Explosion Accidents

Victims Identified In Explosion

ESCATAWPA, Mississippi - Two of the men killed in a ship explosion at VT Halter ship terminal in Escatawpa have been identified. According to Jackson County Coroner, 52-year-old Dwight Monroe of Moss Point and 25-year-old Alex...

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St. Tammany's population projected to double by 2030, but experts say planning is still tricky

"Everyone should be skeptical of all population projections," says Allison Plyer, deputy director of the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center. Plyer's skepticism also applies to estimates - including the ones her...

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Lillee backs Test cricket

ACA All-Stars coach Dennis Lillee has backed Test cricket to continue to function and thrive as the pinnacle of the game despite the explosion of interest in Twenty20. Former Australia captain Greg Chappell outlined his...

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Heat D-BOX Review

Warner Home Video has had some intriguing Blu-ray releases of late, including the 14-year-old film Heat, starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Val Kilmer. But before you dismiss its full multimedia capabilities, you've got to...

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Death toll from China coal mine blast rises to 87

MOSCOW, November 22 (RIA Novosti) - The death toll from the explosion in a coal mine in northwest China's Heilongjiang province has risen to 87, with more than two dozen people still trapped underground, Xinhua said on Sunday....

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At long last, a newsreader who made us face reality | Catherine Bennett

Broadcasters believe that looks are more important than the message. James Partridge proved them wrong Considering its pioneering work for the rehabilitation of freakshows, it was not immediately clear what Channel Five...

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Lt. Tümer sentenced to nine years, two months in prison

A gendarmerie officer was sentenced to nine years, two months in prison on Friday after being convicted of negligently causing the deaths of four soldiers in August. Lt. Mehmet Tümer was tried by the Elazığ 8th Corps Command...

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Man dies in cylinder blast

Sunday, November 22, 2009 By our correspondent Karachi A man was killed when a gas cylinder exploded accidentally in a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) shop in the Quaid-e-Azam Colony near Abul Hasan Asfahani Road in the limits of...

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'I fight robots, kill aliens and kiss beautiful women': Avatar's Sam Worthington hits the big time

What's it like to go from being a total unknown to the star of the most expensive film of all time? Sam Worthington says it has its moments Enlarge 'I told Jim (James Cameron), "I've got nothing to lose, and I've got everything...

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Solid-State Rechargeable Lithium-Air Battery Reduces Risk of Explosion

Binod Kumar, a research engineer and leader of UDRI?s electrochemical power group said that the university is looking for partners that could license the ?breakthrough? technology for manufacturing the batteries.

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