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BEIJING A long-awaited government report said design flaws and sloppy management caused a bullet train crash in July that killed 40 people and triggered a public outcry over the high cost and dangers of China's showcase transportation system.A former railway minister was among 54 officials found responsible for the crash, a Cabinet statement said Wednesday.The crash report was highly anticipated by the public. Regulations required the government to release the report by Nov. 20. When that date passed, the government offered little explanation, drawing renewed criticism by state media, which have been unusually skeptical about the handling of the accident and the investigation.The Cabinet statement cited "serious design flaws and major safety risks" and what it said were a string of errors in equipment procurement and management.The report affirmed earlier government statements that a lightning strike caused one bullet train to stall and a sensor failure allowed
ing a third term in a March vote. But his authority was dented by the Dec. 4 election, in which his party lost 25 percent of its seats and barely retained its majority despite widespread allegations of vote-rigging in its favor.The vote fraud outraged many Russians, and the protests triggered have been the largest Moscow and other Russian cities have seen in 20 years.Asked Wednesday about his refusal to take part in campaign debates, Putin said they make no sense since the opposition leaders are "not burdened with real work" and "always demand the impossible.""This would not be a conversation of equals," he was quoted by the ITAR-Tass news agency as saying. Putin promised to arrange to get "younger brothers" from the government to take part in the televised debates.
ment, the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, the Defense Department and the White House.He said he will demand answers from the Iraqis as well from U.S. authorities about how the incident was handled after they learned about the men."We're going to have thousands of contractors over there, including many Americans. Can the Iraqis just take them off the street and hold them? This is a terrible precedent. We have to get to the bottom of this," he said.The New York congressman said he was concerned that U.S. military authorities had not been notified by the U.S. embassy that the men were being held and that embassy representatives had not visited the men when he learned about it from Antiohos' wife last week."We have to find out if there could have been better coordination between all the agencies to make sure something like this doesn't happen again," King said.U.S. troops completed a full withdrawal this month after nearly nine years of war."This should be a bit of a wak
though analysts say Kim Yong Un is on the path toward cementing his power and all moves in North Korea so far -- from titles giving him power over the ruling party and military and his leading position in the funeral procession, his age and inexperience leave questions about Kim's long-term prospects. Whereas his father was groomed for power for 20 years before taking over, the younger Kim has had fewer than two years.He also faces the huge challenges of running a country that struggles to feed its people even as it pursues a nuclear weapons program that has earned it international sanctions and condemndation.Kim Jong Il -- who led with absolute rule after his father Kim Il Sung's death in 1994, through a famine that killed hundreds of thousands and the controversial buildup of North Korea's nuclear and missile programs -- died of a heart attack Dec. 17 at age 69.Mourners in parkas lined the streets of Pyongyang, waving, stamping and crying as the convoy beari
ew earlier this month after the Huckabee film screening."When the lady who was in it was looking me in the eye and saying, `You need to think this through,' she said, `I am the product of a rape' and she said `my life has worth,"' Perry said. "It was a powerful moment for me."
up in the past months remain in jail.The Arab observers kicked off their one month mission in the violence-wracked country with a visit on Tuesday to Homs -- the first time Syria has allowed outside monitors to the city at the heart of the anti-government uprising.A local official in Homs told The Associated Press that four observers were in the city on Wednesday as well, touring various districts. He declined to give his details and spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons.Syrian TV said observers toured several trouble spots in Homs including the neighborhoods of Bab Sbaa, Baba Amr, Inshaat and al-Muhajireen, adding they met with residents there.Homs residents said anti-government protesters were preparing for a second day of demonstrations, despite a massive security presence in the city."I can see riot police with shields and batons on main streets and intersections, they are everywhere," said one resident, speaking over the phone. He declined t
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