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ELECTRONICS 
December 1, 2018 Electronics Failure Grounds German Chancellor Merkel’s A340 En Route to G20
German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Hamburg, Germany in 2013. (Glyn Lowe PhotoWorks, CC) An Airbus A340-300 carrying German Chancellor Angela Merkel had to make an emergency landing in Cologne, Germany, on Nov. 29 after an electronics failure while flying over the Netherlands. The plane, which was operated by the German air force, had a communications […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
June 16, 2017 Unesco declares Garden Route biosphere reserve; S Africa
Johannesburg, Jun 15 (PTI) The South African government has welcomed the declaration of the scenic Garden Route in its Western Cape province as a Unesco biosphere reserve. Unesco members voted in favour of the inclusion of the Garden Route as a biosphere reserve at a meeting in Paris today. “The positive response to the application […]
