Disasters

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The Legacy of TWA Flight 800

Robert Davey | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jet Fuel, Faa, TWA Flight 800, Explosions, Boeing, Terrorism, Federal Aviation Administration, Regulation, Airplanes, Fbi, Ntsb, Qaddafi, Disasters, FAA Safety, Crash, Politics News

Whether the FAA has the nerve to impose a new expense of hundreds of thousands of dollars per aircraft remains to be seen. Whether the rule is necessary is another question.

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Bush Bushwacks Burma

Richard Walden | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Disasters, Relief, Laura Bush, Burma, Myanmar Cyclone, Laura Bush Myanmar, Laura Bush Jenna Wedding, Laura Bush Press Conference, Jenna Bush Wedding Myanmar Press Conference, First Lady Myanmar Press Conference, Politics News

You would think Laura Bush, in her appeal to help the victims of Myanmar, would have known better than to mindlessly repeat the toothless U.S. policy positions on a government we disapprove of.

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The 10 Pieces Of U.S. Infrastructure We Must Fix Now

Popular Mechanics | By Erik Sofge and The Editors of Popular Mechanics | Posted 04.08.2008 | Home

Read More: 10 Worst Bridges, Infrastructure, The 10 Pieces of U.S. Infrastructure We Must Fix Now, 10 Worst Dams, 10 Worst Infrastructure, 10 Worst Highways, Disasters, 10 Worst Airports, Crumbling Infrastructure, Engineering, Popular Mechanics Infrastructure, Home News

No one can predict what bridge, levee or water main will fail next. But some problems are widely known, and work is long overdue. As PM's new special ...

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Everyday Should Be World Water Day

John Sauer | Posted 03.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Disasters, UNICEF Tap Project, Natural Disasters, World Water Day, Water, Sanitation, Politics News

It is an interesting phenomenon that society pays attention to a natural disaster -- like an earthquake -- far differently than a silent, ongoing disaster that takes, more lives.

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Bush Wildfires Response Can't Atone For Katrina Blunder

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.25.2007 | Politics

Read More: Schwarzenegger, Homeland Security, President Bush, Katrina, Disasters, Wildfires, Fema, White House Relief Efforts, Republicans, Politics News

Bush was in a rush to get out front on the wildfires for good reason. He still reels from the big hits that he took and continues to take for his comatose response to the Katrina disaster.

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