Lightning kills 10, injures 8 in India.
HYDERABAD, India (AFP) Ten people were killed and eight others injured when they were struck by lightning during heavy rains in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, police said Sunday. The 10 victims were killed overnight Saturday, a police spokesman said. Torrential rains with...

12 workers die, 21 injured in Indian roof collapse.
CHENNAI, India (AFP) At least 12 construction workers were killed and 21 injured Saturday when the roof of a cement factory under construction caved in because of weak scaffolding in Indias southern state of Tamil Nadu, an official said yesterday. The workers were eating lunch when the...

How to Hire and Fire in 76 Jurisdictions.
9041123350 How to hire and fire in 76 jurisdictions. Ed. by Erik van Emden et al. Kluwer Law International 2005 604 pages $128.00 Hardcover KF3457 This compilation in a question-and-answer format...

2 female workers killed in Cavite mishaps.
Byline: DEL VILLANUEVA TANZA, CAVITE a" Two female workers were killed while three others were seriously injured in separate vehicular accidents along the Soriano Highway in this town last Wednesday. Police identified the fatalities as Winnie Corpuz, 23, single, of Barangay Langkaan, DasmariA[+ or -]as...

World Press Freedom Day.
Byline: JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS There was no freedom for Shi Tao and Florence Aubenas on World Press Freedom Day, or for Dawit Isaak, or for Marie-Jeanne Ion, or for Ricardo Gonzalez Alfonso, or for ... The list of reporters in jail, held hostage,...

The parable of the accident.
THE farmer was exceptional and unusual. In spite of his low level of formal education, he was an avid reader of newspapers and took interest in world affairs. He did not exactly read the papers daily. That was too expensive. But each time he went to the...

Got no respect? Examine policies and attitudes.
I tell ya, I don't get no respect," Rodney Dangerfield whines in trademark fashion. The bug-eyed comedian died last year at 82, but I'll always remember him for one shining trait: He turned a spotlight on respect. Experts in risk management and safety unanimously agree that the the abundance...

The legacy of Chernobyl.
APART FROM BEING a major industrial accident, the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster in 1986 was a significant socio- and geo-political incident. It helped to break up the Soviet Union and accelerated the ending of Moscow's Cold War regime. When I flew from London to Kiev with radiation measuring equipment...

3 workers die in Makati digging.
Byline: HANNAH L. TORREGOZA Makati City authorities suspended yesterday all construction work on a planned mall inside Cash N' Carry Supermarket on Filmore Street where three construction workers were killed after a pile of loose soil collapsed on them at 7:10 p.m. on Tuesday. In...

Death of inmate on work crew investigated.
Byline: Bill Bishop The Register-Guard Family members of a prison work crew member who died in an on-the-job accident Tuesday wonder why he was assigned to do dangerous work. In the meantime, state officials are investigating the accident that killed Carlin Samar Wortham, 24, a...