Girl, 7, survives US plane crash

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Washington - A 7-year-old girl walked free from the wreckage of a private plane that crashed in a wooded area of Kentucky on Friday killing four others on board, US police said.

Police were alerted to the crash when they received an emergency call from a local resident, they said in a statement on Facebook.

"The caller told police that a 7-year-old female had walked to his home reporting that she had been involved in a plane crash," Sergeant Dean Patterson of Kentucky State Police said in the official statement.
The girl was distressed and taken to a hospital for what police called non life-threatening injuries.
Emergency crews raced to the area and later located the small plane.

"Investigators on scene confirm four fatalities at the crash site. The fatalities account for the pilot and remaining passengers," a subsequent police statement on Facebook said.

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Lampard rescues City, Saints beat Arsenal

Frank Lampard celebrated his loan extension by scoring the winning goal as Manchester City edged Sunderland 3-2 on Thursday to move level on points with Premier League leaders Chelsea, AFP reports.

City announced late on Wednesday that Lampard’s loan move from their sister club New York City FC had been prolonged to the end of the season and he proved his worth by coming off the bench to score the winner.

City, who left goalkeeper Joe Hart on the bench, took the lead in the 57th minute at the Etihad Stadium when Yaya Toure slammed an exquisite shot into the top-left corner from outside the box.

Stevan Jovetic’s flick made it 2-0, but just as they had done in Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Burnley, the champions allowed Sunderland back into the game.

Two City old boys did the damage, with Jack Rodwell’s header reducing the arrears in the 68th minute and Adam Johnson equalising from the penalty spot three minutes later after Pablo Zabaleta had fouled Santiago Vergini.

But just three minutes after replacing Jovetic, Lampard headed home a cross from Gael Clichy to take City level with his former club Chelsea, who visited Tottenham Hotspur in the late New Year’s Day fixture.

Earlier, Manchester United had lost further momentum in the title race after drawing 1-1 with Stoke City at a windy Britannia Stadium.

Radamel Falcao equalised for the visitors in the 26th minute after former United trainee Ryan Shawcross had scored the first goal of 2015 in the second minute by hooking home from Peter Crouch’s header.

“We didn’t deserve any more than a draw,” said United manager Louis van Gaal, who lost Ashley Young to a hamstring injury. “They were closer to a winning goal than us. We should have played better today.”

Southampton tightened their grip on fourth place and closed to within a point of United by winning 2-0 at home to nearest rivals Arsenal, who fell three points off the Champions League places as a result.

Sadio Mane curled home from a narrow angle on the right after Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny went walkabout in the 34th minute, with Dusan Tadic adding a second in the 56th minute after a defensive mix-up.

Freshly appointed West Bromwich Albion manager Tony Pulis watched from the stands as his new club drew 1-1 at West Ham United, with Saido Berahino cancelling out Diafra Sakho’s neatly constructed 10th-minute opener.

Lampard rescues City, Saints beat Arsenal

Frank Lampard celebrated his loan extension by scoring the winning goal as Manchester City edged Sunderland 3-2 on Thursday to move level on points with Premier League leaders Chelsea, AFP reports.

City announced late on Wednesday that Lampard’s loan move from their sister club New York City FC had been prolonged to the end of the season and he proved his worth by coming off the bench to score the winner.

City, who left goalkeeper Joe Hart on the bench, took the lead in the 57th minute at the Etihad Stadium when Yaya Toure slammed an exquisite shot into the top-left corner from outside the box.

Stevan Jovetic’s flick made it 2-0, but just as they had done in Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Burnley, the champions allowed Sunderland back into the game.

Two City old boys did the damage, with Jack Rodwell’s header reducing the arrears in the 68th minute and Adam Johnson equalising from the penalty spot three minutes later after Pablo Zabaleta had fouled Santiago Vergini.

But just three minutes after replacing Jovetic, Lampard headed home a cross from Gael Clichy to take City level with his former club Chelsea, who visited Tottenham Hotspur in the late New Year’s Day fixture.

Earlier, Manchester United had lost further momentum in the title race after drawing 1-1 with Stoke City at a windy Britannia Stadium.

Radamel Falcao equalised for the visitors in the 26th minute after former United trainee Ryan Shawcross had scored the first goal of 2015 in the second minute by hooking home from Peter Crouch’s header.

“We didn’t deserve any more than a draw,” said United manager Louis van Gaal, who lost Ashley Young to a hamstring injury. “They were closer to a winning goal than us. We should have played better today.”

Southampton tightened their grip on fourth place and closed to within a point of United by winning 2-0 at home to nearest rivals Arsenal, who fell three points off the Champions League places as a result.

Sadio Mane curled home from a narrow angle on the right after Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny went walkabout in the 34th minute, with Dusan Tadic adding a second in the 56th minute after a defensive mix-up.

Freshly appointed West Bromwich Albion manager Tony Pulis watched from the stands as his new club drew 1-1 at West Ham United, with Saido Berahino cancelling out Diafra Sakho’s neatly constructed 10th-minute opener.

Lampard rescues City, Saints beat Arsenal

Frank Lampard celebrated his loan extension by scoring the winning goal as Manchester City edged Sunderland 3-2 on Thursday to move level on points with Premier League leaders Chelsea, AFP reports.

City announced late on Wednesday that Lampard’s loan move from their sister club New York City FC had been prolonged to the end of the season and he proved his worth by coming off the bench to score the winner.

City, who left goalkeeper Joe Hart on the bench, took the lead in the 57th minute at the Etihad Stadium when Yaya Toure slammed an exquisite shot into the top-left corner from outside the box.

Stevan Jovetic’s flick made it 2-0, but just as they had done in Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Burnley, the champions allowed Sunderland back into the game.

Two City old boys did the damage, with Jack Rodwell’s header reducing the arrears in the 68th minute and Adam Johnson equalising from the penalty spot three minutes later after Pablo Zabaleta had fouled Santiago Vergini.

But just three minutes after replacing Jovetic, Lampard headed home a cross from Gael Clichy to take City level with his former club Chelsea, who visited Tottenham Hotspur in the late New Year’s Day fixture.

Earlier, Manchester United had lost further momentum in the title race after drawing 1-1 with Stoke City at a windy Britannia Stadium.

Radamel Falcao equalised for the visitors in the 26th minute after former United trainee Ryan Shawcross had scored the first goal of 2015 in the second minute by hooking home from Peter Crouch’s header.

“We didn’t deserve any more than a draw,” said United manager Louis van Gaal, who lost Ashley Young to a hamstring injury. “They were closer to a winning goal than us. We should have played better today.”

Southampton tightened their grip on fourth place and closed to within a point of United by winning 2-0 at home to nearest rivals Arsenal, who fell three points off the Champions League places as a result.

Sadio Mane curled home from a narrow angle on the right after Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny went walkabout in the 34th minute, with Dusan Tadic adding a second in the 56th minute after a defensive mix-up.

Freshly appointed West Bromwich Albion manager Tony Pulis watched from the stands as his new club drew 1-1 at West Ham United, with Saido Berahino cancelling out Diafra Sakho’s neatly constructed 10th-minute opener.

Lampard rescues City, Saints beat Arsenal

Frank Lampard celebrated his loan extension by scoring the winning goal as Manchester City edged Sunderland 3-2 on Thursday to move level on points with Premier League leaders Chelsea, AFP reports.

City announced late on Wednesday that Lampard’s loan move from their sister club New York City FC had been prolonged to the end of the season and he proved his worth by coming off the bench to score the winner.

City, who left goalkeeper Joe Hart on the bench, took the lead in the 57th minute at the Etihad Stadium when Yaya Toure slammed an exquisite shot into the top-left corner from outside the box.

Stevan Jovetic’s flick made it 2-0, but just as they had done in Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Burnley, the champions allowed Sunderland back into the game.

Two City old boys did the damage, with Jack Rodwell’s header reducing the arrears in the 68th minute and Adam Johnson equalising from the penalty spot three minutes later after Pablo Zabaleta had fouled Santiago Vergini.

But just three minutes after replacing Jovetic, Lampard headed home a cross from Gael Clichy to take City level with his former club Chelsea, who visited Tottenham Hotspur in the late New Year’s Day fixture.

Earlier, Manchester United had lost further momentum in the title race after drawing 1-1 with Stoke City at a windy Britannia Stadium.

Radamel Falcao equalised for the visitors in the 26th minute after former United trainee Ryan Shawcross had scored the first goal of 2015 in the second minute by hooking home from Peter Crouch’s header.

“We didn’t deserve any more than a draw,” said United manager Louis van Gaal, who lost Ashley Young to a hamstring injury. “They were closer to a winning goal than us. We should have played better today.”

Southampton tightened their grip on fourth place and closed to within a point of United by winning 2-0 at home to nearest rivals Arsenal, who fell three points off the Champions League places as a result.

Sadio Mane curled home from a narrow angle on the right after Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny went walkabout in the 34th minute, with Dusan Tadic adding a second in the 56th minute after a defensive mix-up.

Freshly appointed West Bromwich Albion manager Tony Pulis watched from the stands as his new club drew 1-1 at West Ham United, with Saido Berahino cancelling out Diafra Sakho’s neatly constructed 10th-minute opener.

Israeli settlers stone U.S. diplomatic cars: police

Jewish settlers threw stones at the cars of a U.S. diplomatic delegation which came to inspect vandalism to nearby Palestinian-owned trees in the occupied West Bank on Friday, Israeli police said.

The U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv and consulate in Jerusalem had no immediate comment on the incident outside Adei Ad settlement, which caused no casualties. Such incidents are rare though Washington disapproves of Israel's settlement policy.

An Israeli police spokeswoman said the delegation arrived at Adei Ad in U.S. diplomatic cars without first having coordinated the visit with Israeli authorities. She said the purpose of the trip was to inspect nearby trees that had been uprooted in what their Palestinian owners suspect was vandalism by Jewish settlers.
"Rocks were thrown at them by residents of Adei Ad. We are investigating. Arrests have yet to be made," the spokeswoman said. She said she did not know of any damage to the vehicles and had no further information on the delegates' identities.

An Adei Ad resident who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity said that he had not witnessed the incident but had been told by fellow settlers who were involved that the U.S. delegates came within 50 yards (meters) of the settlement in two diplomatic cars accompanied by local Palestinians.

The resident said several settlers went out to confront the group. He declined to confirm or deny that the settlers threw stones, but said two armed diplomatic guards briefly emerged from the cars.
"One had a pistol, the other an M-16, and they pointed them at the settlers," the resident said.
Asked about this account, the Israeli police spokeswoman said: "We have no indication that anyone in the U.S. delegation brandished weapons."

The Adei Ad resident said some 40 families live in the settlement. Around 500,000 Israelis live in such enclaves among 2.5 million Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, which Israel captured in the 1967 war and which most world powers envisage as part of a future Palestinian state.

Most world powers regard the settlements as illegal and the United States cites their growth as among reasons for long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Seeing the land as a biblical birthright and security bulwark, Israel says it would keep blocs of settlements under any Palestinian statehood deal.

Eight-month-old baby dies in Benin inferno

Residents of Ewemade Street, off Benin-Sapele road, began the new year on a tragic note following the death of an eight-month-old baby who was said to have died in a fire outbreak in a building.
The incident was said to have occurred in the upper part of the building at about 11pm on New Year’s eve, when most of the residents had gone to church to attend the crossover service.
‎Although some of the occupants of the building were unclear about the cause of the fire, an eyewitness, who owns a shop in the affected building, said that the fire spread rapidly and also destroyed property worth millions of naira.
“It happened around 11pm yesterday (Wednesday), after everyone had gone to church‎.
“Few minutes after power was restored, because there no light, we were about to leave the‎ shop‎ when we heard people shouting, ‘Fire! Fire!’
“Before we knew it, it spread to other parts of the building, as if kerosene was added to it,” the eyewitness said.
It was, however‎, gathered that the fire officers were prevented from going into the building by the angry residents, who blamed them for their slow response.
An unconfirmed ‎source also disclosed that the body of the baby,who was found dead, had been deposited at a mortuary.
But when contacted, an official of the Edo State Fire Service, who identified himself as Mr. Anthony Osadolor‎, said that the fire service did not receive any call from the residents.
He also attributed the delay to inadequate fire trucks to cater for areas within the state capital.
‎”From the record I have here, there were fire incidents reported at Akpakpava and Sapele road. But I can’t confirm that someone died in the incident because they did not allow us to even get down out of our truck; they said we came late.
“It maybe that there were other fire occurrences at the same time they called. It is not our fault that we did not get there on time,” he said.