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No data on Swissair crash
HALIFAX: The flight-data recorder recovered by divers near the wreckage of Swissair flight 111 contains no information about the six crucial minutes before the plane crashed, investigators have said. The setback offset good news from the search operation: a Canadian navy submarine detected a signal from the plane's other black box the cockpit-voice recorder. The chief crash investigator, Vic Gerden, said the data recording stopped once the plane dipped below 10,000 feet. A strong possibility, he said, was that the plane lost electrical power at this stage.

River threatens Bangla capital
DHAKA: Thousands of government workers and local residents battled to shore up the Bangladeshi capital's dam today, as officials said the entire city of 9 million was in danger of being swamped by the rain-swollen Sitalakhoia river. More than half of Dhaka was already under knee-to waist-deep water following heavy rains in the past month.

Mahathir denies curbs onAnwar
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said there were no restrictions on the movements of his former deputy, Anwar Ibrabim. He said that Anwar was doing his best to get arrested, and that the sacked minister's reform movement was a ploy to deceive the public.

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