Six times so far this year, air traffic controllers at US airport have fallen asleep on the job. The most recent was just last week when a medical flight carrying a sick patient had to land on its own in Nevada when the pilot couldn't get through to a snoozing controller on night duty. Two aircraft had to land unaided here in Washington after the controller of there nodded off. The same person at Seattle airport is reportedly to have fallen asleep at least three times on the job before being suspended.
叙利亚电视台称总统将释放部分反政府示威人员
Syrian state television says President Bashar Assad has ordered the release of hundreds of people detained during the recent anti-government protests. Reports said only those involved in what we described as criminal acts were remained in detention. Andrew Bolton reports.
Anti-government protests broke out a month ago. The government has reacted with some force. Syria’s main pro-democracy groups says more than 200 people have been killed. The government's decision to set free many of those arrested recently is certainly a concession of some kind, but whether it will be enough to calm the mood is open to question. President Assad sacked his Cabinet two weeks ago but that failed to stop the protests. He’s just announced the formation of a new government in the hope that might help to do the trick.
意大利籍和平人士在加沙地带遭杀害