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Greek police say no bomb in Hungary embassy package (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Members of Yemen's U.S.-trained counter-terrorism force raid a house during field training near Sanaa November 9, 2010.   Yemen needs more help from its allies to combat al Qaeda, its foreign minister said, after the militant group said it had been responsible for sending U.S.-bound parcel bombs on two aircraft. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY)Reuters - A suspicious package found at the Hungarian embassy in Athens on Tuesday contained no explosives, Greek police said.


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Factory involved in Hungary sludge flood restarts (AP)

October 15th, 2010

An aerial view of Kolontar village covered by toxic red mud, 164 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 after the dyke of a reservoir containing red mud of an alumina plant in nearby Ajka broke eight days earlier, and over one million cubic meters of the poisonous chemical sludge inundated three villages, killing eight people and injuring over hundred. (AP Photos/MTI, Sandor H. Szabo)AP - Production restarted Friday at the metals plant whose broken reservoir unleashed a massive flood of caustic red sludge, even as villagers began returning to one of the affected…

Photo shows apparent leak before Hungary spill (AP)

October 12th, 2010

Picture taken in June  2010 by Hungarian air photo company Interspect and made available Tuesday Oct 12 2010 shows the dam of the reservoir in Kolontar, Hungary, with red stains that allegedly indicate red sludge leaking through -  nearly four months before the wall broke on October 4 killing at least eight people - part of a growing body of evidence that inspectors who gave the pit a clean bill of health may have missed obvious warning signs. Zoltan Bakonyi, the managing director of the alumina plant, has been taken into custody by police, who say he neglected to prepare an emergency warning and rescue plan.(AP Photo/Interspect, Bako Gabor) ** MANDATORY CREDIT INTERSPECT, Bako Gabor' **AP - An aerial photo taken months before a gigantic reservoir unleashed torrents of toxic sludge shows a faint red trail trickling through the container wall — part of a…

Hungary firm head detained over toxic sludge (AP)

October 11th, 2010

Volunteers, wearing protective gears, walk across a street covered by toxic red sludge in Devecser, Hungary, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. The population of the neighboring town of Kolontar was evacuated Saturday and Devecser with a population of 5,300 is also in the likely path of a possible new sludge deluge. Hungary's prime ministers says police have taken into custody the managing director of the company which owns the metals plant where a broken reservoir flooded several towns with toxic red sludge and water.(AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - Hungarian police have detained the director of the aluminum company responsible for a flood of caustic red sludge that killed eight people when it burst from its reservoir…

Head of Hungary firm detained over toxic sludge (AP)

October 11th, 2010

Volunteers, wearing protective gears, walk across a street covered by toxic red sludge in Devecser, Hungary, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. The population of the neighboring town of Kolontar was evacuated Saturday and Devecser with a population of 5,300 is also in the likely path of a possible new sludge deluge. Hungary's prime ministers says police have taken into custody the managing director of the company which owns the metals plant where a broken reservoir flooded several towns with toxic red sludge and water.(AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - Hungarian police have detained the director of the aluminum company responsible for a flood of caustic red sludge that killed eight people when it burst from its reservoir…

Cracks on red sludge reservoir in Hungary stable (AP)

October 11th, 2010

Hungarian soldiers wearing protective gear are washed by water jets in Devecser, 164 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Saturday Oct. 9,  2010. Five days ago more than 750,000 cubic meters of toxic sludge spilled out of a nearby reservoir flooding seven villages.  (AP Photos/MTI, Lajos Nagy)AP - Officials say there has been no widening of the cracks on a red sludge reservoir that broke last week flooding several towns in western Hungary and killing at…

Officials: wall of Hungary sludge lake will fall (AP)

October 10th, 2010

Hungarian soldiers wearing protective gear are washed by water jets in Devecser, 164 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Saturday Oct. 9,  2010. Five days ago more than 750,000 cubic meters of toxic sludge spilled out of a nearby reservoir flooding seven villages.  (AP Photos/MTI, Lajos Nagy)AP - The wall of a reservoir filled with caustic red sludge will inevitably collapse and unleash a new deluge of red sludge that could flow about a half-mile (1…

No new cracks found in red sludge pool in Hungary (AP)

October 10th, 2010

Hungarian soldiers wearing protective gear are washed by water jets in Devecser, 164 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Saturday Oct. 9,  2010. Five days ago more than 750,000 cubic meters of toxic sludge spilled out of a nearby reservoir flooding seven villages.  (AP Photos/MTI, Lajos Nagy)AP - Hungarian engineers didn’t detect any new cracks overnight in a red sludge reservoir that was at risk of collapse, officials said Sunday, expressing hope there wouldn’t be a…

No new cracks found on red sludge pool in Hungary (AP)

October 10th, 2010

Hungarian soldiers wearing protective gear are washed by water jets in Devecser, 164 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Saturday Oct. 9,  2010. Five days ago more than 750,000 cubic meters of toxic sludge spilled out of a nearby reservoir flooding seven villages.  (AP Photos/MTI, Lajos Nagy)AP - Hungarian engineers didn’t detect any new cracks overnight in a red sludge reservoir that was at risk of collapse, officials said Sunday, expressing hope there wouldn’t be a…

Hungary sludge reservoir at risk of collapse (AP)

October 9th, 2010

Bus drivers wait beside their buses on a highway to pick up evacuees outside Kolontar, Hungary, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. The Hungarian town of Kolontar near the toxic red sludge reservoir that flooded the area and killed at least seven people is under evacuation over fears of a new leak of the dangerous heavy metal waste, officials said. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - Hungary’s premier says the northern wall of a red sludge reservoir which burst and flooded several towns with toxic waste is showing ever-larger cracks and is “very likely”…