http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/300-accidents.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/300-accidents.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2098542-judge-tosses-ex-bp-executives-obstruction-charge.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a charge that is the backbone of the case against a former BP executive accused of concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil spewing in 2010 from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico. Defense attorney Reid Weingarten called it a huge victory for David Rainey, who was BP's vi... Tue, 21 May 2013 01:03:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2098542-judge-tosses-ex-bp-executives-obstruction-charge.html 2013-05-21T01:03:04Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2095080-young-british-girl-drowns-egyptian-resort.html CAIRO (AP) — A senior Egyptian prosecutor says a 5-year-old British girl has drowned in pool at a Red Sea resort. The official, who obtained an initial police report on the accident, says a lifeguard on duty at the resort in Sharm el-Sheikh on Saturday was unable to resuscitate the girl. He says prosecutors are reviewing the safety measures at the hotel. ... Sat, 18 May 2013 15:24:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2095080-young-british-girl-drowns-egyptian-resort.html 2013-05-18T15:24:37Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2092970-george-michael-injured-car-crash.html LONDON (AP) — George Michael was being treated at a hospital Friday for what his publicist called minor injuries after being a passenger in a car crash near London. A statement released Friday said the singer was in an accident on Thursday night and suffered "superficial cuts and bruises." The statement from publicist Connie Filippello said no other vehic... Fri, 17 May 2013 15:18:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2092970-george-michael-injured-car-crash.html 2013-05-17T15:18:18Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2089784-uk-officials-bp-seeking-govt-help-with-spill.html LONDON (AP) — British government officials said Thursday that BP has not sought Prime Minister David Cameron's help in reducing compensation claims for its role in the disastrous 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. U.K. media reports claim BP will ask Cameron for help in convincing the U.S. government to intervene. The reports say BP hopes Cameron will ... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:14:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2089784-uk-officials-bp-seeking-govt-help-with-spill.html 2013-05-16T14:14:21Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2090134-jordan-jet-crashes-syrian-border-2-killed.html AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan's military says a trainer jet has crashed near the Syrian border, killing its two Jordanian pilots. A spokesman says the British-made aerobatic T-67 Firefly trainer was on a routine flight early Thursday west of King Hussein Air College, a Royal Jordanian Air Force base in the border town of Mafraq, when it developed an unspeci... Thu, 16 May 2013 12:09:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2090134-jordan-jet-crashes-syrian-border-2-killed.html 2013-05-16T12:09:36Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2089302-nepal-plane-crash-injures-21-including-8-japanese.html KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A plane crashed while trying to land at a mountain airstrip in northern Nepal early Thursday, and all 21 people on board, including eight Japanese tourists, survived with injuries, police said. Four of the injured were in critical condition, police officer Bhim Bahadur Chand said. The state-owned Nepal Airlines plane was carrying ei... Thu, 16 May 2013 08:45:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2089302-nepal-plane-crash-injures-21-including-8-japanese.html 2013-05-16T08:45:26Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2089632-6-russian-crew-killed-ship-fire-north-japan.html TOKYO (AP) — Six Russian crew members have died in a fire aboard their freighter in a northern Japanese port. Takashi Kagaya, a police officer in Wakkanai, on the northern tip of Hokkaido island, says the 497-ton Taigan caught fire just after 1 a.m. Thursday. It took about 12 hours for firefighters to put out the blaze. Kagaya says two... Thu, 16 May 2013 08:20:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2089632-6-russian-crew-killed-ship-fire-north-japan.html 2013-05-16T08:20:16Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/markets/2088528-trade-group-slams-safety-pact-bangladesh.html NEW YORK (AP) — The largest U.S. retail-industry group on Wednesday criticized an international pact aimed at improving factory conditions in Bangladesh's garment industry, saying it was a "one-size-fits-all" approach promoted by special interests. The National Retail Federation's statement came as more global retailers signed on to the pact backed by abo... Thu, 16 May 2013 01:11:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/markets/2088528-trade-group-slams-safety-pact-bangladesh.html 2013-05-16T01:11:28Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2088120-greece-girl-6-drowns-migrant-boat-sinks.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A 6-year-old girl drowned when a small boat crammed with immigrants trying to enter Greece illegally sank off an eastern Aegean Sea islet. Greece's Merchant Marine Ministry says 21 people, mainly Syrians, were rescued after the vessel foundered for unknown reasons Wednesday off Farmakonissi. The nationality of the drowned child was n... Wed, 15 May 2013 18:53:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2088120-greece-girl-6-drowns-migrant-boat-sinks.html 2013-05-15T18:53:51Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2086560-rwanda-building-collapse-kills-6-injures-30.html KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Six people were killed and dozens more injured when a four-story building under construction collapsed in eastern Rwanda, police said Wednesday as the rescue effort ended. Christophe Semuhungu, the police spokesman for Rwanda's Eastern Province, said rescue workers from the police and the military had found no more bodies after comb... Wed, 15 May 2013 12:02:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2086560-rwanda-building-collapse-kills-6-injures-30.html 2013-05-15T12:02:45Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2084358-boats-carrying-fleeing-rohingya-minority-capsize.html SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — An overcrowded boat capsized while trying to escape a cyclone bearing down on Myanmar, tossing dozens of members of the displaced Rohingya minority group into the sea. Eight bodies were found and more than 50 people were missing and feared dead, the United Nations said. More than 100 people were aboard the boat when it set sail late... Wed, 15 May 2013 05:24:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2084358-boats-carrying-fleeing-rohingya-minority-capsize.html 2013-05-15T05:24:12Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2085986-chains-grapple-with-to-improve-safety.html NEW YORK (AP) — While several more global clothing chains on Tuesday were announcing that they agreed to a historic pact to improve factory conditions in Bangladesh, U.S. retailers were scrambling to come up with their own safety plans. A total of more than a dozen brands this week announced plans to sign a five-year, legally binding contract that require... Tue, 14 May 2013 23:04:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2085986-chains-grapple-with-to-improve-safety.html 2013-05-14T23:04:39Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2083736-bangladesh-honors-dead-building-collapse.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of mourners gathered Tuesday at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people who died in the structure's collapse last month, the worst tragedy in the history of the global garment industry. The Islamic prayer service was held a day after the army ended a nearl... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:59:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2083736-bangladesh-honors-dead-building-collapse.html 2013-05-14T20:59:32Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2084522-plea-bargain-captain-italian-shipwreck.html GROSSETO, Italy (AP) — Italian prosecutors on Tuesday rejected a plea bargain bid by the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off Italy last year, killing 32 people, defense lawyers said. Capt. Francesco Schettino is accused of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship before all 4,200 passengers and crew were evacuated.... Tue, 14 May 2013 16:48:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2084522-plea-bargain-captain-italian-shipwreck.html 2013-05-14T16:48:55Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/2084724-german-team-withdraws-youth-americas-cup.html BERLIN (AP) — A sailing team from Germany has dropped out of the America's Cup youth regatta in San Francisco in the wake of an accident that killed a member of a Swedish professional team. The German team cited safety concerns in its decision to pull out on Monday. The team's sports director, Klaus Lahme, said in a statement that the team wanted to avoid... Tue, 14 May 2013 16:03:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/2084724-german-team-withdraws-youth-americas-cup.html 2013-05-14T16:03:38Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2081774-big-retailers-safety-accord-bangladesh.html NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the world's largest retailers have agreed to a first-of-its-kind pact to improve safety at some of Bangladesh's garment factories following a building collapse that killed more than 1,100 workers in the country last month. The move comes just days shy of a deadline imposed by workers' rights groups that said they would hold street ... Mon, 13 May 2013 23:34:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2081774-big-retailers-safety-accord-bangladesh.html 2013-05-13T23:34:46Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2081262-search-ends-bangladesh-death-toll-1127.html SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Several of the biggest Western retailers embraced a plan that would require them to pay for factory improvements in Bangladesh as the three-week search for victims of the worst garment-industry disaster in history ended Monday with the death toll at a staggering 1,127. Bangladesh's government also agreed to allow garment workers t... Mon, 13 May 2013 23:27:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2081262-search-ends-bangladesh-death-toll-1127.html 2013-05-13T23:27:42Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2081618-turkey-missing-fighter-jet-crashed.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish officials said Monday that a missing fighter jet crashed and its fuselage and debris have been found in a mountainous area close to the border with Syria. Celalettin Cerrah, the governor for Osmaniye province, said that rescue teams were still searching for its pilot who radioed that he was ejecting before contact was lost. T... Mon, 13 May 2013 18:19:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2081618-turkey-missing-fighter-jet-crashed.html 2013-05-13T18:19:15Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2081506-bangladesh-collapse-survivor-up-garment-work.html SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — The 19-year-old seamstress who spent 17 days trapped in the rubble of a collapsed factory building said Monday that she will never again work in a Bangladesh garment factory. Reshma Begum was pulled in remarkably good shape from the wreckage of the eight-story Rana Plaza building on Friday. Stunned rescue workers were drawn to the... Mon, 13 May 2013 14:42:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2081506-bangladesh-collapse-survivor-up-garment-work.html 2013-05-13T14:42:37Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2081324-military-plane-crashes-yemens-capital.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Yemeni military plane on a training exercise exploded in midair over the country's capital on Monday, killing the pilot and slamming into a residential neighborhood, according to an army official. Fragments of the plane hit buildings on the ground in Sanaa and set small fires in four houses. Three people were slightly injured, accord... Mon, 13 May 2013 13:23:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2081324-military-plane-crashes-yemens-capital.html 2013-05-13T13:23:59Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2080206-israel-grounds-drone-aircraft-fleet-crash.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's military has grounded a fleet of high altitude surveillance drones after one was downed over the Mediterranean Sea. The military says it intentionally crashed the unmanned aircraft late Saturday because of a malfunction. The military would not say how many aircraft were grounded. The planes will stay down during an investigation.... Sun, 12 May 2013 16:07:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2080206-israel-grounds-drone-aircraft-fleet-crash.html 2013-05-12T16:07:25Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/2079110-americas-cup-expected-to-fatal-wreck.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The head of the America's Cup planning effort expects sailing's most prestigious event to go ahead after the death of British Olympic champion Andrew Simpson while training in San Francisco Bay. In an interview on Saturday, Stephen Barclay said he would await the results of an internal examination of Thursday's accident before making ... Sat, 11 May 2013 18:38:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/2079110-americas-cup-expected-to-fatal-wreck.html 2013-05-11T18:38:19Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2076006-finding-woman-alive-lifts-bangladesh-rescuers.html SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Even amid the euphoria over finding a woman alive in the rubble of a garment factory that collapsed more than two weeks ago, rescuers on Saturday returned to the grim task of dismantling the wreckage and retrieving decomposing bodies, knowing there was little chance of finding any more survivors. The death toll from Bangladesh's w... Sat, 11 May 2013 11:58:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2076006-finding-woman-alive-lifts-bangladesh-rescuers.html 2013-05-11T11:58:58Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2078670-austria-couple-killed-crossing-highway-foot.html VIENNA (AP) — Austrian police say a couple from Romania were killed when they were hit by two vehicles as they attempted to cross one of the country's main highways on foot. Police in Lower Austria province said the accident happened early Saturday on the A1 autobahn near Amstetten, west of Vienna. The 50-year-old man and 40-year-old woman, who weren't id... Sat, 11 May 2013 10:32:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2078670-austria-couple-killed-crossing-highway-foot.html 2013-05-11T10:32:45Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2077746-death-toll-8-italy-port-crash-1-missing.html ROME (AP) — The Italian coast guard says divers have found the body of another victim of a cargo ship crash into Genoa's dock, raising the death toll to eight. Coast guard Cmdr. Filippo Marini said the body of a coastguardsman was found in the waters off the port on Friday night. The Italian cargo vessel Jolly Nero's crash into the dock toppled the harbo... Fri, 10 May 2013 20:46:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2077746-death-toll-8-italy-port-crash-1-missing.html 2013-05-10T20:46:28Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2077460-survived-days-calamities.html Reshma Begum's survival for 17 days without medical assistance in the collapsed eight-floor garment factory building in Bangladesh isn't the only remarkable story of perseverance in recent years: — 69 days: A crew of 33 Chilean miners were pinned nearly a half-mile underground for more than two months. The men stretched an emergency food supply meant to ... Fri, 10 May 2013 19:04:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2077460-survived-days-calamities.html 2013-05-10T19:04:40Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2076556-ap-photos-woman-freed-collapse-bangladesh.html Workers in Bangladesh rescued a seamstress buried in the rubble of a collapsed garment factory building for 17 days on Friday as the death toll shot past 1,000. The woman survived by eating dried food that was nearby and drinking spare amounts of water with her. She was discovered on the second floor of the eight-story Rana Plaza building. Here are some o... Fri, 10 May 2013 14:27:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2076556-ap-photos-woman-freed-collapse-bangladesh.html 2013-05-10T14:27:02Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2076296-search-ends-2-australians-lost-cruise-ship.html SYDNEY (AP) — Two Australians plunged off a cruise ship into the ocean despite higher-than-required railings to prevent accidental falls, the cruise company said Friday as authorities called off the search for the couple missing for two days. Surveillance video showed the couple going over the railing about the same time with a brief pause between them, N... Fri, 10 May 2013 14:06:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2076296-search-ends-2-australians-lost-cruise-ship.html 2013-05-10T14:06:08Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2073218-bangladesh-factory-collapse-death-toll-hits-1034.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The death toll from a garment factory building that collapsed more than two weeks ago outside the Bangladeshi capital soared past 1,000 on Friday, while the list of the dead from a fresh fire at a sweater manufacturer showed the entanglement of the industry and top Bangladeshi officials. Officials said 1,034 bodies have been recov... Fri, 10 May 2013 04:40:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2073218-bangladesh-factory-collapse-death-toll-hits-1034.html 2013-05-10T04:40:49Z