Direct flights from Haneda, Japan to Honolulu hoping to be compe

HANEDA, Japan (HawaiiNewsNow) - Flight 458 is about to arrive at Honolulu International after a 35 hundred mile journey but it all began much further back.
The maiden flight to Japan from Honolulu put us there at around midnight. The Boeing 767 pulled in to the new multi-billion dollar terminal at Haneda. Hawaiian Airlines took its place within Tokyo's new international hub. It's the only U.S. carrier with direct flights between Honolulu and Haneda.

Abercrombie to miss new governors seminar in Colorado

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Governor-elect Neil Abercrombie will not be heading to Colorado to attend a seminar for new governors.
Abercrombie's mother-in-law is sick, so he decided to stay in the islands.

Abercrombie's chief of staff and his deputy chief of staff will travel to Colorado instead.

Actor Wesley Snipes ordered to jail over tax crime, Nov 20, 2010

Hollywood star Wesley Snipes has been ordered by a US judge to surrender to authorities to start serving a three-year jail term for tax-related crimes.
Florida Judge William Terrell Hodges rejected a request from Snipes' lawyers to review his sentence and grant a new trial.

'Alien' planet detected circling dying star

This artist's impression shows HIP 13044 b, an exoplanet orbiting a star that entered the Milky Way from another galaxy
Astronomers claim to have discovered the first planet originating from outside our galaxy.
The Jupiter-like planet, they say, is part of a solar system which once belonged to a dwarf galaxy.

India PM Manmohan Singh denies 'inaction' claims

Mr Singh has reputation unblemished by corruption

India's prime minister has rejected accusations that he acted too slowly over prosecuting a former minister.

India's Supreme Court wants Manmohan Singh to explain 16 months of "alleged inaction" over a scandal involving the sale of mobile phone licences.
Telecoms Minister A Raja has resigned over allegations he sold mobile phone licences for billions of

E. coli O157 linked to heart risk

Catching the most dangerous strain of E. coli could increase the risk of high blood pressure and heart problems years later, say researchers.

A Canadian study of almost 2,000 who fell ill during an outbreak of E. coli O157 found heart attack risk doubled.

Indonesia maid 'killed in Saudi Arabia'

Indonesia has demanded an inquiry into reports that a maid working in Saudi Arabia was killed by her employers and her body dumped on a roadside.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said a team had been sent to the Saudi town of Abha to investigate reports of the murder of 36-year-old Kikim Komalasari.

Haiti cholera outbreak response 'inadequate', says MSF

The response to a cholera outbreak in Haiti that has killed nearly 1,200 people has been "inadequate", a major medical charity says.

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said despite the huge aid agency presence in Haiti, urgent needs were not being met.

New Zealand mine: Fears of second blast delays rescue

No rescue mission will be launched until at least Sunday morning at the New Zealand coal mine where 29 men are missing after a blast, officials say.

Police say they "remain positive" that the men will be found alive, but the fear of a second explosion is preventing rescuers from entering.

Soldiers end Madagascar officer 'mutiny'

Madagascan troops have stormed an army barracks occupied by rebel soldiers, ending a three-day mutiny.

Gunshots rang out shortly before reports emerged that the rebels had given themselves up for arrest.

David Cameron defends Afghan withdrawal deadline

David Cameron has insisted that UK combat troops will be out of Afghanistan by 2015.

The prime minister told the Nato summit in Lisbon, where the 28 leaders agreed a strategy to transfer military control to Afghanistan by 2014, that the UK deadline was "firm".

Russia 'to work with Nato on missile defence shield'

Russia has agreed to co-operate on Nato's programme to defend against ballistic missile attacks, Nato's chief has said.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen said at a Nato summit in Lisbon that the two sides had agreed in writing that they no longer posed a threat to one another.

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