Network Rail is fined £3m after admitting safety failings which led to the 2002 Potters Bar crash in which seven people died and more than 70 were injured.
The Pakistani Taliban say they carried out twin suicide blasts at a paramilitary training academy that killed 80 people, to avenge Osama Bin Laden's death.
Fukushima Daiichi: the massive loan burden for Tokyo Electric Power Co and it's creditor after the Fukushima Daiichi disaster exceeded $23.4 billion. The Japanese government is asking other banks to help ease the burden despite risk in return.
The secrecy around Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s selection of Cathleen P. Black to run the city’s schools highlighted his faith in business leaders and dislike of public debate.
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart plans to offer free shipping on its Web site, a move that may create an expectation among consumers and a threat to smaller retailers.
AP - A pair of suicide bombers attacked recruits leaving a paramilitary training center in Pakistan on Friday, killing 80 people in the first retaliation for the killing of Osama bin Laden by American commandos. The Taliban claimed responsibility, blaming the Pakistani military for failing to stop the U.S. raid.
AP - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will seek arrest warrants on Monday for three senior Libyan leaders for murder and persecution, the court announced Friday.
AP - Army Corps of Engineers Col. Ed Fleming leaned over a podium and warned the crowd gathered at a volunteer fire station that where they were standing was projected to be swamped by up to 15 feet of water from Mississippi River flooding. The crowd let out a collective gasp.
U.S.officials say Osama bin Laden "became complacent" in his Pakistan compound. He did not appear to have an escape plan or the means to destroy the reams and gigabytes of documents seized in the raid by Navy SEALs.
Three of Osama bin Laden's wives have been interrogated by U.S. intelligence officers under the supervision of Pakistani's intelligence service, according to sources.
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