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keptical 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. It also criticized the Railways Ministry's rescue efforts.The report affirmed earlier government statements that a lightning strike caused one bullet train to stall and then a sensor failure and missteps by train controllers allowed a second train to keep moving on the same track and slam into it.Those singled out for blame included former Minister of Railways Liu Zhijun, a bullet train booster who was detained in February amid a graft investigation. Also criticized was the general manager of the company that manufactured the signal, who died of a heart attack while talking to investigators in August.The decision to assign blame to one figure who already has been jailed and another who is dead, along with mid-level managers who have been fired,
n, promising them protection and then washed its hands of the situation."The United States General gave a guarantee in 2003, when we invaded Iraq and they surrendered their arms, heavy arms and light arms that they could have used to defend themselves," says former Attorney General Michael Mukasey. "We gave them a guarantee that they would be treated as protected persons."Fox News has obtained the July 21, 2004 letter signed by U.S. Army Major General Geoffrey Miller, Deputy Commanding General of Multi-National Forces Iraq, who wrote, "I am writing to congratulate each individual living in Camp Ashraf on their recognition as protected persons under the 4th Geneva Convention."Click here to read the letter from U.S. Army Major General Geoffrey Miller.A year later Major General William Brandenburg, another MNF-I commander writes, "Coalition forces remain committed to fulfilling the humanitarian mission of ensuring that the important rights provided by the Geneva Co
APDecember 27, 2011: This image made from amateur video and released by Shaam News Network purports to show men carrying an injured man in Homs, Syria.BEIRUT The Syrian government released Wednesday 755 prisoners detained over the past nine months in the regime's crackdown on dissent as observers toured a flashpoint city to see whether authorities were complying with an Arab plan to stop the bloodshed that has killed thousands.Violence continued in several parts of the country, with activists saying two died in the Baba Amr district of Homs, and at least four soldiers were killed in an ambush carried out by a group of military defectors in the country's south on Wednesday.The prisoners' release, reported by the state-run news agency SANA, followed accusations by Human Rights Watch that Syrian authorities were hiding hundreds of detainees from the observers now in the country.The New York-based group said the detainees have been transferred to off-limits militar
ite different than actively presenting material in a biased, political and emotionally charged manner, which is what occurred in (Mexican-American Studies) classes," Kowal wrote.The judge said such teaching promotes activism against white people, promotes racial resentment and advocates ethnic solidarity.Huppenthal has 30 days to accept, reject or modify the ruling. If he accepts the judge's decision, the district has about 30 days to appeal the ruling in Superior Court."In the end, I made a decision based on the totality of the information and facts gathered during my investigation a decision that I felt was best for all students in the Tucson Unified School District." Huppenthal said in a written statement.Messages left for a district spokeswoman Tuesday night weren't immediately returned. In the past, district officials have said they can't afford to the financial hit that Huppenthal's decision would bring.The battle over the ethnic studies program escalate
know whether his initial target was among the victims.Click here to read more on this story from MyFoxChicago.com.Newscore contributed to this report.
Friends of Alexis Marron, 18, have created a "Red in Remembrance" Facebook page in his honor.Relatives and friends of a suburban Chicago teenager who officials say was killed over the holiday weekend in Mexico held a memorial in his honor on Tuesday.Prosecutors in Mexico's Michoacan state said Tuesday that a burned car holding the remains of three young men was found on a roadside on Christmas Eve. An employee of the prosecutors' office who wasn't authorized to be quoted by name says one teen has been identified as 18-year-old Alexis Marron.The 18-year-old's body was found in the trunk of a burned out car in a small town about 80 miles southeast of Guadalajara on Christmas Eve. Mexican authorities said Marron and two friends were burned alive in an area that's plagued by a gang turf war."It was really sad. Everybody is depressed. We just can't get over it -- a terrible, terrible death," said friend Juan Mestizo.Marron had worked all summer to afford the trip t
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