Published on April 7, 2010 by Technology Slice
Heavy Rain Kills 95 In Rio – Mudslides swept away shacks in Rio’s hillside slums, turning the city’s main lake and the sea brown during the heavy rains that started on Monday and continued to fall through most of Tuesday. Most victims died in more than 180 mudslides, authorities said. Rio’s fire service said at [...]
Tags: 2016 Olympics, 6 Million, Beaches, Carnival, Death Toll, Eduardo Paes, Fire Service, Guanabara Bay, Heavy Rain, Heavy Rains, Hillside, Hospitals, Morning Flights, Mudslides, Olympics, Rain Forecast, Rio, Shacks, Slums, Soccer World Cup
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Published on February 11, 2010 by Technology Slice
China has charged four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto, including an Australian national, with violating bribery and trade secret laws, the state news agency Xinhua reports. The group of four, which includes Australian passport holder Stern Hu, allegedly “used their positions to obtain benefits for others and on many occasions solicited or accepted bribes,” [...]
Tags: Australian Government, Australian Passport, Bribery, Bribes, China Charges, Chris Bowen, Consequences, Financial Services, Giant, News Agency, Occasions, Passport Holder, Prosecution, Rio, Shanghai, State News, Steel Companies, Stern, Trade Secrets, Xinhua
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