50,000 Bangladesh workers booked for violence

DHAKA – As many as 50,000 to 60,000 garment industry workers have been booked for violence over the last weekend in Ashulia, a suburban industrial township on the outskirts of the national capital.

Four cases were lodged at the Ashulia police station by Wednesday evening — one was against 50,000 to 60,000 unnamed people while … Read more >>.

Indonesia’s president hopes high-profile arrest cripples new cell accused of plotting attacks

Indonesia’s president hopes arrest cripples cell

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia’s president said he hoped the arrest of the country’s most-wanted terrorist would help cripple a cell accused of plotting a Mumbai-style attack targeting foreigners at luxury hotels and several high-profile assassinations.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, reportedly a target of the plot, urged people to remain vigilant, however, …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Indonesia’s president hopes high-profile arrest cripples new cell accused of plotting attacks.

Nudge from robot mile undersea foils oil containment system for day; dozen of subs operating

Robot nudge foils Gulf oil collection for a day

NEW ORLEANS – One nudge by a deep-sea robot, and BP had to back off its most effective method so far for containing the Gulf of Mexico oil leak.
After being removed for much of the day Wednesday, engineers using remote-controlled submarines repositioned a cap that had captured … Read more >>>.

China says terror group uncovered that plotted attacks after last year’s Xinjiang unrest

China says terrorist group broken up in Xinjiang

BEIJING – China said Thursday it had crushed a gang of Muslim terrorists that plotted attacks in the wake of deadly ethnic violence in the northwestern region of Xinjiang last year.
Public Security Ministry spokesman Wu Heping said the “hardcore terrorists” had assembled pipe bombs, molotov cocktails, knives and … Original source on Gaea Times at : China says terror group uncovered that plotted attacks after last year’s Xinjiang unrest.

Afghan government: 7 civilians working on road construction killed in bomb attack

7 Afghan construction workers killed in bombing

KABUL, Afghanistan – The Afghan government says seven private construction workers have been killed in a roadside bomb attack in central Afghanistan.
The Interior Ministry says in a statement that Wednesday’s blast in Uruzgan province came from a remote-controlled bomb. It was detonated just as a vehicle belonging to Qaher … Read more : Afghan government: 7 civilians working on road construction killed in bomb attack.

Indian arrested for murder in Italy

Anzio (Italy), June 24 (IANS/AKI) An Indian man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow Indian whose headless body was found on a beach in a town south of Rome, an official said.

The suspect, whom police have only identified as “G” Singh, is the second man arrested for the murder of 46-year-old …. Read the original article  : here.

Afghans relieved at choice of Gen. Petraeus to lead war

Afghans relieved at choice of Gen. Petraeus
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan officials expressed relief at the choice of Gen. David Petraeus to replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the top U.S. and NATO commander, believing the U.S. strategy aimed at minimizing civilian casualties and bolstering the Afghan government would continue.
Afghans had warned that the dismissal …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

NATO says 4 of its service members killed in a vehicle accident in southern Afghanistan

Auto accident kills 4 NATO troops in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan – NATO says 4 of its service members have been killed in a vehicle accident in southern Afghanistan.
The international military coalition said the accident happened Wednesday but did not provide further details, and did not identify the nationalities of the dead.
U.S. military spokesman Col. … Read : NATO says 4 of its service members killed in a vehicle accident in southern Afghanistan.

Carnegie Heroes Fund awards 23 people medals, money for courageous acts that saved others

Carnegie Heroes Fund honors 23 with medals, money

PITTSBURGH – Two men who died while saving a 5-year-old girl and her mother who had fallen through ice into a pond and two others who subdued a church gunman are among 23 people being honored with Carnegie medals for heroism.
Willard Van Fleet Jr., of Factoryville, Pa., and …. Original article  : Carnegie Heroes Fund awards 23 people medals, money for courageous acts that saved others.

Hurricane Celia weakens but still Category 2 storm in the Pacific; TS Darby changes little

Hurricane Celia weakens but still Category 2 storm

MIAMI – Hurricane Celia has weakened a bit in the Pacific but is still a Category 2 storm.
According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, the storm’s maximum sustained winds decreased Wednesday night to near 105 mph (165 kph) and were expected to weaken further.
Celia is located about … Read : Hurricane Celia weakens but still Category 2 storm in the Pacific; TS Darby changes little.

12 killed in Spain train accident

BARCELONA – At least 12 pedestrians were killed in a train accident on the Spanish coast near Barcelona, rescue workers said early Thursday.

The victims were killed by an express train near the coastal town of Castelldefels, officials said. They were trying to cross the tracks on their way to the beach to participate in a …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Containment cap reattached, again collecting Gulf oil; will take time for system to ramp up

Cap again collecting oil from Gulf of Mexico leak

NEW ORLEANS – Oil had spewed uncontrolled into the Gulf of Mexico for much of the day Wednesday before engineers reattached a cap being used to contain the gusher and direct some of the crude to a surface ship.
The logistics coordinator onboard the Discoverer Enterpriser, the ship …. Original article  : Containment cap reattached, again collecting Gulf oil; will take time for system to ramp up.

Justice Department seeks delay in ruling that overturned drilling moratorium in Gulf

Government seeks delay in moratorium ruling

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration on Wednesday night asked a judge to delay a court ruling that overturned a moratorium on new drilling in the Gulf.
In court papers filed with the U.S. District Court in New Orleans, the Justice Department said that it is seeking the delay while appealing the … Original article on : Justice Department seeks delay in ruling that overturned drilling moratorium in Gulf.

Small-scale flooding reported in Gonaives, northwest Haitian city housing quake refugees

Small-scale flooding reported in northwest Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haitian civil protection officials say rains have caused small floods in the northwestern city of Gonaives.
Civil protection director Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste said Wednesday night there had been no reports of injuries or damage to property.
Much of the country is under an “orange alert” for more serious floods … Read more >>>.

Oil again spewing in Gulf after undersea robot bumps cap that had been containing some

Oil spews again in Gulf after robot bumps cap

NEW ORLEANS – Oil spewed uncontrolled into the Gulf of Mexico again Wednesday after an undersea robot bumped the cap being used to contain it, forcing BP engineers to remove the device and then scramble to reattach it.
The latest setback left nothing to stem the flow of …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Oil again spewing in Gulf after undersea robot bumps cap that had been containing some.

Labor secretary: Time to replace federal mine safety agency’s process for ID’ing trouble spots

Labor secretary faults mine scrutiny process

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis on Wednesday said her department needs to scrap and replace its “badly broken” process for identifying the nation’s most dangerous mines.
An alert from the Labor Department inspector general’s office questions why the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration between 2007 and 2009 … Read more : Labor secretary: Time to replace federal mine safety agency’s process for ID’ing trouble spots.

54 bodies found in Colombian coal mine

Bogota, June 24 (IANS/EFE) Bodies of 54 people killed in Colombian coal mine blast last week have been recovered, sources in Colombia’s Geology and Mining Institute said Wednesday.

Around 20 more bodies are still trapped inside the San Fernando mine in northwestern town of Amaga, the sources said.
The explosion, apparently due to an accumulation of …. Source  : 54 bodies found in Colombian coal mine.

Fed report confirms underwater ‘cloud’ of oil extends up to 6 miles from ruptured well in Gulf

Fed report confirms underwater oil cloud near well

NEW ORLEANS – A federal report confirms what independent scientists have been saying for weeks about the Gulf oil spill: Undersea oil plumes extend for miles from the ruptured well.
The report may help measure the effectiveness of spreading chemicals to break up the oil.
Government researchers released a summary … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Fed report confirms underwater ‘cloud’ of oil extends up to 6 miles from ruptured well in Gulf.

NASA: Easter Baja California earthquake moved border city of Calexico

NASA: Easter quake moved border city
PASADENA, Calif. – The strong Easter earthquake physically moved the border city of Calexico.

NASA data released Wednesday revealed the magnitude-7.2 quake shifted the Calexico region up to 2 1/2 feet in a southerly direction.
The quake, centered in Baja California, caused $100 million in damage to California, primarily in Calexico.
It’s not … Original article on : NASA: Easter Baja California earthquake moved border city of Calexico.

Coast Guard: 2 Gulf cleanup workers die; no apparent direct connection to oil spill

Admiral: 2 spill workers die; no direct oil links

WASHINGTON – Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says two contract workers helping with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill cleanup have died. Neither death appears to have a direct connection to the spill.
Allen said Wednesday in Washington that one man was killed by what investigators later called … Read : Coast Guard: 2 Gulf cleanup workers die; no apparent direct connection to oil spill.