Metrolink Crash Kills 18

Early Friday a Los Angeles Metrolink train crashed into a freight train, killing 18 and injurng 135 more. Rescue workers are still searching the rubble for survivors. Many injured are in serious or critical condition. They crashed in Chatsworth, a suburb near Los Angeles. Among the crash was a LAPD officer as well. Metrolink has said that the crash was caused by the train Engineer when he had failed to stop at a red light. The engineer had worked for a subcontracter that has been used by Metrolink since 1998.

Fire chief Mario Rueda said the finding of any survivors left in the crash is "very remote." The last survivor was pulled out Friday night. The impact rammed the Metrolink engine backward into a passenger car, which rested on its side with the engine still inside it early Saturday, and accordioned the freight train cars. Two other Metrolink cars remained upright. Crews had to put out a fire under part of the train.*

*Taken off yahoo!

Russians Withdrawing

Many Russian troops are beginning to pull back from temporary bases near the Black Sea port of Poti. The Russians are honoring their ceasefire deal with a partial pullout from Western Georgia. However, Georgia, like other western nations, are asking for a full pull out to positions held before the war, which broke out a month ago, due to conflicts with Georgia and breakaway province South Ossentia. "They have fulfilled the commitment" to withdraw from the area by Sept. 15 under an agreement European Union leaders reached with Russia last week, Georgian Security Council chief Alexander Lomaia said*. The Russians still have about 1,200 Russian servicemen are still at 19 different checkpoints, with 12 outside South Ossentia and seven outside Abkhazia. Russia said it would pull them out by Oct. 11 as long as 200 European Union observers are deployed to strips of territory surrounding the two separatist regions by Oct. 1.*

*Taken off Yahoo!

Hurricane Ike Report

After Hurricane Ike blew across Texas overnight, leaving billions of dollars in damage and a few dead. Officials report that the water only peaked at 13.5 feet, which is a lot better than the forecasted 20-25 feet. The state had already been evacuated. Ike roared ashore at 110 winds mph. Rescue crews were frustrated, but vowed to get to the more than 140,000 people who stubbornly stayed behind as soon as they could. Governor Rick Perry had already gave a strong warning to all residents to evacute. Some people stayed in order to protect their neighborhoods from theft.

Featured Video - What I've Done

Today's featured video is the music video for Linkin Park's "What I've Done" This was the hit single in their newest album, Minutes to Midnight. Also in this album was Shadow of the Day, which won the MTV VMAs Best Rock Music Video award. Their website is http://www.youtube.com/linkinparktv.

Chinese Health Incident

The latest chinese criticism comes with a health report saying that a milk powder was sent out on the market, even when the company had knowledge that the powder contained Melamine, a chemical rich in Nitrogen. The powder was sent out to Taiwan, but none to foreign markets. Chinese state run Xin-Hua News Agency has reported that one baby has died and 432 others are infected. The powder is likely to cause kidney stones in infants. The milk was supplied by Sanlu Group Co., the largest supplier of milk powder in the nation.

The government has sent out doctors from Beijing who will pay and treat the infected babies. Officials seized 2,176 tons of the formula, and ordered a recall of another 8,218 tons. That's 700 more tons than the previous recall ordered by Sanlu. Beijing has also launched an emergency inspection of 175 other companys that produce the formula as well. The dairy had received complaints in March and June, but intial tests were done only in August. Because of this delay, many lives have been affect that could've been saved.

Featured Video - (en) 이불 "Lee Bul" - 영원 "Forever" Official MV (HQ)

Today's video is a korean song written by Lee Bul. It's just a preview of korean style music videos, and how they are so different from American videos. American videos have chaotic scenes and dramatic effects. Korean videos are still pretty basic while capturing the whole effect of the song. It's been subtitled in english by CJWTown, which I have found to be a pretty good source of Korean shows. Their website is http://cjwforums.co.nr. They also subtitle the very good show "We Got Married"

Closed for a week

Zamble will be closed for a week due to personal conflicts. Monitoring two sites and three blogs is getting tiring, so I will be closing down the ones that aren't as important.