Drops

Iraqi court drops case in British soldier slayings (AP)

October 10th, 2010

AP - A Baghdad court says there is not enough evidence to prosecute two Iraqi men accused of taking part in the 2003 mob slaying of six British soldiers.

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Toxicity of Hungary’s red sludge flow drops (AP)

October 8th, 2010

Eszter Horvath a resident of Mezolak, Hungary, looks on as an excavator pours plaster into the river Marcal to neutralize the polluting toxic sludge near to her village, Friday Oct. 8, 2010. 'Life in the River Marcal has been extinguished,' rescue official Tibor Dobson told The Associated Press, referring to the river's 25-mile (40-kilometer) stretch that carried the red waste from Kolontar into the Raba River and onto the Danube. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - The concentration of toxic heavy metals where Hungary’s massive red sludge spill entered the Danube has dropped to the level allowed in drinking water, authorities said Friday, easing…

Thai court drops case against Viktor Bout (AP)

October 5th, 2010

With tight security and the flak jacket on, Viktor Bout, center, a suspected Russian arms dealer, leaves the criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. The Thai court dismissed a request to drop new charges against Bout, a move that means more delays to his long-awaited extradition to the United States. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP - A Thai court ruled Tuesday to dismiss a new trial against alleged Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout, removing a key legal obstacle to his long-awaited extradition to the…

France: Sarkozy Drops Unpopular Carbon-Emissions Tax (Time.com)

March 26th, 2010

Time.com - After his party’s disastrous result in regional elections, French President Nicolas Sarkozy drops his carbon tax, a policy hated by conservative voters and legislators alike

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