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People start leaving Tokyo after quake
Tokyo residents emptied out shops and stocked up on petrol as some began leaving the capital to avoid possible fallout from a reported accident at a nuclear power plant Saturday. Long queues formed at petrol stations and the few running trains were
Updated: 03/12/2011 06:00A
Pedestrian killed in road accident
The accident happened at about 4.30am on Saturday morning and involved a van and a man in his 20s. It happened on the N4 at Ardcarne, between Boyle and Carrick-on-Shannon. The victim had a shaven head and was wearing blue jeans, white running shoes,
Updated: 03/12/2011 06:00A
UK Housing Industry Struggles to Get First Time Buyers Back in Market
This is far from surprising, first time buyers are considered vital for a healthy housing market; they made up over 60% of all sales before the crash, now they make up less than 8%. For the most part first time buyers can't afford properties in their
Updated: 03/12/2011 06:00A
Man killed in Co Roscommon crash
A pedestrian has died following a road traffic crash in the early hours of the morning in Co Roscommon. Garda at Boyle are seeking help from the public in identifying the man, who was killed in the crash on the N4 at Ardcarne, at about 4.30am.
Updated: 03/12/2011 05:58A
BC-AS--China-Road Accident,0099
The State Administration of Work Safety says the bus plunged into a river following Saturday's midmorning accident in Wanlang township on the outskirts of Baishan city in Jilin province. The official Xinhua News Agency put the death toll at 21.
Updated: 03/12/2011 05:58A
Amanda Knox appeals trial resumes
They both deny wrongdoing and have appealed against the 2009 verdict. The defence witnesses were called to refute testimony in the first trial from a homeless man who said he had seen the defendants near the house the night Kercher was killed,
Updated: 03/12/2011 05:58A
Medina man, 75, pleads innocent in vehicular homicide death of his wife
9 crash that claimed the life of his wife, Jean. Diederich was driving a 2010 Nissan when he rolled the car on Erhart Road, near SR 57 and Neff Road in Grafton Township, around 6:30 pm Jan. 9. According to Highway Patrol troopers, Diederich did not
Updated: 03/12/2011 05:58A
Lavigne to keep $132300 salary for now
Raymond Lavigne was found not guilty of obstruction of justice. Ontario Superior Court Judge Robert Smith ruled that Lavigne -a former Liberal MP for a Montreal-area riding, who was appointed to the Senate in 2002 -should have known better.
Updated: 03/12/2011 05:57A
Commercial project needs cash
In recent months, the company has been hit with a class action lawsuit, undergone a management change and shelved plans to sell off non-core assets. The class action lawsuit, filed in a district court in New York, alleges that, due to an overstatement
Updated: 03/12/2011 05:57A
Hatred case to go to trial
The matter will first go to a pre-trial before going to trial at the Court of Queen's Bench. Dates have not been set for either proceeding. Tremaine previously elected to be tried by a Court of Queen's Bench judge and jury. Tremaine will remain out of
Updated: 03/12/2011 05:57A