Hema, Zeeman don't sign Bangladesh textile industry safety deal
Source: Dutch News
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | updated 2013-05-19 10:59:31 -0700 | travel-news
C&A, V&D, G-Star and WE have signed up to the pledge , which is supported by global firms such as Primark, H&M, Inditex, Benetton and Carrefour. A spokesman for Zeeman told news agency ANP on Thursday the company did plan...
Russia's 'Zaslon' Military Operators Are So Shadowy They Make Ninjas Look Like Amateurs
Source: BusinessInsider
Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2013-05-19 10:28:53 -0700 | travel-news
There is quite a cult that has grown up around Russia's Spetsnaz special forces, with books, movies and exposes both serious and farcical alike...Indeed, some could almost be considered franchises: as far back as the 1990s, veterans of the Alpha...
Three dead, four injured in early morning accident on I-15 near Speedway
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
Las Vegas :: NM :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 10:18:38 -0700 | travel-news
Three people are dead and four are in critical condition after a two-vehicle collision early Sunday morning on Interstate 15 near the Las Vegas Speedway. According to the Nevada Highway Patrol, an Acura Legend was northbound in the southbound lanes...
Times foreign editor Richard Beeston dies of cancer
Source: The Guardian
Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2013-05-19 10:03:06 -0700 | travel-news
Times foreign editor Richard Beeston pictured in Lashkagar Afghanistan in 2006. Photograph: Richard Mills Richard Beeston, foreign correspondent and later foreign editor of The Times , has died at the age of 50 after a long battle with cancer. Known...
River Vale home sustains significant damage after fire on Saturday
Source: Fort Lee Suburbanite
Fort Lee :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 10:02:06 -0700 | travel-news
Pascack Valley Community Life A River Vale home sustained significant damage following a two-alarm fire on Saturday morning, according to police. Shortly before 8:40 a.m. on May 18, a 911 call came into police headquarters reporting a fire at an...
Two Guam guardsmen killed while deployed
Source: Pacific Daily News
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-19 10:01:14 -0700 | travel-news
Written by Mark Pieper Pacific Daily News Filed Under One of two Guam soldiers killed in Afghanistan recently was honored in a Dignified Transfer of Remains ceremony in Dover Air Force Base yesterday...Flores attended the ceremony, according to the governor's...
US warns of armed robbery threat in Bahamas
Source: The Boston Globe
Nassau :: Bahamas | updated 2013-05-19 09:55:21 -0700 | travel-news
Embassy in the Bahamas is warning about the threat of armed robbery in the capital of the island chain off Florida's east coast...Embassy in Nassau advises Americans living in and traveling to the islands to be on heightened alert to...
Moscow Soccer Fans Clash with Police
Source: Global Voices
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-19 09:55:04 -0700 | travel-news
Russian Premier League title, the team's fans clashed with riot troops in downtown Moscow. Police detained 140 people [ru], later releasing all but two. Bloggers posted photos to LiveJournal here , here , and here [ru], alleging police brutality. Police detain...
One killed and at least ten wounded in Tripoli clashes
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-05-19 09:54:30 -0700 | travel-news
One man was killed and at least 10 people were wounded in armed clashes between supporters and opponents of Syrian president Bashar Assad in the northern city of Tripoli Sunday, security sources told The Daily Star. The clashes broke out...
Battle of Crete commemorated (NZ Newswire)
Source: Xtra News
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-19 09:37:44 -0700 | travel-news
Battle of Crete commemorated NZ Newswire May 20, 2013, 4:01 am Hundreds of New Zealand soldiers who died at the Battle of Crete will be honoured at a service to mark the battle's 72nd anniversary. Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae and...
Caernarfon: Plane Crash Leaves One Dead
Source: Sky News
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-19 09:31:21 -0700 | travel-news
The victim, who was a passenger, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident at Caernarfon airport in Gwynedd. A man in his 60s suffered "serious multiple lower limb injuries" and a child had head and abdomen injuries, according...
Seattle pedestrian killed in hit-and-run accident
Source: The News Tribune
Tacoma :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 09:31:05 -0700 | travel-news
PDT Seattle Police are investigating a hit-and-run fatality that occurred at 12th Avenue South and South Dearborn Street early Sunday morning. Just before 5 a.m., officers responded to a 911 call of a body lying in the street in the...
Hit and run being investigated
Source: Ledger-Enquirer
Columbus :: GA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 09:24:28 -0700 | travel-news
The Columbus police are investigating a reported hit and run accident. According to a police report, the incident occurred around 4:15 p.m on Friday at the intersection of Steam Mill road and Northstar Drive. A man told police that a...
Coast Guard to take testimony on Shell grounding
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 09:16:57 -0700 | travel-news
Alaska The Coast Guard will kick off hearings Monday on how a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge used for Arctic Ocean exploratory drilling ended up aground off a remote Alaska island. The Kulluk was under tow and bound from...
Feinberg: All money to bombing victims next month
Source: Boston Herald
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 14:04:29 -0700 | travel-news
The administrator overseeing efforts to provide financial help to victims of the Boston Marathon bombings says he will keep to the June 30 date for release of donated money. Kenneth Feinberg spoke at the commencement of Curry College on Sunday....
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