Unsubclick here
1200 Ring Rd Ste #2110 Calumet City, Illinois 60409 <
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
role in Iran's foreign or military policy.On Monday, the Iranian navy warned off a foreign helicopter that had approached the site of a 10-day naval drill it is currently conducting in international waters beyond the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf.A spokesman for the drill, Rear Adm. Mahmoud Mousavi, tells state TV the helicopter left the area immediately after the warning Sunday. He gives no other details.Irans navy began the 10-day drill on Saturday, and regularly holds war games. The country has also been active in fighting piracy in the Gulf of Aden.The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Fox16.comDawna Natzke, 46, was last seen seen Dec. 21 leaving a Christmas party in Hot Springs Village.Authorities are searching for a missing Arkansas police dispatcher after finding her burned vehicle abandoned in the Ouachita National Forest.Dawna Natzke, a 46-year-old mother of three, was last seen seen Dec. 21 leaving a Christmas party in Hot Springs Village, where she worked as a police dispatcher, Fox affiliate KLRT-TV reported.Police found the charred remains of Natzke's 1997 teal green Ford Escort Wagon three days later off Arkansas Highway 298 in the Ouachita National Forest. The vehicle has been sent to a state crime lab, according to the station.Dog teams were reportedly called to search the area Monday, but uncovered no trace of the missing woman.Natzke is described as 5-foot-6 with brown hair with blonde highlights and brown eyes.Anyone with information on Natzke's whereabouts is being urged to call the Hot Springs Village Police at (501)922-0011.
preme leader" of the party, state and army.Kim was somber in a long, dark overcoat as he strode alongside his father's hearse accompanied by top party officials behind him and key military leaders on the other side of the limousine -- a lineup that was a good look at who will be the core leadership in North Korea.North Korea now turns to Thursday's memorial ceremony. Although there will be tributes to Kim Jong Il, the country will be turning toward Kim Jong Un, analysts said."The message will be clear: Kim Jong Un now leads the country and there is no alternative," said Kim Yeon-su, a North Korea expert at the state-run Korea National Defense University in South Korea.There will also be more attention paid to the inner circle forming around Kim Jong Un.On Wednesday, he was accompanied by Jang Song Thaek, Kim Jong Il's brother-in-law and a vice chairman of the powerful National Defense Commission, who is expected to be crucial in helping Kim Jong Un take power.
support."The state requires candidates to submit petitions with 10,000 signatures from registered Virginia voters with 400 signatures from voters in each of its eleven congressional districts.Perry's campaign said it submitted 11,911 signatures for verification.In the statement announcing the legal challenge, Perry's campaign said only 119,034 Virginians voted in the 2008 Republican primary, making the requirement of 10,000 signatures "unrealistic and onerous."Newt Gingrich also failed to qualify for the primary, which is to be held on Super Tuesday, March 6. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Texas Rep. Ron Paul were the only candidates to make the ballot.
etas and the Gulf cartel.Also Tuesday, federal prosecutors announced that a former high-ranking federal police official has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for helping the Sinaloa drug cartel.The case of former regional police security coordinator Javier Herrera Valles had been a scandal and for some a cause celebre, in part because he was arrested after having publicly accused some of his superiors of corruption or incompetence.The Attorney General's Office said in a statement Tuesday that Herrera Valles had been convicted of organized crime charges for aiding the Sinaloa drug cartel, Mexico's most powerful gang.He was arrested in 2008, around the same time Mexico arrested a number of high-ranking officials for collaborating with drug cartels.
No comments:
Post a Comment