Crane Collapses on Manhattan s East Side, Killing 4
Crane Collapses on Manhattan s East Side, Killing 4
New York Times – were injured, and damage was expected to run into the millions of dollars in what the authorities called one of the city s worst accidents a calamity that turned a neighborhood near the United Nations into a zone of panic, pulverized buildings
Troops ‘did not shoot Tibetans’
BBC News – A senior Chinese official has denied that troops used lethal force to quell protests in Tibet’s main city, Lhasa. In China’s north-western Gansu province, in Machu town, hundreds of protesters marched on government buildings and set fire to
Capital rebuild: Phase 2 kicks in
Salt Lake Tribune – Let the building begin. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has completed demolition of the Crossroads Plaza Mall and most other buildings on 20 acres in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City and is now beginning work on its massive
Mosul and the Fight for Iraq
NPR News – Five years after the United States attacked Iraq, perhaps no place is more emblematic of the war than the northern city of The surrounding buildings bear the scars of battle. The bodies of three men, shot through the back of the head, lie by the road
The Investigators: Questions about safety measures
WABC – NEW YORK — The crane accident raises some serious questions–not only about safety measures on the construction site–but also about the city buildings department’s effectiveness in policing this site and others. The investigators’ Jim Hoffer is