West Virginia mine has been cited for myriad safety violations
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on April 7th, 2010 4:36 am by HL
West Virginia mine has been cited for myriad safety violations
The West Virginia mine where at least 25 workers died Monday in an explosion was written up more than 50 times last month for safety violations. Twelve of the citations involved problems with ventilating the mine and preventing a buildup of deadly methane.
Bomb blasts kill at least 35, wound scores in Shiite areas of Baghdad
BAGHDAD — A series of at least seven bombings ripped through mostly poor Shiite Muslim neighborhoods in the Iraqi capital Tuesday, killing at least 35 people and wounding at least 140, security officials said.
Britain’s Brown sets May date for election
LONDON — The starting gun has been fired at last.