Many killed in Pakistan bus crash

More than 60 bus passengers were killed when  the bus they were travelling collided with a milk tanker and caught fire in central Pakistan. Eyewtinesses said that The bus, travelling from Karachi,  was speeding when it struck the other vehicle on a...

Metrolink Engineer May Have Sent Text Message Moments Before Crash

"r 12, 2008CHATSWORTH -- According to preliminary reports, the Metrolink engineer may have been text messaging from the cab of the train using a cellular telephone moments before the devastating crash. The engineer...

A Sri Lanka Rice Cargo Ship Sinks Near Chittagong Harbor – 16 Crew Men Resc...

"A Sri Lankan cargo vessel carrying 3609 tons of rice was sunk off Banglades’s Chiitagong harbor after colliding with a Panamanian empty tanker , the harbor authorities said. Radio Controller of Chittagong Port Authoritiy,Wahidur Rahman said, “After receiving an SOS from...

Spill could close part of Mississippi River for days

Surely, the spill could effect wildlife, especially fish."The U.S. Coast Guard closed nearly 60 miles of the Mississippi River from New Orleans, Louisiana, southward after a fuel barge and a tanker collided early...

14 kids, two adults hurt in bus crash

"SIXTEEN people, including 14 children on a school holiday program, were taken to hospital after a bus and car collided in Melbourne's south today. An ambulance spokeswoman said 14 children, aged six to 10, and two adults were been taken to hospital with minor...

Bangladesh Train Collision Kills 8

Eight people were killed near Dhaka in Bangladesh, and many more are feared injured."Two trains collided Wednesday in eastern Bangladesh, killing at least eight people, a railway official said.Bangladesh Railway spokesman Shafiqul Alam Khan said an additional 16 people were...

15 killed in accident on Mumbai-Pune expressway

A jeep carrying marriage party met an accident at in the western Indian town of Pune today and all the occupant were killed, three surviving are struggling for their life in hospital. "Fifteen people belonging to a marriage party were killed and three others injured...

Dolphin killed during stunt at SeaWorld park

A dolphin died at a SeaWorld sister park after colliding with another dolphin during a guest interaction program." About 32 visitors were in the lagoon Saturday afternoon when the dolphins swam into the deeper...

Sailors Trapped in Sunken Tugboat

A Ukranian tugboat sunk off the coast of Hong Kong and is now lying upside-down 35 meters (115 ft) below the surface. Rescue crews are attempting to move the vessel to shallower waters in hopes of rescuing anyone still alive onboard.Update: no further word on the fate of the...

Bristol notes: Harvick sorry about collision with Stewart

" BRISTOL, Tenn. — Kevin Harvick is scheduled to appear on Tony Stewart's Sirius Satellite Radio show Monday night but don't expect any fireworks between the drivers who collided late in Sunday's Food City 500...

Youth Riots in France Continue; Is Sharia Law Out to Lunch.

"Youth Riots in France Continue 28 November 2007, Wednesday Click to enlarge the photo More than 1 000 police officers were deployed in the poor Paris suburb of Villiers-le-Bel to stop rioting youths. Photo by BGNES Riots have broken out for a third night in the poor French...

Russian passion Killer Freed after 2 years

This is a tragic story that started in 2002 On July 1, 2002, Skyguide was operating with a single air traffic controller who told the pilot of the Russian Tupolev plane to descend to avoid a collision, even though...

At Least 2 Dead, 10 Injured After Massive Tunnel Fire on California Freeway

"SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — Two bodies were pulled out of a Southern California freeway tunnel early Saturday morning after a 15-truck pile-up caused a massive fire, blocking a key link between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Fire Inspector Jason Hurd said the accident — the...

Blackwater's Bloody Sunday: The Real Story

As Washington and Blackwater spin machines crank out a flood of official justifications for the massacre of innocent civilians by Blackwater "contractors" on the mean streets of Baghdad, it's important as a...

Carriage Horse Dies in Accident in New York City's Central Park

In a long-overdue audit into the Horse Carriage industry in New York City, it has been reported that compliance with city regulations enforcement is extremely inadequate.The report marked the first time the...

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