Comoros begins month of mourning for crash victims (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Comorans began 30 days of national mourning on Friday for the victims of the Yemenia Airbus crash as France threatened to blacklist the airline over safety concerns.

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 642 (AP via Yahoo! News)

As of Thursday, July 2, 2009, at least 642 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Somalia: President Sharif Congratulates to Djibouti's Independence Day Celebration (AllAfrica.com)

Abdikadir Barmaj, the information director of the presidential palace read a press release which the Somali president issued saying that the president congratulated to his partner Osmail Omar Ghelle and all the population of Djibouti for the celebration of the freedom day pointing out that it is a great day for the people in Djibouti.

Comoros crash survivor returns home to France (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The 12-year-old girl who survived a Yemeni airliner crash by clinging to wreckage in the Indian Ocean flew back to Paris on Thursday for an emotional reunion with her father.

Sole Comoros Crash Survivor Arrives in France (New York Times)

Bahia Bakari arrived in Paris on Thursday for an emotional reunion with her father, just as the French media raised new concerns about air safety.

2009/07/03 (The New Straits Times)

Comorans begun a 30-day period of national mourning today for the victims of a Yemenia Airbus that crashed off the Indian Ocean island’s coast this week with 153 people on board.

Comoros mourns for plane crash victims (Sydney Morning Herald)

Comorans began 30 days of national mourning on Friday for the victims of the Yemenia Airbus crash as France threatened to blacklist the airline.

East Africa: Preparedness Gaps Evident as First Flu Cases Diagnosed (AllAfrica.com)

Nairobi/Addis Ababa/Kampala — Although some countries within East Africa and the Horn region have scaled up their influenza A (H1N1) contingency plans, overall pandemic preparedness remains "relatively inactive", a UN agency has said, as the first cases were reported in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.

France threatens Yemenia (iafrica.com)

Yemenia Airways are expected to produce great efforts to secure them from being blacklisted.

Airline under surveillance after crash (Independent Online)

Yemenia Airways must make "very big efforts" to avoid being blacklisted in Europe after the Airbus crash in the Comoros, according to French transport officials.