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<p>Looks Like DOJ HAS BEEN TAPPING AP NEWS TELEPHONE LINES TO DISCOVER THEIR CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES IN CONGRESS!</p> <p>The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news.</p>

A boy with no official nationality who lives in Thailand captured third place in a Japanese paper aeroplane contest on Sunday after his tearful pleas to be allowed to attend prompted authorities to grant him a rare temporary passport for the event. Mong Thongdee prepares to let fly during the individual indoor flight competition Mong Thongdee, 12, won a national paper aeroplane championship in Thailand in August 2008 after he threw a plane that flew for 12 seconds, and was later chosen to attend the Japanese contest in Chiba, near Tokyo. But Mong, who lives in Chiang Mai in northern...

India's only budget airline launched its first service to major cities yesterday with its inaugural Airbus flight between this southern technology hub and the capital, New Delhi. Air Deccan is offering no-frills air travel between India's main cities at prices as low as a third of the cheapest fare charged by the full-service airlines in India. Air Deccan's Airbus service marked India's entry into the budget airline business, which has been booming in other Asian countries. At least half a dozen Indian airlines are waiting to see how the carrier performs before they launch rival cut-price services. Yesterday, some passengers...