The Three Myths About Plane Crashes - The short version: most people survive plane crashes, most people don’t panic during crashes, your actions during a crash do influence your survival.

Philippines: Aid workers' abductors want military to call off manhunt - The kidnappers have also demanded a five million dollar ransom while the Philippines government is asking the Swiss and Italian governments not to pay any ransom. Negotiations are likely to be difficult. There are three governments, three families, the Red Cross, and possibly two kidnapping groups involved and each has differing interests.

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