Tests reveal toxic sludge may not harm Danube
A Hungarian enviromental official tests a sample water from the Danube River. Toxic sludge from an industrial accident that has left six dead may not harm the Danube River, according to water test...
View ArticlePolice arrest CEO in Hungary toxic sludge spill
Investigators in Hungary have arrested Zoltan Bakonyi, the chief executive of an aluminum company involved in a spill of toxic sludge that has killed eight people, authorities said Monday. He faces...
View ArticleOn the Radar: Chile miners, Ft. Hood suspect, toxic sludge
Click to watch video Chile miner rescue - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera says he is looking forward to the imminent rescue of the 33 miners trapped for more than two months nearly half a mile below...
View ArticleHungary plant that leaked toxic sludge to reopen
The aluminum plant at the heart of the deadly toxic red sludge in Hungary will resume production at the end of the week, government officials said Wednesday. The announcement came on the same day...
View ArticleEvacuated residents allowed to return to Hungarian village
Residents who were evacuated from a Hungarian village because of last week's toxic sludge were allowed back home Friday, a government spokeswoman said. The 500 inhabitants of Kolontar were able to move...
View ArticleHuge crowds protest Hungary's new constitution
Tens of thousands of people protested against Hungary's new constitution in Budapest Monday night, demanding that Prime Minister Viktor Orban resign. Crowds outside the city's opera house called the...
View ArticleHungarian president says he won't resign after plagiarism accusation
Protesters in Hungary are calling for the resignation of President Pal Schmitt after a university he attended said that he plagiarized parts of his doctoral dissertation. However, in an interview aired...
View ArticleOfficials: Alleged Nazi war criminal found in Hungary
A worldwide Jewish rights organization is pushing Hungarian authorities to prosecute a man it claims is a Nazi war criminal, recently discovered in Budapest, Hungary, who allegedly sent more than...
View ArticleNazi war crimes suspect arrested in Hungary
An elderly man suspected of Nazi war crimes has been arrested in Hungary, prosecutors said Wednesday, after a worldwide Jewish rights organization discovered him living in Budapest. Ladislaus...
View ArticleNazi war crimes suspect Laszlo Csatary dies
Laszlo Csatary, the Nazi war crimes suspect who was arrested last year, has died, his lawyer told Hungarian media. He was 98. Csatary was accused of sending more than 15,000 Jews to the Auschwitz...
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