Silicon Valley News Notes
MetroActive - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-14, 04:43 GMT
South County narrowly missed earning itself a Darwin Award on April 27, when a Gilroy teenager survived being hit by a northbound Union Pacific freight train . The 19-year-old, who had been sitting on a railroad tie near Leavesly Road while listening to his earphones, apparently didn't hear the locomotive approaching him on the tracks.

Africa: EU Seeks to Subdue Competitive China
AllAfrica.com - 0 KB- Found: 17 hours ago
With the ascendance of China as a robust force on Africa's economic and political scene, plans are afoot in the European Union (EU) to pre-empt the Asian nation's dominance on the continent by forming a trilateral partnership that places Europe squarely in the centre.

Secret Qantas strike-breaking plan
The Age - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-15, 01:40 GMT
Qantas devises plan to smash influence of powerful union.

Cause of derailment investigated
San Marcos Daily Record - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-13, 21:07 GMT
Union Pacific Railroad is still trying to find out what caused four cars of a southbound train to derail last Friday night.

Africa: Economic Integration Requires New Strategies
AllAfrica.com - 0 KB- Found: 15 hours ago
The long-held dream of integrating Africa economically remains elusive, and new strategies are required for realising it, writes guest columnist Nkululeko Khumalo ahead of an African Union meeting on the subject which begins in Abidjan on May 19.

Incoming president of Taiwan doubts China unification
AP via Yahoo! News - 0 KB- Found: 10 hours ago
Taiwan's president-elect said Thursday that unification with China is unlikely "in our lifetimes," but pledged to reach out to the longtime rival while maintaining good relations with the United States.

Train hits man in Red Bluff
Red Bluff Daily News - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-13, 19:42 GMT
A Union Pacific Railroad train hit a Cottonwood man about 2:22 a.m. Saturday on the railroad tracks just north of Breckenridge Street, said Red Bluff Police Department Sgt. Kevin Busekist.

Train victim condition upgraded to 'serious'
Red Bluff Daily News - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-13, 19:42 GMT
The condition of the Cottonwood man hit by a Union Pacific Railroad train Saturday morning was upgraded from critical to serious on Monday, a nursing supervisor at Mercy Medical Center in Redding said.

Copper theft near Whitesboro
KXII Sherman - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-13, 19:14 GMT
WHITESBORO, TX -- Another copper theft has been reported north of Whitesboro at Sandusky and Brumlowe Road. This time, it cost Union Pacific Railroad about $5,000.

Signing of EPA with Europe delayed
The Jamaica Observer - 0 KB- Found: 21 hours ago
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - There is to be a further delay in the proposed signing in Barbados of the Caribbean region's Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU), originally expected before June 30.