Recovery efforts at the site of the Metrolink train crash north of Los Angeles were completed yesterday as the death toll rose to 25, making it the deadliest U.S. commuter collision since 1972. The number of victims may rise. Forty-five of the 135 people injured have been admitted to hospital trauma centers in critical condition […]
Mukesh Ambani wants to build an airport in Raigad district
Reliance Industries Limited chief Mukesh Ambani wants to build an airport in Raigad district. Ambani already has private jets including Airbus 319, is developing the MahaMumbai Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the district and has identified a site in Uran for the airport. However details of the project are not known, but an official […]
Belgrade Dismisses Croatia Genocide Claim
Serbia tells ICJ judges that crimes in Croatian war of independence were not genocidal. By IWPR and RFE staff in Zagreb, Belgrade, Sarajevo and The Hague (TU No 553, 30-May-08) At a preliminary hearing in Croatia’s genocide lawsuit against Serbia at the International Court of Justice, ICJ, Belgrade’s representatives said this week that both sides […]
Premier Wen Responds to the Chinese Earthquake Crisis
Posted by John Kennedy While the Chinese internet moved out of its three-day mourning period earlier this week following the 5.12 earthquake, many questions remain to be answered. And the questions are being answered. Phoenix TV reporter and editor Rose Luqiu had a chance to ask Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao a few while he visited […]
Helmand Farmers Fight to Defend Opium Crop
By Mohammad Ilyas Dayee in Helmand Until recently, the Marja area of Helmand province, close to the provincial capital Lashkar Gah, enjoyed relative peace. The main occupation here is farming, albeit with a specific twist – opium poppies take up almost all the arable land. The calm ended last month when the Afghan government decided […]
Is New Probe Into Organ-Trafficking Claims Justified?
By IWPR staff Allegations that Kosovo Albanian militants killed captives and sold their organs abroad have prompted calls for the claims to be investigated further, but IWPR enquiries suggest there is insufficient new evidence on which a new case could be based. Serbia has raised the temperature by opening an investigation, after the account of […]
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