Boston subway train stops short of woman on tracks
Nov 10, 2009
BOSTON -- The driver of Boston subway train that came to a screeching halt just before hitting a woman who had fallen onto the tracks has been hailed as a hero.
TEHRAN, Iran -- Security
forces and pro-government
militiamen clashed with
protesters shouting
"death to the dictator"
outside Tehran University
on Monday, beating men
and women with batons and
firing tear gas, on a day
of nationwide student
demonstra...
COPENHAGEN -- The largest
and most important U.N.
climate change conference
in history opened Monday,
with diplomats from 192
nations warned that this
could be the best, last
chance for a deal to
protect the world from
calamitous global
warming.
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's
Supreme Court began
hearing petitions Monday
against an expired
amnesty that had
protected President Asif
Ali Zardari and key
allies from graft charges
in a hearing that could
lead to legal challenges
to the U.S.-backed
leader'...
SHARIFF AGUAK,
Philippines -- Gunmen
loyal to a powerful clan
accused in the
Philippines' worst
political massacre
clashed with police in
the first reported
violence since a southern
province came under
martial law, officials
said Monday.
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Blog: Police clash with protesters at Iran university by HM S.
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— TEHRAN, Iran -- Security
forces and pro-government
militiamen clashed with
protesters shouting
"death to the dictator"
outside Tehran University
on Monday, beating men
and women with batons and
firing tear gas, on a day
of nationwide student
demonstra... more
Blog: The Latest from Copenhagen by The Nature C.
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— Nature Conservancy policy
analysts and scientists
are at the UN climate
summit in Copenhagen for
the next two weeks
— and are reporting
the latest developments
here on Cool Green
Science:
Monday, December 7, 7:00
AM: What We’re
Looking fo... more