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VIDEOS show airplane dumping JET FUEL on Los Angeles schools, resulting in 60 injuries Sixty people were treated for injuries after a passenger plane dumped jet fuel over several schools while making an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Videos show the release of the unusual payload. According to the airline, the Delta jet experienced an engine issue shortly after departing from Los Angeles, and was forced to return quickly to the airport. Following safety procedures, the Boeing 777-200 released fuel in order to reach a safe landing weight. The excess fuel, however, caused a health emergency among at least six Los Angeles schools, where children found themselves doused in the dangerous substance. Videos show the moment th...

Turkey & Russia discussing ‘secure zone’ in Idlib, Syria – Ankara Turkey and Russia are discussing the establishment of a ‘secure zone’ within Syria’s northwestern Idlib region where Syrians displaced by fighting can shelter during the winter, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has said. “Our Idlib friends who have become refugees don’t want to go to a government-controlled area,” he added. Ankara is reinforcing an observation post which has been “surrounded by Syrian forces,” Akar told reporters on Wednesday. His comments came after Turkish and Syrian intelligence chiefs met in Moscow on Monday – their first publicly acknowledged meeting for years – and discussed the situation in Idlib, Reuters reported. Turkey & Russia discussing ‘secure zone’ in Idlib...

Putin proposes national vote on amendments to Russia's constitution Russians may be asked to vote on some key changes to the constitution, including setting out its supremacy over international law, as well as tightening background requirements for presidential candidates, President Putin said. Amendments to the constitution could be brought up for a popular vote to ensure “the development of Russia as a welfare and rule-of-law state,” the Russian President told in his annual state of the nation address. One of the key issues Putin outlined was that Russia should abide by international acts only if they don’t come into conflict with the country’s own constitution. Adopted back in 1993, it should serve as a prime source “in our legal environment,” he...