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Indonesia Provides Preliminary Information on Lion Air Crash

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11/28/2018

11/28/2018

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Indonesia Provides Preliminary Information on Lion Air Crash

Top News: A Lion Air jet was not in airworthy condition before it crashed last month, Indonesian investigators said Wednesday in a preliminary report issued by the country’s transport safety committee.

On the previous flight, pilots had experienced issues with “stick shaker” activation. Information from flight data showed the pilots of the ill-fated jet did, too. However, investigators said it was too soon to determine if the aircraft’s anti-stall system was a factor in the crash.

All 189 people on board were killed. Investigators met with the families of the victims before releasing the report.

Nicaragua: The United States has imposed financial sanctions on Nicaragua’s vice president and a top aide, adding to existing sanctions on four top officials. The country has experienced months of unrest after President Daniel Ortega’s government responded to student protests with violence.

AFRICA

•  After a first-round vote eliminated Madagascar’s incumbent president, a second round will pit the country’s former president, Marc Ravalomanana, against Andry Rajoelina, the man who overthrew him in 2009 in what many international organizations described as a coup.

•  Kenyan members of parliament warned that failure to pass a bill that guarantees women one-third of parliamentary seats could provoke a constitutional crisis.

•  The British Museum will return part of the valuable Benin bronzes collection to Nigeria, which has sought restitution of the artifacts since 1960.

AMERICAS

•  A U.S. judge sentenced Venezuela’s former national treasurer, who received over $1 billion in bribes, to 10 years in prison for money laundering.

•  Brazil’s incoming president, Jair Bolsonaro, named a military engineer, Tarcisio Freitas, as infrastructure minister.

•  Mexico’s incoming foreign minister, Marcelo Ebrard, said efforts to stem the flow of migration from Central America northward should be similar to the Marshall Plan “in terms of the scale of the effort.”

ASIA

•  China and Argentina are hoping to close an $8 billion deal on a Chinese-financed nuclear power plant, Argentina’s fourth.

•  Imran Khan, Pakistan’s prime minister, said that he, his political party, other parties, and the army are unified in wanting to mend ties with India.

•  South Korea’s Unification Ministry announced the launch of a field study on relinking railways between South and North Korea.

EUROPE

•  The European Union’s climate chief highlighted a key component of its newly published climate strategy: the goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

•  Russia announced plans to deploy more S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to Crimea.

•  The European Court of Justice rejected French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s challenge to an EU Parliament decision ordering her to repay $47,000 in misused funds.

MIDDLE EAST

•  A Senate vote on ending U.S. support for the war in Yemen could occur this week.

•  Egypt will not seek further funding from the International Monetary Fund after the expiration next year of its $12 billion program, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said.

•  U.N. investigators called for Syria’s government to account for thousands of people who have disappeared, died, or were executed after being detained.

- By Elizabeth Miles

(Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty Images)

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