We've long said there is no more urgent domestic issue than the collapsed state of inner-city education.
The bridge in Washington state that collapsed last week will get a temporary fix to restore traffic by mid-June, with permanent repairs expected this fall, Gov. Jay Inslee said.
WSJ: Crumpled Bridge in Washington State to Get Temporary Fix
Khartoum, Sudan (CNN) -- A gold mine in the western Sudanese state of Darfur collapsed this week, killing scores of people and leaving many still unaccounted for, an official says.
Larsen B, a 1, 254-square-mile ice shelf, comparable in size to the U.S. state of Rhode Island, collapsed in 2002, the group said.
The ruling National Democratic Party of Mr Mubarak, which dominated every elected body but acted essentially as a state patronage machine, has collapsed in disarray.
In Washington state this past week, a bridge collapsed when a truck driver's load bumped against the steel framework.
The death toll from the quake is expected to rise even higher, with state media saying thousands are still trapped in collapsed buildings.
The beam of Xiao's house in Mianzhu City in Sichuan province collapsed during the quake, trapping him, China's state-run television CCTV said.
The state should have dealt with them more radically when Daewoo collapsed, says Mr Jang.
One of the hardest hit areas was Baoxing county, where almost all buildings had collapsed, including many that were built after the 2008 earthquake, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.
Since the Soviet Union collapsed, Belarus has received little foreign investment, and has not privatised much: the state's share of the economy, already around 80%, is, if anything, growing.
For Russia's banks, suffering from a collapsed rouble and besieged by angry depositors at home and creditors abroad, a bail-out by the state offers the only chance of survival.
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