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San Onofre design choices led to nuclear plant shutdown
L.A. NOWAn executive with the company that manufactured faulty equipment that led to the shutdown of the San Onofre nuclear plant defended decisions made in the design of the replacement steam generators. The company made choices in designing support structures... -
French forces enter Mali to fight Islamist insurgents
PARIS — A column of about 30 French tanks and several troop carriers, accompanied by a helicopter, crossed into Mali from Ivory Coast in an international mission to take control of the African nation’s north from Islamist extremists, French...
Tags: Côte d'Ivoire, Paris (France), Domodedovo Airport Bombing (2011), France, Mali
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Pakistan Supreme Court orders arrest of prime minister
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the arrest of the prime minister in connection with a scandal from his days as water and power minister. The decision broadsides President Asif Ali Zardari’s government just as he...
Tags: Justice System, Politics, Asif Ali Zardari, National Government, Pervez Musharraf
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New column on Obama feeds Israeli election campaign
JERUSALEM -- Critical comments about Israel's current leaders attributed to President Obama played into Israel's upcoming elections Tuesday as candidates quickly incorporated the message into their campaign. In a column for Bloomberg news service,...
Tags: Labour Party (UK), National Government, West Bank, Tzipi Livni, Pakistan
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California manufacturing jobs fall through the cracks
The shutdown of a 102-year-old California manufacturing company points to a major flaw in California's industrial development policy: We don't have one. The company is Pneumatic Scale Angelus, which turned out top-of-the-line machines for sealing lids...
Tags: Football, United Steelworkers, Regional Authority, Sports, Gloria Molina
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Cubans no longer need special exit permit to travel off island
MEXICO CITY -- Cubans now for the first time have the right to travel off the island without a special exit permit, the latest in reforms that the communist government is slowly enacting in hopes of reinvigorating its troubled economy. The new and much-...
Tags: Travel, Domodedovo Airport Bombing (2011), Trips and Vacations, Cuba
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Weekend homicide wave hits Mexican capital and suburbs
MEXICO CITY — Mexico's capital and its sprawling suburbs in neighboring Mexico state notched at least 32 violent homicides over the weekend, in what authorities described as an atypical wave of violence for the urban core of the country....Tags: Organized Crime, Mexico, Crime, Law and Justice, Domodedovo Airport Bombing (2011), Mexico City
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Syria refugees say rape is a key reason they fled, report says
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. Rape is one of the primary reasons that Syrian refugees say they fled their country, “a significant and disturbing feature” of the war raging between rebels and Syrian...
Tags: Refugee, Politics, Abusive Behavior, Rape, Hosni Mubarak
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China pollution results in factory closures, flight cancellations
BEIJING -- A prolonged spell of air pollution across a large area of China has led to the cancellation of flights and sporting activities and the closure of highways, factories and construction sites. From Beijing to Guiyang, 1,400 miles to the...
Tags: Air Pollution, Beijing (China), Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, China
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Twinkie, Ding-Dong runs reported as Hostess bakery closes
L.A. NOWThere was a sense of mourning Friday at the Wonder Hostess Bakery Thrift Shop in Glendale as both workers and customers came to terms with the end of the company and its famous snacks. Glendale resident Charlie Ruiz, 63, walked...... -
Hostess Twinkies, Ho Hos fly off shelves in Glendale
L.A. NOWThe shelves at the Wonder Hostess Bakery Thrift Shop in Glendale Friday were bare as customers made runs on Twinkies, Ho Hos and Ding Dongs after the iconic snack food company asked a judge for permission to go out of business and lay off 18,500 workers... -
Highlights from the 2012 Paris Auto Show
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDespite the European auto sector acting like a complete Debbie Downer toward the world market's fortunes, with demand spiraling downward and plant closures and massive job cuts looming, automakers still found bits of candy to show off to the masses at the...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Automotive Equipment, Land Rover
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