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...SENTENCED. INDERJIT SINGH REYAT, 50, Sikh activist involved in the June 1985 mid-air bombing of an Air India flight that killed all 329 people aboard, to five years' imprisonment after pleading guilty to manslaughter; in Vancouver. Reyat admitted acquiring materials for the bomb, but denies knowing who built it and what it was to be used for. Reyat has already served a 10-year sentence in Britain for his involvement in a foiled attempt to blow up another Air India flight on the same day. The bombings were believed to be retaliation against the Indian government after it ordered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 2/17/2003 | See Source »

...trunks fell off in mid-air, and it was love at first sight,” Lee said...

Author: By Sarah L. Park, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Korean Students Meet Legendary Diver | 1/13/2003 | See Source »

Sweet showed off those hands when she deflected home a mid-air pass from the point by captain Angela Ruggiero to extend Harvard’s lead...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Athlete of the Week: Kat Sweet `05 | 11/13/2002 | See Source »

...investigation into a mid-air collision between a Russian airliner and a DHL cargo jet over Germany last week has just begun. But scrutiny is already focused on Skyguide, the Swiss air- traffic-control center responsible for the area where the planes crashed. Investigators want to determine whether factors at the center - the deactivation of a crucial warning system, the instructions issued to the Russian pilot less than 50 seconds before impact and Skyguide's sub-European-standard radar system - amount to negligence. Whatever the inquiry finds, notes Daniel Solon at the aviation consultancy Avmark, "this highlights the urgency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Europe's Air Traffic out of Control? | 7/7/2002 | See Source »

...practice dunks went horribly awry in mid-air and he ended up flat on his back. The pain lingers, and now Pat has already gotten as close as he’ll get to playing in the NCAAs—watching from the sidelines as his Eagles lost to Texas last week...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Saved By the Bell: I'm Gettin' Old | 3/21/2002 | See Source »

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