Mexico’s Supreme Court to investigate alleged violations in day-care fire that killed 49 kids

September 13th, 2009 37 killed in fire at Kazakh drug rehab clinicTALDYKORGAN, Kazakhstan — Fire roared through a drug treatment center in Kazakhstan with a history of safety violations, killing 37 people Sunday as patients tried to escape through barred windows, officials said. The blaze broke out around 5:30 a.m.

September 13th, 2009 ASTANA - At least 38 people were killed in a fire that broke out in a drug abuse clinic in southern Kazakhstan, authorities said Sunday. The fire started early Sunday at the narcological dispensary in the town of Taldykorgan, the administrative centre of the Almaty province.

September 12th, 2009 38 killed in fire at Kazakh drug rehab clinicALMATY, Kazakhstan — A fire at a drug treatment center in southern Kazakhstan killed 38 people early Sunday, officials said. The blaze broke out at about 5:30 a.m.

August 13th, 2009 Mexico's Supreme Court overturns massacre verdictsMEXICO CITY — Mexico's Supreme Court ordered freedom for 20 men convicted in the 1997 massacre of 45 Indian villagers in southern Chiapas state and new trials for six more, ruling Wednesday that prosecutors used illegally obtained evidence. The bloodshed in the village of Acteal was the worst single instance of violence during the conflict in Chiapas, which began when the Zapatista rebels staged a brief armed uprising in early 1994 to demand more rights for Indians.

August 11th, 2009 In Mexico, challenge of military courts failsMEXICO CITY — Mexico's Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal against the practice of allowing military courts to judge soldiers involved in crimes against civilians. The court says it rejected an appeal by a woman whose husband was shot by soldiers in northern Sinaloa state in 2008 because she lacks legal standing to file the appeal.

August 7th, 2009 Union Pacific settles alleged water violationsLAS VEGAS — The federal government says Union Pacific Railroad Company has agreed to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act in Nevada. The Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday the company will restore 122 acres of mountain-desert streams and wetlands and implement storm water controls at its construction sites.

August 3rd, 2009 OSHA alleges safety violations at MillerCoorsDENVER — Regulators have proposed fining MillerCoors $128,500 over alleged safety violations at its brewery in Golden. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Monday a maintenance electrician who was missing for several hours was found dead outside an open, energized electrical panel Feb.

June 12th, 2009 NJ trooper fined for violations in fatal crashCAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, N.J. — A New Jersey state trooper who was acquitted of vehicular homicide charges in a crash that killed two sisters has been fined for traffic violations stemming from the accident.

June 7th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - The death toll in the day care centre fire in northwestern Mexico has risen to 31, authorities said Saturday. The fire broke out Friday afternoon at a tire depot in Hermosillo, the capital of Sonora state, and quickly spread to the neighbouring building housing ABC day care, part of the country's Social Security network.

June 6th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - At least 29 children were killed Friday in a fire at a day care centre in Mexico's northwest city of Hermosillo, officials said. The victims, aged three months to two years, had been staying in a day care centre next to a tire dealership that had caught on fire.

June 6th, 2009 Official: 27 children die in Mexico day care fireMEXICO CITY — A Mexican official says at least 27 children have been killed in a fire that spread from a warehouse to a day care in the northern city of Hermosillo. Prosecutors spokesman Jose Larrinaga told the Televisa television network that dozens more have been hospitalized.

June 6th, 2009 29 children killed in fire at day care in MexicoMEXICO CITY — A fast-moving fire killed 29 children in a day care center in northern Mexico despite desperate attempts of firefighters who punched through the walls and fought their way through flames to rescue babies, toddlers and others trapped inside. At least 25 children and five employees were hospitalized after Friday's fire in ABC day care in the city of Hermosillo, said Jose Larrinaga, a spokesman for investigators in the state of Sonora, which borders Arizona.

June 6th, 2009 Mexico day care fire kills 31 childrenHERMOSILLO, Mexico — A fast-moving fire killed 31 children in a day care center in northern Mexico despite desperate attempts of firefighters who punched through the walls and fought their way through flames to rescue babies, toddlers and others trapped inside. At least 25 children and five employees were hospitalized after Friday's fire in ABC day care in the city of Hermosillo, said Jose Larrinaga, a spokesman for investigators in the state of Sonora, which borders Arizona.

May 26th, 2009 ANKARA - Eight people were killed when a major fire broke out in a hospital's intensive care unit in western Turkey, authorities said Tuesday. The dead were patients being treated in the intensive care unit of the Sevket Yilmaz hospital in Bursa, provincial Governor Sahabettin Harputlu was quoted as saying by the semi-official Anatolia news agency.

February 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Supreme Court Wednesday barred former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from contesting an elected office and declared the election of his younger brother, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, null and void. This has led to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government in Punjab being dissolved.