Mexican authorities have announced that a former presidential candidate Diego Fernandez de Cevallos has probably been kidnapped. The Attorney General in Mexico City said Mr.Fernandez's car had been found in his home in the city of Queretaro on Friday night. And the investigators had found signs of violence of the site. Mr. Fernandez is a top official of the governing PAN Party. He stood for president in 1994.
The Italian authorities have fined the Irish Airline Ryanair 4 million dollars for failing to help passengers stranded by the volcanic ash cloud which paralyzed European aviation last month. They said Ryanair had breached EU regulations by failing to provide passengers with drinks, meals and accommodation. More from Sean Fanning of our Europe desk.
Tens of thousands of flights were grounded during a week of travel chaos caused by the ash cloud from a volcano in Iceland. The Italian Civil Aviation `Authority said its own staff had to help stranded Ryanair passengers in Rome and it's cited 178 cases where the company had breached the rules. During the closure of European Airspace, Ryanair led by the combative Michael O'Leary had first said it would only refund ticket costs, but later relented and said it would stick by(忠于) the EU's rules. It has made no comment so far on the Italian fine.
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The most powerful Sudanese rebel movement in Darfur has denied that the Sudanese armed forces have killed any of its members in western Darfur. An army spokesman said more than 100 rebels had been killed, but a spokesman for the Justice and Equality Movement in Sudan, Dr.Eltahir Adam Elfaki said continuous bombardment by the Sudanese armed forces in Jebel Moon have killed civilians and displaced others to Chad.