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OMAHA, Neb. AP 鈥?Union Pacific managers undermined the U.S. government efforts to assess safety at the railroad in the wake of several high-profile derailments across the industry by coaching employees on how to respond and suggesting they might be disciplined, federal regulators say.The meddling was so widespread across Union Pacifics 23-state network that the Federal Railroad Administration had no choice but to suspend its safety a stanley cup ssessment of the company, the agency ; stanley cup s chief safety officer, Karl Alexy, told Union Pacific executives in a letter dated last week that labor groups posted online Tuesday.The company indicated Wednesday that the issue was limited to one department. Its president told FRA in a response letter that Union Pacific did not intend to influence or impede the assessment in any way. The agency launched safety assessments of all major railroads in the U.S. at the urging of congressional leaders after Norfolk Southerns disastrous February 2023 derailment in eastern Ohio, and the episode with Union Pacific may prompt lawmakers to finally act on stalled railroad safety reforms.READ MORE: Freight railroads must keep 2-person crews, according to new federal rule 2 years in the making FRA has discovered that numerous employees were c stanley cup oached to provide specific responses to FRA questions if they were approached for a safety culture interview, Alexy wrote. Reports of this coaching span the UPRR Union Pacific railroad system and railro Hewh China sanctions U.S. research firm, 2 individuals over reports on Xinjiang human rights abuses
The draft law offering amnesty to detainees who are innocent was approved by the cabinet and forwarded to parliament [on Wednesday], said Sadiq al-Rikabi, an adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Agence France-Presse reported.Mowaffaq al-Rubaie, Iraq national security adviser, said earlier this month that the draft law was aimed at improving reconciliatio jordan n between majority Shiite and minority Sunni Muslims, according to Reuters.Thousands of detainees, mostly Sunni Arabs, are being held without formal charges. Most have been detained for more than a year on suspicion of backing the insurgency opposed to the central government and American forces.The mass detentions have been blamed for fueling animosity between the Shiite and Sunni communities in Iraq. The U.S. military, looking to bolster its growing alliance with some Sunni groups, has strongly advocated a formal release effort.But detentions in both U.S. and Iraqi jails have soared since military operations were stepped up this year. According to recent reports, Iraqi authorities hold 24,000 detainees and U.S. forces hav jordan e 26,000. Only a small proportion of those held are ever prosecuted.The law will cover as many number of detainees as possible who are not found to be guilty, said Sadiq al-Rikabi, an adviser to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, adding that some of the detainees include those held for corruption and other financial crimes, AFP reported.The U.S. military, which holds i yeezy ts |
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