nasir- Uncial).


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Capital Talk – 8th December 2008

Hamid Mir bring a fresh episode guests include Dr. Semar Mubarakmand Atomic Scientist, Dr. farzana Bari Prof. Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Arfan Siddiqui Columnist Daily Jang, Praem Shankar Indian Journalist, Dr. Mubashar Hussain Analyat.
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Second Opinion – 8th December 2008

Asma Sherazi presents fresh episode of Second Opinion & talk With Dr. Ishtiaque Ahmed Analyst, Mushahid Hussain Shairman SFAC, Dr. Rasul Rais Analyst, Omma Shankar Indian Journalist.

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Meray Mutabiq - 7th December 2008

Another episode of Meray Mutabiq by Dr Shahid Masood again regarding the current Pakistan India Relations.


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Kal Tak - 7th December 2008

Javed Chaudhry brings another fresh episode of Kal Tak and discuss the violence in Karachi with Chaudhry Imtiaz Safdar (PPP), Pervez Khan (ANP) and Syed Manawar Hassan (JI).

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Meray Mutabiq - 6th December 2008

Another episode of Meray Mutabiq by Dr Shahid Masood regarding the current Pakistan India Relations.

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English Premier League: Liverpool wins 3-1 against Blackburn

MANCHESTER: Liverpool defeated Blackburn 3-1 to maintain a 1-point lead in English soccer’s Premier League over Chelsea, which won at Bolton 2-0.

Xabi Alonso, Yossi Benayoun and Steve Gerrard scored in the final 22 minutes to give Liverpool the away win. Nicolas Anelka and Deco had the goals as Chelsea set a record with its 11th consecutive away win in the top flight.

Manchester United got a late goal in beating Sunderland 1-0, while Arsenal also won 1-0 over Wigan. Hull came from behind to beat Middlesbrough 2-1, Stoke rallied to tie Newcastle 2-2 and Fulham and Manchester City tied 1-1.

Alonso broke the deadlock at Blackburn’s Ewood Park with a goal in the 68th minute and Benayoun doubled Liverpool’s lead 11 minutes later when he fired a shot past Paul Robinson.

Roque Santa Cruz scored for Blackburn, which is 19th in the 20-team standings, in the 86th minute, but Gerrard clinched the victory for Liverpool in stoppage time.

Liverpool improves to 37 points after 16 of 38 games, while Chelsea has 36 following its record-setting victory.

“It was good, we know this is a difficult team to play against,” Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez told Sky Sports. “The first goal in the second half was the difference.”

Anelka opened the scoring at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium in the ninth minute. It was his league-leading 13th goal of the season and his 99th in the Premier League.

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