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The authorities are leaving nothing to chance as far as security and protocol are concerned.

KUALA LUMPUR: A parachute performance that will grace the skies of Putrajaya is set to become the highlight of this year’s National Day celebration.

The overhead lines of a cable car had snapped, leaving eight people in pakistan, mostly children going to school on the other side of the valley, dangling over a huge ravine for 12 heart pounding hours. the cable car paralyzed, its young passengers and one adult trapped. >> for this region is very far off in the mountains region. this is kind of a shortcut where they do this like a diy type of communication, mechanism for themselves. >> rescue efforts began with military helicopters lowering com...

Think the general needed to add forces and reinforce the south and focus on one big counteroffensive push in the south. they think that he said yes. they are saying he said yes, he is going to try doing that. we will wait and see what happens. >> helene cooper, thank you very much. appreciate it. >> thank you. good news coming out of pakistan. rescuers really performed a miracle 900 feet in the air. yesterday, we were talking about these. these kids were trapped on that a cable car. a group of...

Though darkness is falling? yes. know this is going to continue, even though darkness is falling? yes, the authorities have _ though darkness is falling? yes, the authorities have said _ though darkness is falling? yes, the authorities have said that _ though darkness is falling? yes, the authorities have said that they - though darkness is falling? yes, the authorities have said that they are i authorities have said that they are not stopping anytime soon. especially with the rescue of these fi...

Time. the weather was a much more supportive. it is still supporting them. they are flying there, and they have the commandos on them. it is a technical operation, not easy, because one cable was already broken. there is a gap of 30 feet, 30 metres, between the cable car and the other cable. so they cant come down that much. they have checked the place and are honoured, we are hopeful that it is successful. faisal, thank you for bringing us up

In the operation, a total of seven helicopters fly from the army and two from the air force took part in this rescue mission. at the rescue mission had to be stopped because it was already dark in the evening and then a ground rescue mission was started. the army and commandos, they were there and commandos, they were there and they actually set up another zip line, and they approached this trolley leaving people on the ground. the situation has been normalised in the area, all of them are stabl...

Their way to school, left dangling over a ravine after an overhead line snapped. pakistani military helicopters circling above lowering commandos by rope but trying not to shake the car with the force of their rotors. cable cars are a common way to travel in remote areas with poor roads, and with crowds gathering below, one man making a frantic call to local tv from on board the car. "its a matter of human life," he said. "the authority should rescue all of us as soon as possible" and then on th...

They sent in a bunch of cia officers with suitcases full of money, and they hired a bunch of tribesmen to go after bin laden. - u.s. officials say american commandos operating alongside opposition forces got within two miles of a cave complex where osama bin laden is believed to be holed up. they could not go any further without exposing themselves to fire from the al-qaeda fighters defending the cave. - there was a moment where we had bin laden bottled up inside tora bora, we knew where he was,...

And courtney, this is all a response to a growing threat from iran. >> reporter: yeah, thats right, lester. those two u.s. warships with more than 3,000 u.s. sailors and marines are now in the red sea, ordered there after iranian naval vessels tried to stop, board and seize two oil tankers near the strait of hormuz last month, even firing on one and striking one of those ships. in both cases the iranian boats turned away after a u.s. military ship and aircraft arrived. that followed an april inc...