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Anil Giri – AHN News Correspondent
Mount Everest, Nepal (AHN) – A British school boy, clinched all seven of the world’s tallest peaks including Mt Everest, setting another world record. George Atkinson, at the age of 16 years and 362 days (three day short to his 17th birth day) reached the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday. He beat the previous world record of an America Johnny Collinson, who climbedthe seven tallest peaks of the world by the age of 17. Atkinson had started to set records by climbing the Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain when he was 11 years old in 2005. Adventure Peaks, Atkinson’s organizer, confirmed his new world record, adding the boy climbed [...] Continue Reading…

Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer
Frankfurt, Germany (AHN) – Three people with symptoms of E coli bacterial infection have died in Germany since Saturday and 350 cases of infection were recorded as of Monday. Health authorities revealed that the latest fatality was a 24-year-old woman, who died on Monday. The cause of death is still being investigated. A 83-year-old woman from the Diepholz area in Lower Saxony died from bloody diarrhea on Saturday while another octogenarian woman died Sunday. Both had symptoms of E coli infection. The outbreak is being blamed on contaminated raw foods in north Germany, where the number of cases rose from 90 on Monday to 200 on Tuesday. Two canteens of [...] Continue Reading…

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor
Charlotte, NC, United States (AHN) – The aircraft in the 2009 flight that ended in the Hudson River is poised to begin its journey to Charlotte, where it will tell the story of survivors in a museum. Pieces of the plane piloted by Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger will be delivered on a specially designed truck from the New Jersey hangar, where it was cleaned and prepared for four months, to the Carolinas Aviation Museum. The Airbus A320-214 will be re-assembled once all its parts arrive, with the last expected to arrive by June 11. The museum is scheduled to be closed for the day to begin the process of putting [...] Continue Reading…

Cara Giovinazzo – Celebrity News Service Intern
Orlando, FL, United States (AHN Entertainment) – Start planning your 2012 family vacations to Universal Orlando. The theme park is going high-tech and 3-D with their new “Despicable Me” ride and their updated 4K high definition “The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man” attraction. The overwhelming success of 2010′s “Despicable Me” opened the doors for a fantastic theme park opportunity set to open in 2012. The 3-D CGI adventure will transform the guests into minions and transport them through Gru’s (the evil mastermind) lair. Guests, er….I mean minions….will meet Gru’s adopted daughters, be trained by Gru and end the experience by having a dance party with their fellow minions. The Amazing Adventures [...] Continue Reading…

Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer
Melbourne, Australia (AHN) – A Melbourne, Australia-bound Qantas plane got low on fuel before it could reach its destination and landed in Adelaide to refuel before continuing the flight on Tuesday. Flight 10 with 249 passengers left Singapore airport with an expected arrival time of 5 a.m. The flight crew then learned the Airbus A380 was low on fuel and the pilot decided to divert to Adelaide, landing there safely at 4:15 a.m. After refueling and an inspection, the plane was cleared to resume its flight at 5:45 a.m., reaching Melbourne at 7:40 a.m., a delay of two hours and 40 minutes. Strong winds apparently caused the plane to burn [...] Continue Reading…

Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer
Chicago, IL, United States (AHN) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the state of Illinois to clean up the Chicago River as soon as possible to make it safe for swimming and other recreational activities. The order requires that the city’s two massive sewage-treatment plants disinfect partially treated human and industrial waste that goes into the river, including the Cal-Sag Channel and Little Calumet River. The said plants are apparently exempted from the said requirement under the Clean Water Act. Last year, officials from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, which oversees the Chicago-area waterways and operates local sewage-treatment plants, said cleaning up the river will be a waste of [...] Continue Reading…

Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News
London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – British Transport Secretary Philip Hammond indicated that the government is ready to end the “war on the motorist” by hiking the motorway speed limit to 80 miles per hour from the current 70. In preparation for the change, Hammond sought a more thorough cost benefit analysis of speed limits beyond safety issues. Safety concerns alone would lead most governments to lower the speed cap to 10 mph, Hammond said. Among the other aspects of the issue is the cost of additional travel time with slower speed caps, particularly at a time when petrol prices continue to soar in the international market. Another is the frequent violation of [...] Continue Reading…

Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer
St. Louis, MO, United States (AHN) – A Continental Airlines plane bound from Houston to Chicago made an emergency landing in St. Louis on Sunday after a passenger tried to open the door to get off. The pilot of Continental Flight 546 told air traffic controllers at the Lambert St. Louis International Airport there was an unruly passenger aboard before landing there at 1:28 p.m., according to Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn Lunsford. The unruly passenger, identified as a 34-year-old man from the Chicago suburb of Burbank, left his seat and went to the main boarding door shouting he had to disembark. A flight attendant screamed for assistance and two [...] Continue Reading…

Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer
London, United Kingdom (AHN) – Prince William and wife Kate Middleton, now known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge after their marriage last week, will tour Canada and California in July. The royal couple’s spokesman, Clarence House, announced the visits through Twitter. The first official overseas trip of the couple will be in Canada from June 30 to July 8. They will participate in the celebration of Canada Day on July 1 in the capital Ottawa and will visit Alberta, the Northwest Territories, Prince Edward Island and Quebec. It will be the Prince’s second visit to Canada. At 15, he toured Vancouver with his father, Prince Charles, and his [...] Continue Reading…

Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer
Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The U.S. warned American travelers of reprisal attacks from 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden symphatizers and closed its embassies and consulates in Pakistan on Monday as a precaution against violent demonstrations. The warning was issued as the Taliban in Pakistan declared it will avenge the death of the al Qaeda founder. The group’s spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told the media by phone that attacks will be launched against the governments of the U.S. and Pakistan. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security also said threats from al-Qaeda remain since it declared war in the U.S. more than 10 years ago. The U.S. embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan [...] Continue Reading…