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Norfolk Naval Shipyard employee killed during storm
A release from the shipyard says that during the storm a crane was pushed by strong winds into one of the buildings, pinning the man between that building and a second one. Navy Region Mid-Atlantic fire and rescue responded to the accident and the
Updated: 05/25/2011 07:13A
Judge says WPP delaying Maguindanao massacre trial
The Quezon City court hearing the high-profile Maguindanao massacre case on Wednesday accused the government's Witness Protection Program (WPP) of contributing to the delay of the trial. Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court
Updated: 05/25/2011 07:12A
EU Agrees Criteria For Nuclear Plants Safety 'Stress Tests'
According to the agreement, the stress tests will check the technical consequences that an accident would have on the reactors--the resistance of its containment structure and its readiness to fight a fire for example. However, prevention of terrorist
Updated: 05/25/2011 07:12A
Legislative Briefly for May 25
The rules would be established by the Nevada Gaming Commission, Online gambling has been mired in controversy since the US Justice Department indicted executives of three top online poker sites April 15, charging them with violating federal law.
Updated: 05/25/2011 07:12A
EU finalises "stress tests" for nuclear reactors
"Human error has played a role in the Fukushima accident, so therefore we felt human error and human action had to be part of the stress test," EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger told reporters. Officials say that in Europe the most significant
Updated: 05/25/2011 07:12A
Enfield's MPs defend rights to free speech
At the weekend, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, criticised politicians for using parliamentary privilege – the right of an MP to say anything in the House Of Commons without fear of being prosecuted – to “flout court orders”, after previous
Updated: 05/25/2011 07:12A
Wells Road nightclubs file federal complaint against Clay's new anti-crime
of Crazy Horse Saloon and Club Christopher's said the ordinance limiting their alcohol sales hours is unconstitutional because it treats them "in a disparate fashion from other businesses operating in the county which are engaged in the same trade.
Updated: 05/25/2011 07:12A
Indonesia: Terror suspect accuse prosecutors of carrying out US agenda
Jakarta, 25 May (AKI/Jakarta Post) - Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, a firebrand cleric charged with terrorist activities, described prosecutors' sentence demands as the fulfilment of a previous agenda rather than an effort to uphold justice.
Updated: 05/25/2011 07:11A
Cleanup continues after deadly train accident; highway reopens
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Updated: 05/25/2011 07:11A
Teen killed in ATV accident
A teenager is dead after all-terrain vehicle accident in western Newfoundland late Tuesday afternoon. The RCMP in St. George's said the teen,15, fell from his ATV while making turn near the community's Rec Plex. Police said emergency services told them
Updated: 05/25/2011 07:11A
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