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Criminal Negligence In Train Crash

Vicky Hunter - | Story: 8835
  • Investigators looking into the most deadly train accident in Japan in 40 years say they were treating the crash as "possible criminal negligence." The investigators said Tuesday they had searched several railway offices, seized documents and questioned a conductor who was supervising the inexperienced train driver, who has still not been found. Full story
  • The last Syrian soldiers have left Lebanon, surrendering to international and Lebanese popular demands and ending its 29-year military presence in its smaller neighbor. Syrians awaiting them waved flags as the troops crossed the border. Earlier Tuesday, a formal ceremony marked the withdrawal in the Bekaa Valley. Full story
  • U.S. troops nearly captured wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi earlier this year in Iraq -- and instead netted a trusted lieutenant of Osama bin Laden, sources said Monday. U.S. forces captured the unidentified al Qaeda associate west of Falluja near Ramadi on February 20 when American troops were tipped off that al-Zarqawi might be in the area, two sources told CNN. Full story
  • It is unlikely Iraq shipped banned weapons material into Syria before the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, according to report released by the Iraq Survey Group, a CIA/Pentagon team searching for Iraqi weapons programs. In October, the group said that the 1991 Persian Gulf War likely destroyed Iraq's capabilities of producing weapons of mass destruction and that Iraq had none when the United States invaded. Full story
  • Italian opposition parties have condemned as an insult a report that cleared U.S. soldiers of blame for the killing of an Italian agent in Iraq and urged the government to press for a fuller investigation. Nicola Calipari, 50, was killed on March 4 shortly after securing the release of hostage Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena. The newly freed journalist was wounded in the incident. Full story
  • Togo's main opposition party has called on supporters to reject the results of presidential elections after the son of West African nation's longtime dictator was declared the winner. "We call on the people to resist," said Jean-Pierre Fabre, secretary-general of the Union of Forces for Change (UFC) party, said Tuesday. Full story
  • Michael Jackson's legal team is undergoing a shakeup just days before the defense is expected to start presenting its case to jurors in the pop star's trial on child molestation charges. Brian Oxman is no longer representing Jackson, according to a notice filed Monday in Santa Barbara County Superior Court. The document did not give a reason for Oxman's departure. Full story
  • Authorities declared a state of emergency in western Romania on Tuesday and hundreds of homes were destroyed in the former Soviet republic of Georgia after 10 days of rain left large tracts of land under water. And in Germany, the medieval monastery that provided the set for the movie "The Name of the Rose" suffered flood damage after a creek burst its banks. Full story
  • Aides to Britain's royal family have complained to the country's press watchdog that paparazzi put Prince Harry in danger by chasing after his car to snap photos of him on safari in Botswana. Full story
  • A man who got a new liver by advertising on billboards has died eight months after a transplant. It was not clear whether Todd Krampitz, who died Wednesday, succumbed to liver cancer, transplant-related complications or some other cause, the Houston Chronicle reported in Tuesday's editions. Full story
  • Charles Horton, a massage therapist and experienced outdoorsman, broke his leg April 17 on what was to have been a one-day ski trip. Eight days later authorities found him frozen, hungry -- and very much alive. Horton spent the time alone in the wilderness near Steamboat Springs, about 100 miles northwest of Denver, sleeping under snowcapped trees and in rudimentary shelters. Full story

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