[ABC] Frustrated travelers experienced long waits at airports worldwide on Monday as Delta Air Lines grounded all flights due to a computer system outage.
Delta's official Twitter account offered up a slew of apologies to annoyed fliers who tweeted their complaints to @Delta. Fox news reporting, same subject.
Chirpy 'coordinator' here in office booked me on the 'D' via Cleveland Hopkins to fly west.
Adds 4-6 hours to my flight times, but I'm sure it was cheaper somehow.
Glad 'connector' wasn't Hartsfield.
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How long does it take to reboot a global flight scheduling system? Some inept airlines administrators are busy firing their IT Operations staff. Maybe the last 'glowing' audit bears some retro-spection.
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from flyertalk: According to the flight captain of JFK-SLC this morning, a routine scheduled switch to the backup generator this morning at 2:30am caused a fire that destroyed both the backup and the primary. Firefighters took a while to extinguish the fire. Power is now back up and 400 out of the 500 servers rebooted, still waiting for the last 100 to have the whole system fully functional.
CINCINNATI -- Delta flights to and from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport have resumed after delays and cancelations affected Delta flights worldwide, Delta Air Lines officials said.
At 8:45 a.m. Monday, Delta said the airline's "ground stop has been lifted and limited departures are resuming" but "cancelations and delays continue." At 9:18 a.m., CVG tweeted that Delta flights have resumed normal operation. However, lines are still long and delays and cancelations can still be expected.
The cancelations are due a power outage in Atlanta that caused computer malfunctions for the company across the globe. Delta officials said in a statement that the outage began at around 2:30 a.m.
Delta customers traveling today through Friday are eligible for a waiver for rescheduled flights. Read more here.
I guess the general public doesn't need to know exactly how the power outage occurred. Good find, SteveS.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A young girl was rubbed out by her brother in northeastern Badakhshan province of Afghanistan with circumstances surrounding the murder yet to be ascertained.
Local officials in Badakhshan said the incident took place early on Saturday in Keshm district.
The provincial government media office in a statement also confirmed the incident and said the victim was around 15-year-old and was a student of 8th grade.
The statement further added that the victim has been identified as Chaman Gul and an investigation is underway regarding the murder of the woman.
Police forces have incarcerated Book 'im, Mahmoud! the brother of the victim and is in police custody for further investigation, the statement added.
This comes as numerous incidents involving murder of women have been reported during the recent weeks across the country.
The Talibs executed a 19-year-old girl in Sar-e-Pul province of Afghanistan last week while a 22-year-old woman was rubbed out earlier by her relatives on charges of having relations with an stranger over the telephone.
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[AlAhram] A number of parliamentary committees have approved new cooperation agreements with Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , covering the two areas of peaceful nuclear power and naval transport
[Dhaka Tribune] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked North Korean Mission’s First Secretary Han Son Ik to leave the country by Monday, a diplomatic source told Dhaka Tribune.
Customs officials seized a large batch of tobacco and electronic products, worth Tk3.5 crore, from the Kamalapur Inland Container Depot (ICD) last month.The North Korean diplomat purportedly brought the items without due process.
The National Board of Revenue wrote to Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque to take action against the diplomat for importing goods illegally.
In March last year, Bangladesh expelled another North Korean diplomat after he was caught smuggling $1.4 million worth of gold. Customs officials found Son Young Nam, then first secretary of the embassy, trying to smuggle 27kg of gold into Bangladesh.
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[MIRROR.CO.UK] The Rio 2016 Olympic games have been rocked by more trouble after it emerged the Olympic security chief had been attacked after he left the opening ceremony.
The Olympics security chief was attacked as he left the Games opening ceremony by a knife-wielding robber who was rubbed out by a cop. Felipe Seixas was walking to his car near the Maracanã Stadium early on Saturday when he was set upon by four men brandishing knives.
A policeman with him shot one of the assailants dead and the others fled.
Unlike here in the U.S., in Brazil there will be hardly anyone who cares...
Authorities have attempted to hush up details of the shooting, which is a monumental embarrassment to crime-plagued Rio 2016 bosses.
The security chief himself became a mugging target after committing 10,000 security forces to protect the extravaganza.
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It should be noted that in all six of these incidents, four Russian aircraft were shot down by elements friendly to the Russian military, including their own troops. It also should be noted that the tiny Georgia air force, after an initial bombing raid in South Ossetia at the beginning of the war was not a factor in the fighting.
And for all the guffaws, finger waving, finger pointing, and haw haws that will follow in the comments, this information was put together by a Russian blogger using publicly available sources.
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The text says that for some unknown reason the aircraft dropped from 12,000 meters to 4,000 meters before it was shot down. The platform used was the 9K33 Osa (SA-8A "Gecko")
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] North Korea has accused Washington of planning a pre-emptive nuclear strike, after the US announced it would deploy its B-1 bomber in the Pacific for the first time in a decade.
The strategic aircraft were to be deployed on Saturday on the US island of Guam, the US military said last month, describing the operation as a routine rotation with the B-52 bomber.
Tensions have been running high since North Korea carried out its fourth nuclear test in January, followed by a barrage of missile launches that this month reached Japanese waters directly for the first time.
Pyongyang accused Washington of "becoming all the more pronounced in their moves to topple down the DPRK by mobilizing all nuclear war hardware," using North Korea’s official title.
"The enemies are bluffing that they can mount a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the DPRK by letting fly B-1B over the Korean peninsula within two-three hours in contingency," said an English-language statement on state media.
"Such moves for bolstering nuclear force exposes again that the US imperialists are making a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the DPRK a fait accompli."
North Korea has threatened "physical action" over the planned deployment of a sophisticated US anti-missile system in South Korea, known as THAAD.
Tensions on the divided Korean peninsula are also building ahead of an annual South Korea-US military exercise later this month.
On July 29, the US Air Force said it would upgrade its hardware on Guam, a US territory in the western Pacific, by sending the B-1 for the first time since April 2006.
"The B-1 will provide US Pacific Command and its regional allies and partners with a credible, strategic power projection platform," it said in a statement.
Pyongyang has repeatedly warned it may carry out pre-emptive nuclear strikes against the South and US targets, domestic and abroad. Ultimately, the North wants to be able to strike on the continental US.
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...I suppose no one has pointed out to Fat Boy that if we really wanted to hit him, we could do so and no one would know a thing about it until it was all over (to paraphrase a line from The Hunt For Red October).
Mike
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I wouldn't lose a minute of sleep if we did.
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[DAWN] CHITRAL: Chitral police have enjugged You have the right to remain silent... a man from Harchin village here who has been nominated in the suicide case of a second-year girl. The girl studying in a private college ended her life by eating poisonous substance on Friday morning.
Chitral police front man Inspector Buzurgud Din told Dawn the accused had allegedly attacked the girl a year ago while she was coming to college after which a case had been registered against him.
The villagers said the case was being heard in the court but the girl ended her life apparently due to frustration over delay in dispensation of justice to her.
They said she was an orphan as her father had died many years ago while she was a child and had no support to defend her in the court.
The accused was peon at government high school, Harchin, when he attacked the girl last year, after which he was transferred to district education office, Chitral.
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[DAWN] ISLAMABAD: A man was incarcerated Book 'im, Mahmoud! on the charge of being involved in kidnapping children during a raid jointly conducted by the capital and Lahore police.
Police officials on Saturday said the suspect was wanted by the capital police in connection with four cases registered with the Aabpara, Ramna and Loi Bher police. Besides, he was also wanted by the police of different districts in Punjab, including Lahore, Rawalpindi and Jhang.
The police said the suspect was allegedly involved in about 40 to 50 kidnapping cases.
The officials said the accused also kidnapped women and made pornographic films. They said the suspect had a woman partner and the two kidnapped children and sold them. They also kidnapped children and demanded ransom for their release.
When contacted, the investigation office of the case, Assistant Sub-Inspector Murtaza, told Dawn that the man was arrested during a raid in Jauhar Town, Lahore. The suspect was wanted by the Ramna police in connection with the kidnapping of a boy in April this year.
The police brought the suspect to the capital city and obtained his two-day physical remand, he added.
A police officer on the condition of anonymity told Dawn that in April the suspect allegedly kidnapped a boy from G-10 but three hours later the boy was found at the G-10 Markaz.
He said the Ramna police were only investigating the case registered with it, adding after the investigation the suspect would be sent to jail on a judicial remand from where other districts police may take him into custody in connection with cases registered with them.
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[DAWN] LAHORE: A pregnant woman was torched to death allegedly by her brother-in-law over a family dispute in Shadbagh on Saturday.
Police claimed Sidra, 23, belonging to Shakargarh tehsil in Narowal district, was married to her cousin Waqas Ali of Bhagatpura, Shadbagh, two years ago.
On Saturday afternoon, Sidra was sleeping and the other family members were away when her husband’s elder brother, Waris Ali, came with a container of petrol. He went to the room where Sidra was sleeping, sprinkled petrol there, set it on fire and fled after locking it from outside. "Heh heh! No one will ever know!"
Police said his sister’s six-year-old daughter, who was playing in the street, raised hue and cry after seeing fire in the house. Neighbours tried to extinguish the fire and also alerted police and Rescue 1122.
Firefighters reached the spot and put off the blaze in 30 minutes and recovered the woman’s body. Police shifted the body to morgue for an appointment with Dr. Quincy.
Shadbagh police registered a murder case against Waris and his other family members on the complaint of victim’s father Liaquat Ali.
Station House Officer Mudassirullah Khan said they were alerted by neighbours about a fire but it was revealed that a woman had been torched to death by her brother-in-law over a property dispute. He said raids were being conducted to arrest the suspect.
City Division Superintendent of Police (SP) Operations Muhammad Naveed told Dawn Sidra was burnt to death by her brother-in-law over a property dispute. She was previously engaged to Waris, but when he went abroad his family married her off to his younger brother.
He said Waris worked in Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... and learnt about the marriage only when he returned. The suspect had developed a grudge against his brother and his former fiancée over the marriage as well as a property dispute and according to locals they often quarrelled over the issue.
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[DAWN] A worker of Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... , who was in jug, died while under treatment at Jinnah Post-Graduate Medical Centre on Sunday, party and hospital officials confirmed.
"The patient, Mohammed Waheed was brought at the JPMC for treatment from Central Prison on July 22 he expired on today during treatment in medical intensive care unit," said Dr. Seemin Jamali, head of the emergency department of the hospital.
The senior doctor added the patient was suffering from "necrotizing fasciitis, uncontrollable sugar level, septic shock and acute myo-cardial infraction."
An official source in the JPMC’s medico-legal section told Dawn that no autopsy was conducted as neither the family nor the jail administration or police asked for conducting post-mortem examination of his body.
"There were no torture marks, he was a diabetic patient who had suffered foot injuries and his health deteriorated," added the source.
However, some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them... the MQM alleged in their press statement that their worker, Waheed Shiekh, died "in jug due to torture and ill treatment by law enforcement agency."
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[KDKA] Jeni Stepien lost her dad 10 years ago, but with the help of his organ recipient, her dad will be there to walk her down the aisle on her wedding day.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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[ABC] Frustrated travelers experienced long waits at airports worldwide on Monday as Delta Air Lines grounded all flights due to a computer system outage.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A young girl was 
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[DAWN] LAHORE: A pregnant woman was torched to death allegedly by her brother-in-law over a family dispute in Shadbagh on Saturday.
