they have said they will reach such a decision after direct talks between the two koreas and then between the u.s. and north korea. the north korean vice foreign minister and head of the north american affairs bureau are already in new york for the ming. the u.s. decision to resume talks comes amid concerns that the north may be enriching uranium for military purposes. the united states maintains that it will not resume the six-party talks unless the north takes concrete action to give up nuclear weapons. in china, a driver involved in saturday s fatal high-speed train collision reportedly says he had been ordered to stop the train before another train crashed into it. his remarks suggest that human error may have contributed to the disaster that killed at least 39 people. the website of a weekly magazine published in the southern province of guangdong reported an account by a passenger who said the driver denied responsibility for the accident. according to the article the
of the homeland. last month we engage with canada s beef of customs and border service agencyon our vision of the perimeter security on the continental scale. we also reached out to the canadian mounted police to discuss ways to deepen our collaboraon along the border between the ports of entry treated these engagements have ven rise to a series of specific bilateral initiatives covering such disparate issues as watch listing the consultion on the ports of entry, the pre-clearance and joint operations between the ports of entry. equally important as i indicated is the development of a cbp strategy for securing our coast lines be essential for homeland security over the long term. cbp in the coast guard closely coordinate on maritime aircraft systems nd work together to identify and address requirements including sensors, command-and-control data exploitation, logistics and training. the fifth goal and connected to the development of a particularly of a strategy in concert wit
[ cheers and applause ] the last miner to be rescued, 54-year-old shift foreman luis urzuwa emerged from the capsule at 9:57 p.m. wednesday. family menz ambers and rescuers hugged each other and cheered. urzua is the leader of the team. he volunteered to be the last man rescued so he could confirm that all the others had made it out safely. the miners were trapped when the gold and copper mine near copiapo in northern chile caved in on august 5th. they were confirmed alive 17 days later. rescue work to pull the men out one by one began before midnight on tuesday local time. the miners were lifted up in a capsule through a vertical shaft. the capsule is four meters high and just 56 centimeters wide. the chilean government initially said it would take two days to complete the operation. but the pace quickened, and all 33 men were lifted in just half that time. the operation will be completed when all the six rescue workers who had been sent down to help have returned to the s
only 54 centimeters wide, about the width of their shoulders. the device includes an oxygen supply and telephone. a rescue worker will first go down to the shelter to check on the miners physical condition. the first miner will then be put in the capsule. four or five rescue workers will descend into the shelter to help the miners during the operation. four experienced miners will be pulled out first because they are expected to be able to cope with unforeseen situations. miners with health problems will be next, followed by the physically fit. chilean president sebastian pinera, who is now at the site, we can see him now in the live footage coming out of san jose mine, the president has expressed gratitude for other countries support for the operation. he said chile has made maximum effort to rescue the miners, drawing on help from many countries. here on the right of the screen we can see chilean president sebastian pinera speaking to rescue workers and officials. the res
near guanghan city. middle sections of a bridge collapsed and two train carriages fell into the river. according to xinhua, all the train passengers and crew were able to escape and avoid injury. weather officials have forecast more heavy rains on friday and saturday in sichuan province. on august 8th, massive landslides hit zhouqu county in gansu province killing more than 1,300 people. japan is going to send its self-defense force crews and helicopters to pakistan to provide relief in the wake of the disaster caused by flooding. millions of pakistanis are in desperate need of food, shelter and other aid. the defense ministry sent an advance team to pakistan on thursday to prepare for the deployment of an sdf helicopter unit. the dispatch came on the same day the government decided to send six helicopters and a support staff of more than 200. they ll be helping to transport survivors and relief supplies. the ministry hopes to send the full self-defense force unit as early