Accidents & Disasters – Newsletter for February 18, 2010
Income tax raids on hotel chain in Chandigarh, Punjab The IT officials raided properties of the K.C. Group, which has interests in hotels, restaurants and other businesses in Chandigarh, Panchkula (Haryana), Mohali and Nawanshahr (both in …. Original article on Gaea Times at : Income tax raids on hotel chain in Chandigarh, Punjab. Drunken lasses cause more car crashes In 2007 alone, alcohol-related fatal car crashes accounted for almost a third of the total in the US. Avalanche kills 18 in Pakistan Kohistan police chief Mohammad Ilyas said a cluster of houses in Bagrodara village of Kohistan’s Kundia area were buried by the avalanche which struck Wednesday. Investigators seek answers in fiery plane crash that kills 3 passengers in Silicon Valley EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. – Investigators are trying to determine if foggy weather was a key factor when a twin-engine plane plunged into a Silicon Valley neighborhood, killing all three people aboard as fiery wreckage damaged homes but “miraculously” sparing people on the ground. Water enters Punjab town after canal breach The town, located 30 km from Bathinda in south Punjab, is known for the Takht Damdama Sahib, one of the five high seats of Sikh …. Original article : Water enters Punjab town after canal breach. Officials: Bomb blast kills at least 11 people in northwest Pakistani tribal area PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A bomb blast killed at least 11 people and wounded another 50 Wednesday in a northwest Pakistani tribal region where many Taliban militants are believed to have gathered after fleeing an army offensive, officials said. Explosion outside government offices in Ramadi kill 9, Iraqi official says A government official from the Anbar province, where the blast took place, blamed the attack on a suicide bomber. Boy’s beheaded body found, sacrifice suspected The boy, Srikanta Bagi, a resident of Kubal village, had been missing since Feb 11. While his body was found in a field …. Read the original article : here. Government official says bomb blast kills at least 4 people in northwest Pakistani tribal area PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A government official says a bomb blast has killed at least four people in a northwest Pakistani tribal region. Spurious liquor kills four, one murdered in Tripura The four tribal men aged between 25 and 30 died at Chawmanu in northern Tripura, 135 km north of here, …. Original article : Spurious liquor kills four, one murdered in Tripura. Shanty towns show Haiti’s earthquake survivors aren’t waiting for gov’t plan on housing PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti’s government and aid groups have been wrangling for five weeks over a plan for housing earthquake survivors, but the people haven’t waited. Maoists kill 11 in Bihar village (Second Lead) According to a police official, more than 150 armed Maoists attacked Phulwaria village in Jamui, about 150 km from here, late Wednesday, and killed 11 villagers. Canadian employer fined $25,000 for racial abuse Taunting the woman’s two young sons as “half-nigger,” he reportedly told her, “That’s what you get for sleeping with a nigger.” She was later sacked by him. Magnitude 6.5 earthquake jolts China, Russia border The CNEC said that the quake struck at 9.13 a.m at a depth of 540 km. 8 American missionaries arrested in Haiti land in Miami hours after judge frees them MIAMI – Eight American missionaries charged with child kidnapping in Haiti returned to the U.S. aboard a military cargo plane early Thursday after nearly three weeks in a Haitian jail. But two others remained detained in an ordeal sparked by the group’s attempt to take 33 children out …. Source article : 8 American missionaries arrested in Haiti land in Miami hours after judge frees them. Toll in Uttar Pradesh hooch tragedy rises to 13 “The toll till Thursday morning was 13. At least 20 people who had consumed the liquor are being treated in different hospitals,” District Magistrate Ravindra Kumar told reporters. Mexico seeks Russian weapons to combat crime At a joint press conference with Mexican counterpart Patricia Espinosa, Lavrov said that his country is expanding its weapons sales abroad and has increased …. Source article : Mexico seeks Russian weapons to combat crime. Girl rescued from kidnappers after three years The girl was found after her relatives came to the country from Honduras and filed a complaint. Colombian navy destroys submarine meant for carrying drugs The vessel was found in the town of Mosquera, near the Pacific, hidden in dense vegetation, Pacific … Read more >>>. Warehouse fire kills two in Delhi A fire department official said: “The incident occurred at 5.15 a.m. A godown with cardboard boxes caught fire and two men were killed.”
Thursday, February 18, 2010
CHANDIGARH – Income tax (IT) officials Thursday conducted raids on hotels, offices and other properties of a leading Chandigarh and Punjab-based hotel chain following a tip-off about tax evasion.
WASHINGTON – Alcohol plays the villain in the rising toll of fatal car crashes involving young women drivers in the US, says a new research.
The research team analysed data from the US National Highway Traffic Safety … Original article on : Drunken lasses cause more car crashes.
ISLAMABAD – At least 18 people were killed after a large avalanche hit an alpine hamlet in Pakistan’s northwestern district of Kohistan, police said Thursday.
“Local people and a police team … Original source on Gaea Times at : Avalanche kills 18 in Pakistan.
Investigators seek answers in deadly plane crash
The aircraft was carrying three employees …. Source : Investigators seek answers in fiery plane crash that kills 3 passengers in Silicon Valley.
TALWANDI SABO – Water entered several parts of this Sikh religious town Thursday following a breach in an irrigation canal, affecting normal life and forcing the authorities to initiate relief measures.
Officials: Bomb blast kills 11 in NW Pakistan
The explosion at a cattle market in Orakzai tribal region came …. Original article : Officials: Bomb blast kills at least 11 people in northwest Pakistani tribal area.
Iraqi official: 9 killed in Ramadi blast
BAGHDAD – An Iraqi hospital official says 9 people have been killed and 15 injured in a morning explosion outside government offices in western Iraq.
The explosion Thursday happened at the gate … Read more »»».
BHUBANESWAR – The discovery of a seven-year-old boy’s beheaded body in Orissa’s Jajpur district triggered tension Thursday, with villagers suspecting it to be an act of human sacrifice by a tantrik, police said.
Official: Bomb blast kills 4 in NW Pakistan
Khaista Noor says the Wednesday explosion occurred at a cattle market in the Darmela area of the Orakzai tribal area.
Orakzai is believed to be a gathering place … Original source on Gaea Times at : Government official says bomb blast kills at least 4 people in northwest Pakistani tribal area.
AGARTALA – At least four men died and another took ill after drinking spurious liquor in a Tripura village, police said Thursday. In a separate incident, a tribal youth was murdered at a shop selling moonshine.
Haiti’s quake survivors don’t wait for gov’t plan
Rows of makeshift tents sprouted in open fields around the wrecked capital, and Haitians soon began strengthening the shelters. The camps have grown … Original article on : Shanty towns show Haiti’s earthquake survivors aren’t waiting for gov’t plan on housing.
PATNA – At least 11 people including two women and a child were killed in a Maoist attack in Bihar’s Jamui district, police said Thursday.
“Bodies of 11 villagers have … Read more >>>.
TORONTO – A Canadian employer has been fined $25,000 for calling his Pakistani-origin woman employee a ‘Paki’ and ‘nigger.’
Accepting Cheryl Khan’s complaint of racist abuse against her [..] Read the original article: here.
BEIJING – A magnitude 6.5 earthquake jolted the border region between China and Russia Thursday morning, according to China Earthquake Networks Centre (CNEC).
“I hardly felt any tremors when the earthquake struck,” said Jin Jianghu, a resident in … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Magnitude 6.5 earthquake jolts China, Russia border.
Missionaries freed by Haitian judge land in US
LUCKNOW – At least eight more people have died after drinking moonshine in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi district, taking the toll to 13, an official said Thursday.
“The condition … Read : Toll in Uttar Pradesh hooch tragedy rises to 13.
Mexico City, Feb 18 (IANS/EFE) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said here that Mexico is interested in buying equipment and weapons from his country to combat drug trafficking and organised crime.
San Salvador, Feb 18 (IANS/EFE) A six-year-old Honduran girl, who had been held by kidnappers in El Salvador since April 2007, was rescued near the municipality of San Matias and five captors were apprehended, the police said.
One of …. Source : Gaea News Network.
Bogota, Feb 18 (IANS/EFE) The Colombian navy found and destroyed a semi-submersible vessel with the capacity to carry between eight and 10 tons of cocaine in the province of Nario, but no arrests were made, a senior official said.
NEW DELHI – A fire in a warehouse early Thursday killed two people in Delhi’s Shastri Nagar area.
According to the official, 11 fire tenders had to be sent to douse the flames …. Original article : Warehouse fire kills two in Delhi.
Friday, February 19, 2010
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