Tag: crime/conflict
Massey Energy blamed for West Virginia mining disaster
A new report says that the West Virginia coal mining disaster that killed 29 people last year was caused by negligence on the part of the mine's owner, Massey Energy....
Wall Street Banks, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and Morgan Stanley, subpoenaed
The New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has subpoenaed major Wall Street banks on the way they packaged mortgage-backed securities....
Dominique Strauss-Kahn's rape charges and the future of the IMF
New York Police boarded a plane and arrested IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn on sexual assault charges. The future direction of the IMF is in question....
Times Square Celebration: Osama Bin Laden Dead
A celebration broke out in Times Square, New York City, when news broke that Osama Bin Laden had been killed....
Raj Rajaratnam, of Galleon Capital, guilty of insider trading
The federal government used tactics usually reserved for organized crime to catch Raj Rajaratnam, hedge fund billionaire of Galleon Capital, in an insider-trading scheme....
Covert Kill/Capture campaign to take out Taliban and Al Qaeda
The Pentagon's secret "Kill/Capture" campaign assassinated Osama Bin Laden and thousands of other Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters....
Mexico's drug war takes emotional, psychological toll
The epidemic of violence and death associated with Mexico's drug war is destroying the lives of many people caught in the middle. ...
AIG plans to sue hedge funds over financial crisis
The American International Group Inc. is going after the banks that sold it some $40 billion of mortgage securities....
US drones set sites on Gadhafi's Libya
Military leaders in the United States are fighting against Moammar Gadhafi using unmanned airplanes. But the use of drones may provide only the illusion of security. ...
New Taliban prison break
More than 400 prisoners in Afghanistan tunneled out of a prison and escaped. ...
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