I-5 Bridge Collapse Caused By Oversize Load On Tractor-Trailer; Highway Delays Expected
MOUNT VERNON, Wash.- A truck hauling a too-tall load of drilling equipment hit an overhead bridge girder on the major interstate between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River. All three occupants suffered only minor injuries. It happened about 7 p.m. Thursday on the north section [...]
Stockholm riots throw spotlight on Swedish inequality Cars have been targeted for several nights in the suburb of Rinkeby Related Stories Stockholm riots spread around city Stockholm suburbs gripped by riots Country profile: Sweden It’s hard to discern a pattern in the violence that has wracked the Swedish capital Stockholm for five nights. Rioting [...]
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One world: one gigantic market place. This year, 63 countries have Global 2000 entries vs 51 in our inaugural list in 2004. Forbes Global 2000 are the biggest, most powerful listed companies in the world. Our justification for using a composite ranking is simple: One metric alone can give a false impression about corporate size. [...]
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London’s leading shares lost further ground in Friday morning trading after falling sharply on Thursday. By lunchtime, the FTSE 100 was down 45.47 points or 0.68% to 6,651.32. On Thursday, the index suffered its largest one-day decline for a year, falling 2.1%. Other stock markets around the world also fell on the back of weak [...]
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Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will challenge the disqualification of his top aide from next month’s presidential election, Iran’s state-run Press TV reported Wednesday. Only eight candidates have been approved to run for office from more than 680 candidates who had registered for the June 14 election. Ahmadinejad appealed for his supporters to be patient Wednesday, [...]
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Explosion and gunfire shake Kabul Afghan security forces said they were responding to the attack There has been a large explosion in the centre of the Afghan capital, Kabul, followed by heavy gunfire. Afghan Channel One TV quoted police as saying a group of assailants had entered the Directorate of the Afghan Public Protection Force [...]
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Fear of art sale sparked by Detroit emergency manager asking for apprais DETROIT (Reuters) – As part of his efforts to solve Detroit’s financial crisis, the city’s emergency manager Kevyn Orr has asked for an appraisal of the collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts, sparking fears in artistic and philanthropic circles that he means to auction off the city’s artistic jewels. [...]
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The British government’s response to claims that British troops abused and unlawfully killed civilians in Iraq was inadequate, the High Court has ruled. Lawyers representing 180 Iraqi civilians had called for a full public inquiry in Britain. The court stopped short of ordering such an inquiry, but said there should be a series of further [...]
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Two men arrested after flight from Pakistan is diverted in UK airspace STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: An unruly passenger prompted the diversion, a top airline official says The plane from Lahore, Pakistan, had 297 passengers aboard Two men were arrested and removed from the diverted aircraft, Essex Police say The Pakistan International Airlines flight to Manchester was [...]
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Orioles’ Manny Machado doesn’t need smeared eyeblack, violent crashes to prove he’s a phenom BALTIMORE – He is just 20 years old having stormed inside a Washington-area beltway from a glamorous hometown where fantasy is the great commodity. Last fall, a baseball team rode his first taste at the major leagues to an improbable [...]
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