Scientists On Trial For Failing To Predict Quake

Scientists on trial for failing to predict quake

Six Italian scientists and one government official were set to go to trial in Italy on Tuesday on charges of manslaughter for not warning the public aggressively enough of an impending earthquake that killed more than 300 people in 2009.

Senh: Um... Your country's broke, and you're gonna waste time with this?

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