London riots: David Cameron cuts short holiday

Prime Minister David Cameron is returning early from his summer holiday to deal with the continuing riots in London.

A Downing Street spokeswoman said Mr Cameron was flying back from Italy overnight to chair the government's Cobra emergency committee.

Where were the statesmen as London burned?

Over a scratchy line from an undisclosed holiday location, London mayor Boris Johnson managed just a few words.
He told the BBC that the fatal police shooting of a 29-year-old Tottenham resident and father-of-four was tragic, but it was no excuse for the violence and destruction that has reduced much of the North London town centre to a burned-out husk.

Corps Commanders concerned about Karachi violence

Top military generals Monday expressed concerns over the law and order situation in the port city of Karachi and its ramifications and implications on the country's economy.
The Corps Commanders' Conference, held at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi with Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani in the chair, discussed the security situation in the country in general and Karachi in particular, said a statement issued by ISPR.

Royal Navy appoints first woman warship commander

A woman is to command a frontline warship for the first time in the 500-year history of the Royal Navy.

Lieutenant Commander Sarah West, 39, is to take control of Plymouth-based HMS Portland in April 2012.
The Type 23 frigate has a crew of 185 and carries missiles and anti-submarine torpedoes.
Lt Cdr West, who grew up in Lincolnshire and entered the Royal Navy in 1995, has previously commanded four minesweepers.

Man sucked into plane engine named

An aircraft engineer killed after he was sucked into a plane engine at Woodbourne Airbase near Blenheim has been named.
He was Miles Hunter, aged 51, of Renwick.
Hunter worked for Safe Air, which runs a maintenance service for the military at the site and is a subsidiary of Air New Zealand. He had been with the company since 2005.

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The death of an engineer at Blenheim Airport yesterday was a "shocking" tragedy, Air New Zealand chief executive Rob Fyfe said.
The 51-year-old single man from Renwick was killed during a routine engine-testing procedure at a remote corner of the airfield about 8.15am.
Police named him as Miles Hunter.
Emergency services performed CPR on the former motorcycle mechanic but he was pronounced dead at the scene.