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Brendan Rodgers frustrated after loss to Chelsea

2014-04-27T12:40:00.001-07:00

Brendan Rodgers frustrated after loss to Chelsea

IleJadi - Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers suggested that Chelsea had 'parked two buses' after seeing his side go down 2-0 to their title rivals at Anfield.

Demba Ba opened the scoring just before the break after Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard had slipped, allowing the striker to latch onto the ball before nutmegging the advancing Simon Mignolet.

Willian then made sure of the win after a pass from fellow substitute Fernando Torres for a breakaway goal in injury time, with the result seeing Liverpool's lead at the top cut to just two points.

Manchester City sit three points off the Reds in third position, with a game in hand and a better goal difference as the title race looks set to go right to the wire.

Rodgers told Sky Sports News: "Congratulations to Chelsea, they won the game, we just couldn't find the breakthrough.

"They obviously sat very deep. I think there were two buses parked today, never mind one.

"It was like a back six with three midfield players in front of that. That's 10, with the goalkeeper, for 90 minutes consistently behind the ball.

"Unless you get that early goal, it doesn't entice them to come out. It was clear that they'd come certainly not wanting to win the game, with the time-wasting and whatnot.

"The players gave everything and we couldn't quite get that wee bit of luck."

Rodgers was reluctant to praise Mourinho, adding: "I don't think it's a tactic. Anyone can ask a team to just sit back and defend on the edge of the box.

"It's the nature of how Chelsea play. They've got some wonderful players but they play a defensive game and hope to hit you on the counter-attack or with a mistake.

"We were disappointed with the goal, it's just one of those things. There's no blame for Stevie. I said to him he's been a wonderful player for this club and he's a massive part of why we are where we are."

Should City and Liverpool both win all their remaining games, they will finish level on points and City currently have a superior goal difference.

Rodgers said: "The bigger picture is that we're still two points ahead of a team that has spent an absolute fortune. If we win our two games we'll finish above them and then we'll see what happens with Manchester City.

"We achieved our objective of Champions League football and we just go on to our next game against Crystal Palace. Today's game will probably prepare us for that because of the nature of how Crystal Palace play."

‘Jesus Wife’ Fragment Holds Questions for Christians

2014-04-10T08:34:00.002-07:00

‘Jesus Wife’ Fragment Holds Questions for Christians

IleJadi - Twelve centuries ago, an Egyptian community thought Jesus had a wife. Our reaction says as much about modern faith as any ancient one

Scholars at the Harvard Theological Review announced Thursday that they see no evidence of forgery in an ancient text mentioning “Jesus’ wife.” The fragment of parchment made waves 18 months ago when scholars first made its discovery public. But before jumping to any conclusions, here’s what’s most important to keep in mind.

Carbon dating of the “Jesus Wife” fragment dates the text to the 8th century in Egypt. That is some five hundred years after the official Biblical text was already agreed upon, even by the latest dating estimates. The point of the fragment has never been to prove that Jesus was or wasn’t married—the gospels themselves, written within a hundred or so years of Jesus’ death, are silent on that point.

Today it is easy to imagine that the Bible has always been one cohesive book. But it actually took centuries for early church leaders and theologians to agree on what letters, gospels, and writings counted as “canonical,” allowed to be counted as the official Word of God. Hundreds of different gospel writers and authors wrote hundreds of texts about God and Jesus. Today we have fragments upon fragments of these documents, some are quite long, some are no more than a word, or a half a word.

While not all of them were accepted as Scripture, they do tell us something about how communities worshiped and what was important to them. So, if the parchment fragment is indeed authentic, it tells us that there was at least one community of believers that imagined that Jesus did have a wife, and it meant enough to how they lived their spiritual lives that they recorded it in a parchment. Without more information, we are left to imagine what that meant for how they allowed women to work in churches or what role they gave women in society.

It also tells us something about our own contemporary views about God. We are fascinated with the idea that maybe, a God made human could have married. We wonder what implications that has for how we should view women, especially in a time when Pope Francis seems to be nudging the door open for women in the Catholic Church.

And, one thing is for certain: everyone wishes the fragment could have been bigger (time)

Watch Two Little Girls Attempt Judo in The Most Adorable 2 Minutes of Your Day

2014-04-08T16:51:00.001-07:00

Watch Two Little Girls Attempt Judo in The Most Adorable 2 Minutes of Your Day

Hand-to-hand combat has never been so cute to watch

It’s fun to watch these little girls knock each other over in Judo because they can barely stand upright themselves.

This Waitress Becomes The Victim Of A Life Changing Prank

2014-04-06T13:05:00.000-07:00

This Waitress Becomes The Victim Of A Life Changing Prank

IleJadi - From putting a stock cube into the shower head so your flatmate smells like veg broth, to sticking tape over the laser on a colleague’s mouse so it doesn’t work, April fool’s day pranks are notoriously nasty.

So, to show that pranks don’t have to be cruel, a popular YouTube channel tricked a hardworking waitress by giving her the best shift ever.

In the introduction to the heart-warming video, which will see its makers Break donate money to charity with every view it receives, presenter Kevin Brueck explains why Springstreet Smoke House waitress Chelsea Roff deserves a ‘positive prank’.

“She struggled financially, had to raise her little sister from when she was just a girl, overcame a severe eating disorder, and her car is a complete piece of junk," he says.

“The limited free time that Chelsea does have is spent running her own non-profit that helps people recover from eating disorders through yoga. If anybody could use a break, it’s Chelsea.

“So today we’re going to ‘prank it forward’ by sending in some of the best tippers we’ve got to see if we can give Chelsea the best shift ever,” he adds.

During the prank, fake customers tip Chelsea $1,000, an all-expenses paid trip for two to Hawaii, a dream job offer, and a free car.

When her old friend and first yoga teacher Diana Roehl gets out of the new car she is given by a customer, Chelsea realises she has been fooled.

“You’ve just had the best shift ever!” says the 'customer', as Chelsea screams and leaps outside the restaurant.

Official: Indonesia needs to anticipate ASEAN Open Sky Policy

2014-04-06T12:55:00.000-07:00

Official: Indonesia needs to anticipate ASEAN Open Sky Policy

IleJadi - Indonesia needs to anticipate the ASEAN Open Sky Policy in the aviation sector in the Southeast Asian region in 2015.

"The Roadmap of the ASEAN Single Aviation Market will be in place in 2015. It includes economic and technical sectgors so that Indonesia needs to take anticipatory steps in the national level," Director for Air Transportation Affairs of the Ministry of Transportation Djoko Murjatmodjo said on Sunday.

According to Djoko, the Research and Development Agency of the Ministry of Transportation has concluded that in terms of regulations in Law No.1/2009 on Aviation, Indonesia is now ready to face the "ASEAN Open Sky" policy. However, he said, Indonesia needed to sharpen its research, by not only preparing a law but also improving or revising a number of regulations.

Among others, he said, Indonesia needed to anticipate the possibility of the uniformity of security and management standards of aviation traffic in the ASEAN region. Besides regulations, Indonesia also needs to prepare infrastructure and facilities as well as adequate human resources like pilots.

In March, Director General of Air Transportation Herry Bakti said that Indonesia's aviation sector needed some 800 pilots per annum. According to Airbus company research, Indonesia can only produce 400 pilots a year or only about half of the needs of its aviation sector. The data also says Asia Pacific region, including Indonesia, is the fastest growing market and is expected to need 11,000 airplanes in the coming 20 years.

"There is no doubt that the Asia Pacific region is a very important region now and in the future," Chief Operating Officer and Customers of Airbus John Leahy said.(rol)

Star Trails Over Yosemite and a Supermassive Black Hole

2014-04-01T21:07:00.000-07:00

Star Trails Over Yosemite and a Supermassive Black Hole

IleJadi - From a Soyuz launch in Kazakhstan to a new image of a crescent Saturn, here are the most impressive space photos from the month of March.

A glow over North America represents fluorescence measured from land plants in early July, from 2007 to 2011, in this image released on March 31, 2014. Data from satellite sensors show that during the northern hemisphere's growing season the midwest region of the U.S. boasts more photosynthetic activity than any other spot on Earth. (NASA/Reuters)

Star trails are visible over the granite face of El Capitan in Earth's Yosemite National Park in this image taken on November 8, 2013 and in March 2014. El Capitan hides the north celestial pole, which is at the center of all the star trails. (Michael Bolte—NASA/Zuma Press)

This image released on March 7, 2014 and taken from the International Space Station (ISS) shows the Iberian Peninsula including Spain and Portugal at night. The lights from human settlements reveal where the major towns and activity are. The large mass of light in the middle is Madrid, Spain. (ESA/NASA/EPA)

This radar composite image, released in March 2014, shows changes in large-scale agricultural plots in southwest Iran. Combined, the different colors show changes in the fields – such as harvesting at different points on time during 2010. (JAXA/ESA)

This close-up of cosmic clouds and stellar winds features LL Orionis, interacting with the Orion Nebula flow. Adrift in Orion's stellar nursery and still in its formative years, variable star LL Orionis produces a wind more energetic than the wind from our own middle-aged Sun. (NASA/Sipa USA)

A sand dune field in a Southern highlands crater obtained March 13, 2014. The especially bright patches - bluish in enhanced color - are due to seasonal frost that is accumulating as this hemisphere approaches winter. (NASA/JPL-CalTech/Univ. of Arizona/AFP/Getty Images)

This image obtained March 11, 2014 shows a new color mosaic created from MESSENGER acquired during the space craft's second year in orbit about Mercury. (NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington/AFP/Getty Images)

This photo shows the moon over northeast Greenland, where a team of scientists returned to the Arctic with NASA’s P-3 aircraft to continue Operation IceBridge, a multi-year aerial survey of polar ice In March 2014. (Michael Studinger—NASA Earth Observatory)

NASA released the largest high resolution mosaic of our moon's north polar region on March 19, 2014. Scientists created the mosaic using cameras aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)

A beautiful new image of part of NGC 2174, also known as the Monkey Head Nebula, released by NASA on March 17, 2014 to celebrate Hubble's 24th year in orbit. NGC 2174 lies about 6400 light-years away in the constellation of Orion (The Hunter). (NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team/EPA)

Multiple images of a distant quasar are visible in this combined view from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope. For the first time scientists have measured the spin of a distant supermassive black hole and found that its rate of rotation is about 3.5 trillion mph - roughly half the speed of light. (NASA/Reuters)

The Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft is set on its launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome on March 23, 2014. (Maxim Shemetov—Reuters)

Spiral galaxy ESO 137-00 zooms toward the upper left of this image released on March 4, 2014, in between other galaxies in the Norma cluster located over 200 million light-years away. Intergalactic gas in the Norma cluster is sparse, but so hot at 180 million degrees Fahrenheit that it glows in X-rays detected by Chandra (blue). (X-ray: NASA/CXC/UAH/M.Sun et al; Optical: NASA/ESA/The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA))

Megan Fox Wallpapers

2014-04-01T07:30:00.003-07:00

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Miss A's Suzy pulls off the unkempt look on Twitter

2014-04-01T01:02:00.002-07:00

Miss A's Suzy pulls off the unkempt look on Twitter

IleJadi - Who says you need tons of makeup and hair styling to be beautiful? Not miss A's Suzy, that's for sure!

The girl group member wowed fans earlier today when she posted several photos of her in casual attire, her hair either loosely arrayed around her face or bunched up in a frayed bun.

Although she's without nearly any makeup or styling, Suzy still managed to look beautiful - in a different vibe from her usual public face!

Angelina Jolie in Bosnia to campaign against war rape

2014-03-30T20:47:00.000-07:00

Angelina Jolie in Bosnia to campaign against war rape

IleJadi - Actress Angelina Jolie was brought to tears while talking to rape victims of the Bosnian war during a visit on Friday to promote a campaign to end sexual violence against women in war.

"There can be no peace while women in conflict or post-conflict zones are raped with impunity," the Oscar-winning actress said in Sarajevo.

Jolie was accompanied by British Foreign Secretary William Hague, with whom she will co-host a global conference in London in June on preventing rape being used a tactic in war.

She said she hoped the initiative would help break down taboos about war rape.

Witnesses said Jolie cried while listening to victims in the town of Srebrenica.

"Our tradition is not to talk about the rape," said Munira Subasic, the head of the association of Srebrenica mothers.

"Many women have been through it but don't talk about it. That is why this visit is important, to show them they don't have to cope with it alone," Subasic said.

The initiative was partly inspired by Jolie's film "In the Land of Blood and Honey", which dealt with sexual violence inflicted on a woman during Bosnia's 1992-95 war.

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2014-03-30T19:07:00.000-07:00

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2014-03-27T04:27:00.001-07:00

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It was a bad night for United after falling behind to an early goal

2014-03-25T15:40:00.001-07:00

It was a bad night for United after falling behind to an early goal

IleJadi - Manchester United fell to defeat in the derby as Manchester City kept themselves very much in the hunt for the Barclays Premier League title.

The Reds showed plenty of fight and endeavour but lacked the necessary guile to break down a confident and free-flowing City side, who came away with the points thanks to goals from Edin Dzeko in either half and a late Yaya Toure strike.

Dzeko stunned Old Trafford inside the first minute when he converted from close range after Samir Nasri’s low shot came back off the post, and he volleyed home his second from Nasri’s corner 10 minutes into the second half, before Toure netted a low effort at the death.

After their early opener, the visitors took a grip on the game, with David Silva going close and David De Gea denying Dzeko with a superb fingertip save. It wasn’t until midway through the first half that Joe Hart was tested for the first time, but the City keeper comfortably clung on to Marouane Fellaini’s shot, before Juan Mata curled over from the edge of the box.

David Moyes brought on Shinji Kagawa in place of Tom Cleverley at the interval but City began the second period as they had the first, and Fernandinho glanced a header inches over before Dzeko guided home the second goal.

It was a game-breaker and, though Danny Welbeck, twice, and Wayne Rooney went close to reducing the arrears – Hart denying them on each occasion – City were able to close out the game with relative ease. And Toure added gloss when he fired past De Gea in the 90th minute to make it five derby wins from six for City in the league.(manutd)

Chelsea turn Wenger's special day sour

2014-03-22T08:58:00.001-07:00

Chelsea turn Wenger's special day sour

IleJadi - Arsène Wenger's 1,000th game in charge of Arsenal FC ended in the joint-biggest losing margin of that reign as they fell 6-0 at Premier League leaders Chelsea FC.

Arsène Wenger's 1,000th game in charge of Arsenal FC ended in the joint-biggest losing margin of that reign as they fell 6-0 at Chelsea FC.

Within seven minutes Samuel Eto'o and André Schürrle had put the UEFA Champions League quarter-finalists two up and any hopes Wenger had of a first win against a José Mourinho-managed Chelsea faded further when Kieran Gibbs was sent off and Eden Hazard converted a penalty.

Oscar made it four before half-time and added another on 66 minutes before Mohamed Salah opened his Chelsea account by making the margin six, the same as Wenger's record 8-2 loss at Manchester United FC in August 2011 and bigger than any previous Blues win under Mourinho.

The result leaves Chelsea seven points clear of Arsenal and Liverpool FC, who now visit Cardiff City FC, while Manchester City FC, two further back, welcome Fulham FC. The late game sends Manchester United FC, shorn of injured Robin van Persie, to West Ham United FC.

Scientists unveil dinosaur dubbed the 'chicken from hell'

2014-03-20T11:55:00.001-07:00

Scientists unveil dinosaur dubbed the 'chicken from hell'

IleJadi - For a Tyrannosaurus rex looking for a snack, nothing might have tasted quite like the "chicken from hell." That's one way Matt Lamanna describes Anzu wyliei, the species of dinosaur that he and fellow paleontologists unveiled Wednesday.

It's not the only way, though. Feathered demon also works, which is why Anzu - derived from Sumerian mythology - was chosen as a name. Or you could characterize it, as Lamanna also told CNN, as a 600-pound cross between an ostrich and a velociraptor. And it's "pretty damn close" to looking like the 6-foot-tall turkey a child famously referred to in the movie "Jurassic Park," except a lot stranger and meaner looking.

"You might think this was a really, really weird-looking bird," Lamanna said. "... But, in fact, this was a very bird-like dinosaur ... with a really long bony tail, very large hands and really sharp claws."

Lamanna, from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, detailed the finding Wednesday with fellow scientists from the University of Utah, the Smithsonian Institution in the scientific journal PLOS One. This study came about not from one excavation but from three dating to Cretaceous period and from a rock formation known as Hell Creek in North and South Dakota.

The "chicken from hell" moniker aside, what makes Anzu wylie especially exciting to paleontologists is that it's the largest species of egg-stealing oviraptors yet found in North America, said Emma Schachner, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Utah.

It's also "the first largely complete skeleton I think anyone has found of these guys," she said.

Lamanna's predecessor at Carnegie - Hans-Dieter Sues, now with the Smithsonian -- had acquired two fossils that were dug up in the late 1990s in South Dakota by commercial fossil hunters. Lamanna said that he and Sues decided to work together to figure out what they had.

Their breakthrough came at a 2005 conference in Canada, where it became "abundantly clear" that a presentation from Schachner and colleague Tyler Lyson detailed the same species. Collectively, they pieced together 75% to 80% of the skeleton, which is a very large percentage in paleontology circles, according to Lamanna.

Rather than race to publish their finding first, the four scientists teamed up and by doing so, "learned more ... than we would all have learned independently," said Lamanna.

What they learned was that the 11½-foot-long, roughly 10-foot-tall Anzu wyliei had a bird-like beak and apparent feathers, with a large crest atop its skull and less of a tail than a T. rex. It munched on vegetation, small animals and perhaps eggs.

A replication of its skeleton is on display inside Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum. That's a very different environment from the lush, warm, humid, almost bayou-like conditions that it enjoyed roughly 66 million years ago in what's now a very different North and South Dakota.

Not that it was an easy life. Schachner noted that one specimen appeared to have a broken rib, while another had a busted toe. And those injuries are nothing compared with Anzu wyliei's likely efforts dodging the so-called King of the Dinosaurs.

"It probably spent a lot of its life," Lamanna pointed out, "on the lookout for T. rex." (cnn)

Google Doodle Celebrates the Spring Equinox

2014-03-20T06:38:00.002-07:00

Google Doodle Celebrates the Spring Equinox

IleJadi - It's finally Spring! But it's still pretty chill across the U.S. March 20th marks the Spring Equinox, better known as the first day of Spring. And after a brutal winter season bummed out much of the U.S. for six straight months, the equinox is a welcome sign that hey, it might actually get warmer.

The happy news is already trending on Twitter, and Google is celebrating the occasion with an awesome animated Doodle showing a cartoon man watering seeds, which blossom into flowers that spell out GOOGLE:

Meanwhile, some businesses are offering promotions to mark the equinox. Rita’s Ice, for example, is holding its 22nd annual First Day of Spring Celebration, where you can go get a free water ice.

So what exactly is the Vernal Equinox? TIME writer Harry Swartout explains:

Twice a year, the earth’s axis is angled such that the world gets an equal amount of daylight and night. As the axis tilts further, the northern hemisphere receives more direct sunlight, leading to spring and summer’s warmer temperatures. The Equinox helps mark important celebrations around the world like Nowruz, the Persian New Year, Easter, and Passover.
It also means you can officially wear white–but only until Labor Day.

So though it’s technically the first day of Spring, it’s looking pretty cold out there across much of the country. The Weather Channel’s temperature map is basically coated in blue:

Those temps should warm up throughout the day, though: in NYC we’re looking at a high of 57, which–considering the winter we’ve had–is practically tropical.

Now put on your best pastel outfit and maybe even think about having lunch outside (but decide against it because it’s probably still too cold). It’s SPRING. (time)

Thai military radar data bolsters belief that Flight 370 changed its path

2014-03-18T06:46:00.001-07:00

Thai military radar data bolsters belief that Flight 370 changed its path

IleJadi - New information from the Thai government bolsters the belief that missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 took a sharp westward turn after communication was lost.

The Thai military was receiving normal flight path and communication data from the Boeing 777-200 on its planned March 8 route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing until 1:22 a.m., when it disappeared from its radar.

Six minutes later, the Thai military detected an unknown signal, a Royal Thai Air Force spokesman told CNN. This unknown aircraft, possibly Flight 370, was heading the opposite direction.

Malaysia says the evidence gathered so far suggests the plane was deliberately flown off course, turning west and traveling back over the Malay Peninsula and out into the Indian Ocean.

But investigators don't know who was at the controls or why whoever it was took the plane far away from its original destination.

The Thai data is the second radar evidence that the plane did indeed turn around toward the Strait of Malacca.

It follows information from the Malaysian Air Force that its military radar tracked the plane as it passed over the small island of Pulau Perak in the Strait of Malacca.

"The unknown aircraft's signal was sending out intermittently, on and off, and on and off," the spokesman said. The Thai military lost the unknown aircraft's signal because of the limits of its military radar, he said.

The radar data is an encouraging sign that investigators are on the right track, but they still are not sure where the plane ended up.

The latest findings say the plane's last known location detected by a satellite is somewhere along two wide arcs: one stretching north over Asia and the other south into the Indian Ocean. The plane's last electronic connection with the satellite was about six hours after it last showed up on Malaysian military radar.

The total area now being searched stands at 2.24 million square nautical miles, Hishammuddin Hussein, the Malaysian defense and transport minister, said at a news conference Tuesday.

That's an area nearly the size of the continental United States.

"This is an enormous search area," Hishammuddin said. "And it is something that Malaysia cannot possibly search on its own. I am therefore very pleased that so many countries have come forward to offer assistance and support to the search and rescue operation."

China clears citizens

China says it has found no evidence that any of its citizens on board the missing plane were involved in hijacking or terrorism.
Background checks on all passengers from the Chinese mainland on the plane have found nothing to support such suspicions, Huang Huikang, the Chinese ambassador to Malaysia, said Tuesday, according to the state-run Chinese news agency Xinhua.

Authorities have said they are investigating all 239 people who were on board the flight, which disappeared more than 10 days ago.

According to the airline, 153 of the 227 passengers on board the plane came from mainland China or Hong Kong.

By effectively ruling out suspicions for a large majority of the passengers, Chinese authorities appear to have significantly shortened the list of possible suspects in the investigation.
The Chinese ambassador's statement is also likely to greatly dampen speculation that Uyghur separatists from China's far western region of Xinjiang might have been involved in the plane's disappearance.

One of the two long corridors where authorities say the plane was last detected stretched over Xinjiang, and unconfirmed reports had suggested the possibility that Uyghurs might be connected to the case.

Chinese authorities have accused separatists from Xinjiang of carrying out a terrorist attack this month in which eight attackers armed with long knives stormed a train station in Kunming, a city in southwestern China, killing 29 people and wounding more than 140.

China said Tuesday that it had begun to search for the plane in the parts of its territory that fall under the northern corridor, deploying satellite and radar resources.

Experts are analyzing past and present data along the arc stretching through Chinese territory, Hong Lei, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, said at a news briefing Tuesday in Beijing.
Turn made by computer?

The pilot and first officer of the missing plane, both of them Malaysian, have come under particular scrutiny in the search for clues. Investigators say that whoever flew the plane off course for hours appeared to know what they were doing.

But officials have so far reported no evidence to tie the pilot and first officer to the plane's disappearance.

Supporting the case that whoever took the plane off course had considerable aviation expertise, The New York Times reported that the aircraft's first turn to the west was carried out through a computer system that was most likely programmed by somebody in the cockpit.

An aviation expert, writing an op-ed for CNN.com, floated the idea last week that whoever changed the plane's course was an expert.

The person who programmed the change of course would have been somebody "knowledgeable about airplane systems," The Times reported, citing unidentified American officials.

The information has increased investigators' focus on the pilot and first officer, the newspaper reported. CNN wasn't immediately able to confirm the report.

Asked about the report Tuesday, Malaysia Airlines Chief Executive Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said: "As far as we're concerned, the aircraft was programmed to fly to Beijing. That's the standard procedure."

But he didn't rule out the possibility the flight path had been reprogrammed.

"Once you're in the aircraft, anything is possible," he said.

Missing Malaysia plane: Chinese territory searched

2014-03-17T23:30:00.002-07:00

Missing Malaysia plane: Chinese territory searched

IleJadi - China has started searching its territory within the northern corridor for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, state media report.

The international search for the plane has extended into two vast air corridors, north and south of the plane's last known location.

China said no evidence of terror links had been found in Chinese passengers.

The plane went missing on 8 March with 239 people on board. Some 26 countries are involved in search efforts.

Malaysia says the plane was intentionally diverted and could have flown on either a northern or southern arc from its last known position in the Malacca Straits.

Search efforts are focused on two corridors - one stretching from the border of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to northern Thailand, and another from Indonesia to the Indian Ocean.

Investigators are looking into the possibility that the aircraft's crew - or other individuals on the plane - were involved in its disappearance.

A total of 153 Chinese nationals were on board the missing aircraft, which was flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

Based on background checks, there was no evidence to suggest that the mainland Chinese passengers on the plane were involved in hijacking or launching a terror attack, Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia Huang Huikang said, according to Xinhua.

'Huge challenge'
Meanwhile, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (Amsa) said it would lead a new search in an area in the southern Indian Ocean.

"This search will be difficult," Amsa Emergency Response General Manager John Young said. "The sheer size of the search area poses a huge challenge - the search area is more than 600,000 square kilometres (230,000 sq miles)."

Late on Monday, US officials said the US navy ship USS Kidd had been taken off the search because the enlarged search area meant that "long-range patrol aircraft" were "more suited" to the mission.

The move was made "in consultation with the Malaysian government", officials said in a statement. USS Kidd had searched the Andaman Sea but found "no debris or wreckage associated with an aircraft", they

The US says it is using patrol aircraft including the P-8A Poseidon and P-3C Orion to continue search efforts, with the P-8 taking part in search efforts in the south corridor.

'Breaches rejected'
The Malaysia Airlines plane left Kuala Lumpur at 00:40 local time (16:40 GMT) on 8 March. The last transmission from the plane's Aircraft and Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) was received at 01:07.

A transmission expected 30 minutes later did not come through, Malaysia Airlines Chief Executive Ahmad Jauhari Yahy told reporters. Officials believe the communications systems were deliberately disabled.

The last words from the plane - "all right, good night" - were believed to have been said by co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid to air traffic controllers at 01:19 as the plane left Malaysian airspace.

It then disappeared from air traffic controllers' screens at 01:21, when it was over the South China Sea, but was last spotted by military radar at 02:15 over the Malacca Straits - the opposite direction from its planned flight path.

Satellite communication at 08:11 showed that the plane could have continued flying for a further seven hours in a northern or southern arc.

Several countries have already rejected the suggestion that their airspace might have been breached, the BBC's Jonah Fisher in Kuala Lumpur reports.

After 11 days of a huge multinational investigation and search, almost all options for the fate of flight MH370 are still being considered, our correspondent adds.(bbc)

Elderly Japanese couple meet family of daughter kidnapped by N Korea

2014-03-17T11:30:00.001-07:00

Elderly Japanese couple meet family of daughter kidnapped by N Korea

IleJadi - Parents of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korean agents in 1977, have emotional first encounter with her daughter - and her baby girl

The mother of a Japanese woman kidnapped and taken to North Korea as a schoolgirl has hailed a "miraculous" first meeting in Mongolia with her long-lost granddaughter.
Megumi Yokota who was only 13 years old when she was kidnapped by North Korean agents in 1977 on her way home from school.

The secretive state insists that Yokota killed herself in 1994, an explanation that Tokyo has long refused to accept.

Yokota's parents - father Shigeru, 81, and mother Sakie, 78 - spent five days last week with their granddaughter, 26-year-old Kim Eun-Gyong, and her family in the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator, Japan's foreign ministry said Sunday.

"What we have dreamt about for such a long time has come true - they were miraculous days for us," Yokota's mother told a press briefing Monday near Tokyo.

Abductee's parents finally meet North Korean granddaughter

2014-03-17T11:22:00.000-07:00

Abductee's parents finally meet North Korean granddaughter

IleJadi - Megumi Yokota was only 13 when she was abducted by a North Korean agent in the 1970s. Now, almost 40 years after her disappearance, her aging parents, Shigeru and Sakie Yokota, have traveled to Mongolia to meet her daughter -their granddaughter.

In a series of meetings in Ulan Bator arranged by Japanese and North Korean foreign ministry officials, the Japanese couple met 26-year-old Kim Eun-gyong, her husband and 10-month-old daughter.

"Our long-cherished dream had come true," Shigeru Yokota said at a press conference. "It was actually first time to meet her although I've been seeing her on TV (since she was) 14 or 15."

Yokota, who was kidnapped from the port city of Niigata in 1977, was not present at the meeting. North Korean authorities insist that she committed suicide, although this is disputed in Japan and repatriated ashes proved not to be a DNA match.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters Monday morning that he was "glad" to hear that the meeting was conducted safely.
"We are determined to resolve the abduction issue at any cost," he said.

The abductee issue is a considerable sticking point in Japan-North Korea relations. The reclusive state has admitted to kidnapping a number of Japanese nationals, mostly to help train spies in Japanese language and culture.

The Yokotas said that they were unable to confirm their daughter's safety with Kim, as political matters were off the table. However, her mother said, "I spent time with them believing Megumi is still safe somewhere."

The meeting took place as North Korea's bellicosity is once again on the rise, with reports that the Stalinist state has fired a number of short-range missiles into the sea off its east coast.

Navy SEALs take back control of hijacked tanker

2014-03-17T06:47:00.002-07:00

Navy SEALs take back control of hijacked tanker

IleJadi - U.S. Navy SEALs have taken control of a commercial tanker that had been seized by three armed Libyans this month.

No one was hurt in the Sunday night operation, the Pentagon said.

The tanker, Morning Glory, is carrying oil owned by Libya's National Oil Company.

The ship was returning to Libya, according to a written statement from the interim prime minister, which said Tripoli asked for help from countries in the area.

The statement thanked the United States and Cyprus.
The Morning Glory sailed last week from the rebel-held port of As-Sidra in eastern Libya

Libyan forces fired on the vessel but were called off by the U.S. Navy, fearing an environmental disaster. The SEALs boarded the ship in international waters southeast of Cyprus, the Pentagon said.

The situation remains unsettled in the North African nation, which the government is struggling to control more than two years after the ouster of longtime Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

In this case, the issue centers around the oil-rich eastern part of the country and one man in particular, Ibrahim Jadran. The militia leader was entrusted by the government to safeguard crucial oil ports. But in July, Jadran and his men seized them, blocking oil exports, and demanded more autonomy and shared revenues for his eastern region.

He said he acted because the government is corrupt.

The conflict over oil wealth is stoking fears that Libya may slide deeper into chaos as the fragile government fails to rein in the armed brigades that helped oust Gadhafi in 2011 but now do as they please.(bbc)

China: Cash reward for rescuing Yangtze finless porpoises

2014-03-17T06:35:00.001-07:00

China: Cash reward for rescuing Yangtze finless porpoises

IleJadi - People who save a rare freshwater mammal found only in China's Yangtze River basin can claim a cash prize from the local fisheries bureau, it appears.

Reporting that a Yangtze finless porpoise has been injured or is at risk - and helping save the animal before officials arrive - could be rewarded with 300 yuan ($48, £29), the People's Daily newspaper says. A smaller reward of 100 yuan could be given to residents who report the death of a porpoise, or supply tips.

It is thought only about 1,000 of these freshwater animals remain in the wild. About half the population lives in Poyang Lake, which supplies the Yangtze River. The population has seen a dramatic crash recently, falling by nearly 14% each year since 2006, according to an official report from 2013.

Experts say pollution and low water levels are harming the fragile species. Poyang Lake used to be China's largest freshwater lake, but the construction of a dam and recent droughts have reportedly reduced its size by nearly 95%.(bbc)

Manchester United 0 Liverpool 3 Match Report

2014-03-16T21:08:00.001-07:00

Manchester United 0 Liverpool 3 Match Report

IleJadi - Steven Gerrard scored two penalties and missed a third as Liverpool emphasised their title credentials with a resounding win over reigning Premier League champions Manchester United at Old Trafford.

In what was seen as the biggest test of their ability to claim their first crown since 1990, Liverpool passed the examination in emphatic fashion against an abject United to move to within four points of leaders Chelsea, with a game in hand.

Liverpool captain Gerrard demonstrated their superiority with penalties either side of the interval as Brendan Rodgers's side exerted almost complete domination over a home team looking in need of a drastic overhaul.

Gerrard missed another spot-kick after Daniel Sturridge went to ground under a Nemanja Vidic challenge - the United captain picking up his fourth red card against Liverpool in the process - but there was no stopping Luis Suarez as he added a third.

At this stage last season there was a 29-point gap between these sides in United's favour as they beat Rodgers's team 2-1 at home.

But Liverpool's dominance here underscored the scale of the turnaround, their improvement and the collapse in fortunes at Old Trafford since manager David Moyes succeeded Sir Alex Ferguson.

Moyes must now pick up a bedraggled team before Wednesday's return Champions League game against Olympiakos, where they need to overcome a 2-0 deficit from the first leg in Greece.

For Liverpool, Rodgers and their exultant supporters there are no such concerns. The Reds are flying high with a self-belief that marks them out as having a real chance to win the title.

And with Manchester City and Chelsea, who lost to Aston Villa on Saturday, still to visit Anfield, Liverpool have been presented with a wonderful opportunity to claim the prize that was once almost a permanent presence in their trophy room.

Liverpool's intentions - not to mention the confidence now surging through this team - were clear inside two minutes as Sturridge found space inside the area from Jordan Henderson's pass but could not find the target.

They had claims for a penalty ignored when Marouane Fellaini tangled clumsily with Suarez. The Uruguayan stayed on his feet and was left a picture of frustration when the spot-kick was not awarded.

Sturridge squandered another opportunity for Liverpool, but that was a further sign of a sharpness and threat that was in complete contrast to a pedestrian United.

The goal Liverpool deserved finally arrived 10 minutes before the break when Rafael, who had just been booked for a wild challenge on Gerrard, clearly handled in the area. It was a straightforward decision for referee Mark Clattenburg and Gerrard scored the spot-kick with ease in front of the Stretford End.

United were unable to get their main attacking players into the game but they were given hope by Wayne Rooney's rising drive which was turned away by the diving Simon Mignolet.

All the plans Moyes will have laid out during the interval were sabotaged within moments of the restart as Liverpool were awarded a second penalty after Phil Jones bundled Joe Allen to the ground. Once more Gerrard stepped forward and once more he demonstrated his expertise from the spot.

Liverpool had been virtually untroubled but a rare ragged passage of play persuaded Rodgers to introduce Philippe Coutinho for Raheem Sterling with 19 minutes remaining.

United, in a move that was long overdue, made a change of their own with 15 minutes left, sending on Danny Welbeck and Tom Cleverley for Fellaini and Adnan Januzaj.

Remarkably, Liverpool were awarded a third penalty when Sturridge went down with Vidic in close proximity.

The Serbian defender remonstrated with the Liverpool striker, who he clearly felt had dived, and his frustration increased as he received a second yellow card and made his way off disconsolately.

Gerrard, with the rarest of opportunities, could not make it a hat-trick of successful penalties by a visiting side at Old Trafford, striking his effort against the base of the post.

Liverpool were taking full advantage of their numerical supremacy and it was no surprise when Suarez ran unhindered into the area to score, having been denied by a magnificent save from De Gea moments earlier.

United's fans chanted in defiance as the final whistle approached - but they were forced to accept an ominous message about their own shortcomings and Liverpool's growing stature as Clattenburg blew.

Chelsea slip up as City pass test of character

2014-03-16T03:44:00.002-07:00

Chelsea slip up as City pass test of character

IleJadi - Chelsea FC lost 1-0 at Aston Villa FC, allowing Manchester City FC, who triumphed despite playing 80 minutes with ten men, to close within six points of the leaders.

Chelsea FC were dealt a blow in their pursuit of the title after losing at Aston Villa FC, while ten-man Manchester City FC edged Hull City AFC 2-0 and moved into second.

Having toiled in vain for long periods, the Blues were wobbling when Willian received a second yellow card on 68 minutes. Worse was to come, though, as Fabian Delph improvised superbly to turn in Marc Albrighton's centre before Ramires became the second Chelsea player to be sent off late on.

In the early kick-off, captain Vincent Kompany's tenth-minute dismissal gave City an uphill task at Hull. The visitors' response was spirited, however, strikes from David Silva and Edin Džeko moving them to within six points of the summit with three games in hand.

Elsewhere, Seamus Coleman struck at the death as Everton FC condemned Cardiff City AFC to a 2-1 loss. Defeat for the Bluebirds was further soured as fellow relegation candidates Fulham FC and West Bromwich Albion FC posted victories against Newcastle United FC (1-0) and Swansea City AFC (2-1) respectively. The game between Sunderland AFC and Crystal Palace FC ended goalless.

Elsewhere, Southampton FC prevailed 4-2 at home to Norwich City FC, who fought back from 3-0 down before Sam Gallagher put the result beyond doubt. Stoke City FC made a more successful comeback as they dispatched West Ham United FC 3-1.( uefa)

Madrid and Atlético win to maintain status quo

2014-03-15T16:55:00.002-07:00

Madrid and Atlético win to maintain status quo

IleJadi - Cristiano Ronaldo earned Real Madrid CF a 1-0 victory at Málaga CF before Club Atlético de Madrid won by the same score to keep the Merengues' lead to three points.

Real Madrid CF and Club Atlético de Madrid both won to maintain the status quo at the Liga summit, with the Merengues still three points clear

Unbeaten since October, there was no let-up from Carlo Ancelotti's side, who prevailed 1-0 at Málaga CF thanks to a trademark run and finish from Cristiano Ronaldo on 23 minutes. Collecting possession on the left, the Portugal forward traversed the penalty area before sweeping the ball past Willy. Madrid's joy was soured, though, as Karim Benzema limped off ahead of Tuesday's UEFA Champions League decider against FC Schalke 04.

Nearest rivals Atlético responded by edging RCD Espanyol 1-0, Diego Costa continuing his fine season by scoring the winner ten minutes into the second half. Bursting into the box after shrugging off two defenders, he executed an unerring finish. Third-placed FC Barcelona can trim the gap on Diego Simeone's men back to a point with victory over CA Osasuna on Sunday.

Elsewhere, Rayo Vallecano de Madrid moved three points clear of the drop zone by brushing aside fellow strugglers UD Almería 3-1, while RC Celta de Vigo beat Levante UD 1-0. On Friday, Youssef El-Arabi scored twice as Granada CF posted a 3-3 comeback draw at Getafe CF in a game both teams finished with ten men.(uefa)

Egypt unrest: Six soldiers shot dead in Cairo

2014-03-15T16:42:00.002-07:00

Egypt unrest: Six soldiers shot dead in Cairo

IleJadi - Six Egyptian soldiers have been killed by gunmen at a checkpoint in the northern Cairo suburb of Shubra al-Khayma, state media reports.

A security official said two bombs left behind by the attackers had been defused.

The violence comes two days after another soldier was shot dead in an attack on an army bus in eastern Cairo.

There has been an upsurge in violence since the overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi last July.

Islamist militants have killed hundreds of police and soldiers in numerous attacks.

The military accused Mr Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood of carrying out this latest attack, which was carried out as the soldiers took part in dawn prayers.

The Brotherhood denies involvement in violence, saying it is committed to peaceful campaigning.

Trials
It was designated a terrorist group in December and thousands of its members have been put on trial.

A series of high-profile attacks on security forces in Cairo and the Sinai peninsula have been claimed by another group, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, which it says are in revenge for the military-backed government's repression of Mr Morsi's supporters.

Mr Morsi, elected in 2012 following the overthrow of veteran ruler Hosni Mubarak, was ousted by the military amid huge streets protests against him, after a year in power marred by deep political and social divisions.

Mr Morsi is in jail facing four separate trials. The charges, which he denies, include the killing of opposition protesters, espionage and conspiring to commit acts of terror.

Military chief Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is expected to stand in presidential elections which are due to be held in April.(bbc)