Reports: train derails in northern Italy, causing 6 deaths, injuries

Reports: train derails in northern Italy
ROME – News reports say a train has derailed in northern Italy and left six people dead and several injured.

Sky Italia says there were six dead after Monday’s derailment near the city of Merano, about 300 kilometers (185 miles) north of Venice.
The cause of the accident was not immediately clear. …. Original article  : Reports: train derails in northern Italy, causing 6 deaths, injuries.

Beat police protect NYC subway tunnels from terror, including one in a Brooklyn brownstone

Beneath NYC, police protect tunnels from terror

NEW YORK – The tidy, three-story brownstone looks like any other on the cobblestoned block in Brooklyn, but it isn’t. It’s a fake, leading directly to the belly of the nation’s largest subway system.
The unmarked emergency exit behind the facade is one of many posts protected by beat cops …. Original article  : Beat police protect NYC subway tunnels from terror, including one in a Brooklyn brownstone.

Russian investigators say no technical problems with Polish presidential plane before crash

Investigators say no problems with Polish plane
WARSAW, Poland – Russian investigators say readings from flight recorders indicate that there were no technical problems with Polish President Lech Kaczynski’s Soviet-made plane that crashed, killing him and 95 other people.
In footage broadcast on Poland’s TVN24 Monday, the investigators told Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin the … Read : Russian investigators say no technical problems with Polish presidential plane before crash.

Federal investigators to arrive as officials look into what caused deadly W.Va. mine explosion

Investigators to look into cause of mine blast

PETTUS, W.Va. – A team of federal investigators is expected to arrive Monday in West Virginia as officials try to figure out what caused the blast that killed 29 men in the worst U.S. mining disaster since 1970.
While some of the dead have been laid to rest, efforts …. Read the original article  : Federal investigators to arrive as officials look into what caused deadly W.Va. mine explosion.

Bomb Blast By IRA Rebels

DUBLIN, IRELAND (GaeaTimes.com)- The British spy headquarters in Northern Ireland witnessed a car bomb blast caused by the heterodox clan of the Irish Republican Army. They detonated the blast in the wake of the election of new Justice Minister for which the Protestant and the Catholic leaders were about to hold a peace keeping meet. … Read more >>>.

7-alarm fire in New York City injures 13, 2 civilians in critical condition, 10 firemen hurt

7-alarm fire in NYC injures 13, 2 critical

NEW YORK – Officials say 13 people, including 10 firefighters, have been injured in a seven-alarm fire on Manhattan’s Lower East Side that burned for more than four hours before being declared under control.
Fire Chief Edward Kilduff said two elderly residents were hospitalized in critical condition with smoke …. Source article  : 7-alarm fire in New York City injures 13, 2 civilians in critical condition, 10 firemen hurt.

Afghan official says 4 civilians killed, 18 wounded in shooting by international troops

Afghan official: 4 civilians killed by NATO troops

KABUL – International troops opened fire on a civilian bus early Monday in a southern Afghan city, killing four people and wounding 18, the local governor’s spokesman said.
NATO was sending investigators to the scene but didn’t immediately say its troops were responsible for the shooting in Kandahar.
The governor’s …. Source  : Afghan official says 4 civilians killed, 18 wounded in shooting by international troops.

Magnitude-4.4 earthquake part of swarm of seismic activity shaking California-Mexico border

Magnitude-4.4 quake, others shake San Diego area

SAN DIEGO – A cluster of moderate earthquakes near the U.S.-Mexico border has rattled southern San Diego County as a swarm of seismic activity continues one week after a magnitude-7.2 quake slammed the area.
The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-4.4 earthquake struck at 9:42 a.m. Sunday about 11 miles … Read : Magnitude-4.4 earthquake part of swarm of seismic activity shaking California-Mexico border.

Dissident IRA bomb rattles British spy HQ in Northern Ireland hours before power-sharing vote

Bomb rattles British spy HQ in Northern Ireland

DUBLIN – Irish Republican Army dissidents detonated a bomb outside the British spy headquarters in Northern Ireland Monday, police said, just hours before rival Catholic and Protestant leaders were to elect a new justice minister in a long-sought step in peacemaking.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland said IRA …. Source article  : Dissident IRA bomb rattles British spy HQ in Northern Ireland hours before power-sharing vote.

US officials emphasize Afghan President Hamid Karzai is his nation’s ‘commander in chief’

US emphasizes Karzai is Afghan commander in chief

KABUL – After days of discord, U.S. officials went one step farther in their new gentler approach to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, expressing sympathy Sunday for the pressure he faces and promoting him as commander in chief of the warring nation.
U.S.-Afghan relations grew tense earlier this month when … Read more : US officials emphasize Afghan President Hamid Karzai is his nation’s ‘commander in chief’.

Clinton says US joins Poland in mourning; president’s legacy ‘will live forever’

Clinton says US joins Poland in mourning
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that the Polish leaders, including President Lech Kaczynski, who were killed in a plane crash Saturday leave behind “a legacy that will live forever.”

Clinton visited the Polish embassy in Washington to sign a condolence book commemorating the deaths … Read more >>>.

Colombian pop star Shakira visits Haiti earthquake survivors living in sprawling tent camps

Shakira visits Haitians living in tent camps

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Hip-shaking Colombian pop star Shakira is meeting with Haitian earthquake survivors living in makeshift camps and she says she is searching for suitable land to build a school for needy children.
Arriving Sunday, the singer waved to onlookers and greeted infants living on a Haitian golf course …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Colombian pop star Shakira visits Haiti earthquake survivors living in sprawling tent camps.

In churches and at memorials, Polish immigrants worldwide mourn plane crash victims

Polish immigrants worldwide mourn crash victims

CHICAGO – Polish immigrants and their descendants around the world shared the anguish of their mother country on Sunday, mourning the 96 victims of a devastating plane crash as they crowded into Polish-language Masses.
Millions of Poles have emigrated over nearly two centuries, establishing large communities in the United States and … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : In churches and at memorials, Polish immigrants worldwide mourn plane crash victims.

Police in Antigua say American tourist apparently drowns in waters off upscale resort

US tourist apparently drowns off Antigua coast

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Antiguan authorities say they have found the body of an American tourist who apparently drowned off an upscale beach resort.
Police Sgt. William Holder says the body of Alberto Mejia, 25, was found by a team of divers in waters near the exclusive Mill Reef Club …. Source  : Police in Antigua say American tourist apparently drowns in waters off upscale resort.

Station wagon crashes into Pa. guardrail and down embankment, killing 3 young children

Station wagon crashes in Pa., killing 3 children

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania state police say a station wagon has crashed into a highway guardrail and rolled down an embankment, killing three young children.
Police say a 57-year-old woman was driving the car Saturday night in tiny Middle Paxton Township, in Dauphin County. They say the car veered …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Poles grieve over president killed in plane crash, as government promises it remains on track

Poles grieve over president killed in plane crash
WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s government moved swiftly Sunday to show that it was staying on course after the deaths of its president and dozens of political, military and religious leaders, even as tens of thousands of Poles expressed their grief over the plane crash … Original article on : Poles grieve over president killed in plane crash, as government promises it remains on track.

Bitter irony: Some of Polish elite die on way to forest where others were killed 70 years ago

One forest, two Polish tragedies, 70 years apart

WARSAW, Poland – The leader of Poland’s government in exile while the nation was under Soviet-backed rule. The shipyard worker whose firing helped ignite the labor uprising that ultimately toppled communism here. A banking head who helped keep the country stable while the rest of the European Union … Read : Bitter irony: Some of Polish elite die on way to forest where others were killed 70 years ago.

Magnitude 4.4 earthquake part of swarm of seismic activity shaking California-Mexico border

Magnitude 4.4 quake, others shake San Diego area

SAN DIEGO – A cluster of moderate earthquakes near the U.S.-Mexico border is continuing to rattle southern California one week after a magnitude 7.2 quake slammed the area.
The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck at 9:42 a.m. Sunday, about 11 miles west of downtown Calexico.
At … Read : Magnitude 4.4 earthquake part of swarm of seismic activity shaking California-Mexico border.

AP IMPACT: In Toyota lawsuits, tests and documents vanish in tactic under scrutiny

AP IMPACT: In Toyota cases, evasion becomes tactic

MIAMI – Toyota has routinely engaged in questionable, evasive and deceptive legal tactics when sued, frequently claiming it does not have information it is required to turn over and sometimes even ignoring court orders to produce key documents, an Associated Press investigation shows.
In a review of lawsuits filed …. Read the original article  : here.

Luge officials aim to rebuild people’s trust in sport after fatal accident at Vancouver Games

Luge aims to rebuild its image after fatal crash

ST. LEONHARD, Austria – The president of the International Luge Federation president acknowledged that the sport’s image has been damaged by Nodar Kumaritashvili’s death at the Vancouver Olympics.
Josef Fendt told The Associated Press on Sunday that confidence must be rebuilt in the sport after the 21-year-old Georgian … Read more : Luge officials aim to rebuild people’s trust in sport after fatal accident at Vancouver Games.