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Production restarts at plant that unleashed sludge (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…

Iran begins production of cruise missiles (AP)

March 7th, 2010

This photo released by the Iranian Defense Ministry, alledgedly shows a Nasr1 (Victory) missile in a factory in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 7, 2010. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi announced on state TV Sunday a new production line of highly accurate, short range cruise missiles capable of evading radar. The missile named Nasr 1 (Victory) will be capable of destroying targets up to 3,000 tons in size according to Vahidi. Iran frequently makes announcements about new advances in military technology that cannot be independently verified.  (AP Photo/Iranian Defense Ministry, Vahid Reza Alaei, HO)AP - Iran announced Sunday that it has started a new production line of highly accurate, short range cruise missiles, which would add a new element to the country’s already…

Quake stops production for biggest Chile winemaker (AP)

March 2nd, 2010

AP - Chile’s biggest winemaker said Monday that is stopping production for at least a week because the mammoth earthquake hit the nation’s wine-growing heartland hard, damaging wineries and the…