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120 survivors of Indonesian boat-sinking accident rescued ... People's Daily Online - Beijing,China ... fated ship under the command of captain Wiratno carried 542 passengers, 57 crew members, and 29 drivers of trucks and buses on board when the accident occurred ... See all stories on this topic Five
hundred missing in ferry disaster |
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15
killed in accident near Vehari Pakistan Dawn - Karachi,Pakistan ... Burewala ASP Dr Masroor Alam Kolachi said the accident had taken place owing to dense fog and over speeding by the bus driver while crossing the turn of 201/EB ... See all stories on this topic |
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Two-day
road accident death toll stands at 109 Bangkok Post - Thailand Sixty-eight people were killed and 760 injured in road accidents throughout the country on Dec 29, the second day of the New Year casualties-counting period. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 29/12/06 | ||
Nigeria:
14 Perish in Dawn Accident AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA The accident, which left about 16 other passengers badly burnt, also killed a nursing mother whose two months old baby was said to be sucking breast before ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 27/12/06 | ||
Indonesian
leader orders search of 205 missing in Aceh flood People's Daily Online - Beijing,China ... Wednesday ordered the national disaster mitigation agency to continue the search and rescue of the estimated 205 people missing in the flood and landslide that ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 26/12/06 | ||
Nigeria:
Scarcity - 200 Roast in Lagos Pipeline Fire AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA ... The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), whose vandalised pipeline triggered the fire, warned that the current fuel shortage in parts of the country ... See all stories on this topic |
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26
killed in Ormoc fire Sun.Star - Philippines CEBU CITY -- A display of firecrackers exploded and began a fire that killed 26 shoppers, including children, and razed a warehouse-type supermarket in Ormoc ... See all stories on this topic |
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Indonesian
flood toll 87 Hindu - Chennai,India BANDA ACEH: Authorities found more than 70 bodies in flood-ravaged villages in western Indonesia on Sunday while looting broke out in Malaysia in districts ... See all stories on this topic |
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Eleven
killed in traffic accident in Russia's North Caucasus RIA Novosti - Moscow,Russia MOSCOW, December 25 (RIA Novosti) - At least 11 people have been killed in a traffic accident in the republic of Kabardino-Balkaria in Russia's North Caucasus ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 24/12/06 | ||
12
killed in horrific bus accident SABC News - Auckland Park,South Africa Traffic officials say 12 people including four children have been confirmed dead in the tragic bus crash near the Liberty Mall in Pietermaritzburg in the ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 24/12/06 | ||
KENYA:
Rift valley fever kills 11 in flood-affected northeast Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK "We are also asking the people living in flood affected areas to seek medical assistance if they experience any of the symptoms," he said. ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 21/12/06 | ||
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Least 13 Killed, 50 Injured In Bus Accident In India Playfuls.com - Targu Mures,Romania by Playfuls Team. At least 13 people were killed and more than 50 injured in a bus accident in India's north-eastern Manipur state Thursday, news reports said. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 17/12/06 | ||
Fire,
stampede kill bride and 26 others at Pakistan wedding USA Today - USA MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A fire broke out in a tent at a wedding party in eastern Pakistan, triggering a stampede and wall collapse that killed 27 women and ... See all stories on this topic |
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Bus
accident leaves eight dead Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa ... Machaea said the accident happened after a tyre burst on the vehicle. "A right-front tyre burst, causing the driver to lose control and the bus overturned.". ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 14/12/06 | ||
Eight
Labourers Killed In Dubai Traffic Accident Playfuls.com - Targu Mures,Romania by Playfuls Team. Eight labourers from Asian nationalities were killed in the biggest traffic accident of its kind in Dubai Thursday, said the police. ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 13/12/06 | ||
Twenty
killed in DRC truck accident Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa ... Wednesday. The accident occurred late on Tuesday 20km outside Brazzaville on the main road leading north from the capital. Police ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 12/12/06 | ||
Seven
killed in road accident at Ramban in J&K Hindustan Times - India ... Rath, "All seven people including two females, two children and driver of the Tata Sumo bearing registration number JK08A-3814 were killed in the accident.". ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 10/12/06 | ||
15
die, scores injured in grisly road accident Kenya Times - Kenya Among those who died in the accident were 10 men, two women and three children who were travelling from Nairobi to Kitale for Christmas holidays. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Second
Russian hospital fire kills nine New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia Up to nine people have been killed in a fire in a clinic in Siberia, Russia's second lethal hospital blaze of the weekend, Russian news agencies reported. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 9/12/06 | ||
Fire
In Moscow Hospital Kills 45, Arson Suspected Playfuls.com - Targu Mures,Romania A fire at a Moscow drug rehabilitation clinic killed 45 people - all women - in what Russian justice authorities were treating as a possible arson case. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 8/12/06 | ||
20
die in Pakistan bus accident DailyIndia.com - Jacksonville,FL,USA ... The accident occurred at 2.30 am in Keru area when the bus fell into a deep gorge near Indus river, Geo TV reported quoting police sources. ... |
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8
killed in road accident in southeastern Bangladesh People's Daily Online - Beijing,China ... rammed into another bus coming from Chittagong. The accident left six dead on the spot while two others died on the way to hospital. See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 7/12/06 | ||
Road
accident in Korat, more than 30 students hurt Bangkok Post - Thailand ... Nakhon Ratchasima, police said. The accident happened at 8 am on Ratchasima-Kabin Buri Road in Pak Thong Chai district. The truck of ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 5/12/06 | ||
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least 50 killed in bus accident in Peru Xinhua - China The accident occurred at dawn when the coach was speeding near the town of Macusani, in the tourist area of Puno, a police statement said, adding that the ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 3/12/06 | ||
Bhagalpur
train accident toll up to 35 Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India ... asked to hold an inquiry into the mishap, has reached here, railway sources said adding Agrawal would hold the statutory probe into the accident when a 140-year ... See all stories on this topic |
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Over
150 dead in flood in East Africa ITAR-TASS - Moscow,Russia ... humanitarian agencies said. The situation is the worst in Somalia where the flood has affected 350,000 people, said UNICEF. The amount ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 2/12/06 | ||
Death
toll reaches 32 in north India train accident Xinhua - China ... so far and the rescue operation was coming to an end, said Dhananjay Thakur, Civil Sub-Divisional Officer of Bhagalpur district where the accident took place. ... See all stories on this topic |
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14
killed, 29 hurt bus accident near Solan Hindu - Chennai,India The bus, carrying about 50 passengers, was on its way from Shimla to Delhi when the accident took place near Kandaghat, 10 kms from Solan on Shimla-Kalka ... See all stories on this topic |
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388
dead in Philippines disaster RTE.ie - Ireland The Red Cross has reported that 388 people were swept to their deaths and hundreds more are feared dead after rivers of mud and volcanic ash swamped villages ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 1/12/06 | ||
Massive
accident claims 14 lives Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa ... Mogale. "Those killed and injured in the accident were occupants of the taxi that was travelling from Benoni to Groblersdal.". The ... See all stories on this topic |
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Road
accident kills 7 in western Nepal People's Daily Online - Beijing,China At least seven persons were killed and dozen others were injured when a minibus met with an accident at Deurali area in western Bardiya district, some 600 km ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 30/11/06 | ||
East
African flood toll grows, 25 dead in Rwanda Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK ... "The victims were caught unawares as flood waters poured over their doorsteps ... sweeping them away along with their property.". ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 28/11/06 | ||
9
die in Dominican nightclub fire Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA AP. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- A fire inside a Santo Domingo nightclub killed nine people early Monday, officials said. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Divers
search for 19 missing in ferry accident as storm nears Gulf News - Dubai,United Arab Emirates AP. Manila: Philippine divers combed the sea yesterday for 19 people missing in a ferry accident as an approaching typhoon and rough waters threatened to ... See all stories on this topic |
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Fire
at Missouri home for mentally ill kills 10 Reuters - USA The state's fire marshal office was investigating the blaze that engulfed the single-story building, called the Anderson Guest House, near Joplin, Missouri ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 27/11/06 | ||
Asia
: 11 dead in Pakistan truck accident Telugu Portal - Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh,India ... newspaper reported. Fourteen people survived the accident. Some were rescued by villagers while others managed to swim to safety. See all stories on this topic |
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killed,
57 injured in S. India road accident Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates The accident took place late Sunday in Kathripallam village as the driver lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a sharp curve, Deputy Inspector General ... See all stories on this topic |
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Somalia
flood toll nears 100 News24 - South Africa Mogadishu - Floods killed at least seven people, including five of them children, on Sunday as the fourth week of heavy rains pounded Somalia, bringing the ... See all stories on this topic |
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23/11/06 | ||
No
survivors in Polish mine blast - 23 dead Monsters and Critics.com - Warsaw - The last of the miners missing after an explosion at a coal mine in south-western Poland were found dead Thursday, bringing the death toll to 23 in one of the country's worst mining accidents in years. No Survivors in Polish Mine Blast Poland mine toll rises to 21 dead |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 22/11/06 | ||
Nine
dead, 18 injured in Kolkata factory fire Hindustan Times - India AP. At least nine people were killed and 18 injured after they were trapped in a burning factory in Kolkata early on Wednesday, fire officials said. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 21/11/06 | ||
Eighteen
feared dead in Nicaragua boat accident Reuters.uk - UK ... said. Five bodies were found, including those of two children, after the accident on the Tuma River in the department of Matagalpa. ... |
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Guatemala
fire kills 15 in market CNN International - USA GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- An enormous fire at Central America's largest open-air market Monday killed 15 people, including three minors, and sent up columns of ... See all stories on this topic |
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Kenya:
Flood Toll Hits 10 After Five More Die AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA Five more people drowned in Garissa as the fate of 119 farmers reported missing in a marooned lagoon, remained unknown. The five ... See all stories on this topic |
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Crocodiles
kill five in flood-hit Somalia Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK MOGADISHU, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Crocodiles have killed five people forced to wade through floodwaters devastating Somalia, officials said on Sunday, as the ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 20/11/06 | ||
Afghan
flood death toll climbs to 120 Boston Globe - United States ... The delivery had taken more than two days of travel by donkey and horse to reach flood-affected villages in the mountainous region. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 19/11/06 | ||
Road
accident kills 10 in Sri Lanka International Herald Tribune - France AP. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Ten people were killed when a speeding passenger bus crashed into two cars traveling in the opposite direction ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 16/11/06 | ||
Afghan
flood death toll rises to 53, dozens missing International Herald Tribune - France AP. KABUL, Afghanistan: Flash floods in a mountainous province of western Afghanistan have killed at least 53 people, including six ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 13/11/06 | ||
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least 20 feared dead in SAfrican train accident Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK ... The accident occurred shortly after 0500 GMT when the truck carrying the workers stalled at a crossing near the Eerste River station outside Faure, about 25 km ... See all stories on this topic |
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24
dead in China coal mine accident Telugu Portal - Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh,India Taiyun (China), Nov 13 (Xinhua) At least 24 people were confirmed dead and 10 reported missing in a coal mine accident early Monday in north China's Shanxi ... |
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Six
die, 40 hurt in gruesome traffic accident Peninsula On-line - Qatar Doha • Six people died and more than 40 were injured in a gruesome traffic accident that occurred on the Salwa (Abu Samra) Road early yesterday morning. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 11/11/06 | ||
Thai
tour bus accident leaves 19 dead Bangkok Post - Thailand Survivors said the accident occurred about noon Saturday when the bus driver passed a van and then lost control, swerving off the road and down a ravine, said ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 9/11/06 | ||
SOMALIA:
Flood toll rises to 18 as more rain falls in the south Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK NAIROBI, 9 November (IRIN) - The human death toll from flooding in southern Somalia has risen to 18, with thousands people more forced to leave their homes ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 8/11/06 | ||
Truck
accident in MP, 29 killed NDTV.com - New Delhi,India Twenty-nine people killed and 40 injured when a truck fell from a bridge into a drain at Piparia near Hoshangabad on Wednesday. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 6/11/06 | ||
17 dead;
30 missing in China mine accident Hindustan Times - India ... Rescuers are still 400 to 500 metres away from the site of the explosion. There were 393 workers in the mine at the time of the accident. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 3/11/06 | ||
Turkeys
flood toll rises to 35 NTV MSNBC - Turkey DIYARBAKIR - At least 34 people have lost their lives after heavy rains brought flooding to large parts of southern and south eastern Turkey over the past two ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 1/11/06 | ||
Hotel
Fire in Downtown Reno Kills 6 New York Times - United States Six people died and another was in critical condition today after a fire raced through a residential hotel in downtown Reno, Nev, late Tuesday night. ... See all stories on this topic |
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ETHIOPIA:
Flood toll rises amidst appeals for aid Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK NAIROBI, 1 November (IRIN) - The death toll following flash floods in southeastern Ethiopia has risen to 67 with thousands more displaced, humanitarian ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 30/10/06 | ||
Shack
fire kills eight family members Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa A man is in a critical condition in hospital after his shack caught fire killing eight members of his family, Mpumalanga police said on Tuesday. ... |
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Nine
died in car crash in central Bosnia Raw Story - Cambridge,MA,USA Sarajevo- Nine people, including two children and two babies, died Monday in a road accident near the central Bosnian town of Zenica, local police confirmed. ... |
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Eight
killed, 36 injured in bus accident in north India People's Daily Online - Beijing,China ... reported Monday. The accident took place on Sunday night in Mathura district of the state, the local police said. The passengers ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 31/10/06 | ||
Eight
dead, 36 injured in Mathura bus accident India eNews.com - Gurgaon,Haryana,India The accident took place Sunday night near Pani village under Mant police station. The newly married couple however escaped as they were in a different vehicle. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Nearly
100 killed in crash of Nigerian 737 HeraldNet - By Bashir Adigun. AP. ABUJA, Nigeria - A Nigerian airliner with 104 people onboard slammed into the ground moments after takeoff Sunday, and aviation authorities said six people survived with the rest feared dead. Nigeria opens crash investigation Up to 100 people dead after jet crashes in Nigeria |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 29/10/06 | ||
Death
toll in Philippine road accident rises to 17, official says International Herald Tribune - France AP. MAKILALA, Philippines Four more people died in a hospital after they were hit by a truck, bringing the death toll in the road accident to 17 in a southern ... See all stories on this topic |
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killed
in accident in mid-western Nepal Xinhua - China 28 (Xinhua) -- At least 29 people were killed Saturday morning when a passenger bus met an accident at Bhatta river in Salyan district in mid-western Nepal, a ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 28/10/06 | ||
Six
killed in Austrian road accident Raw Story - Cambridge,MA,USA Vienna- Six persons were killed Saturday in a road accident when two cars collided head on north of Vienna, police reported. The ... See all stories on this topic |
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Bus
accident kills 40 in Nepal Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA AP. KATMANDU, Nepal -- A bus plunged off a mountain road in western Nepal, killing at least 40 people and injuring another 30, police said. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 27/10/06 | ||
Blaze
claims 4 firefighters Captain says fast-moving fire set in ... San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA ... from the desert bushland community 25 miles west of Palm Springs, was one of about 600 residents who were awakened before dawn by the rampaging fire and who ... See all stories on this topic |
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least 22 people dead in long-distance bus accident in Peru Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK The police said the accident took place in the early morning hours. ... An investigation is underway to determine the causes of the accident. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 26/10/06 | ||
Sikkim
bus accident toll 25 Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK Gangtok, Oct 26 (IANS) The death toll in a bus accident in Sikkim mounted to 25 with four more people succumbing to their injuries at a hospital, officials ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 24/10/06 | ||
Bus
catches fire, kills 18 in Panama Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK Panama City - A loaded passenger bus caught fire in Panama, killing 18 people and injuring more than 20 in one of the worst accidents in the tiny Central ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 22/10/06 | ||
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least 29 dead in bus accident Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK La Paz - At least 29 people were killed in a serious night- time bus accident in Bolivia that injured 14 people, media reports said Saturday. ... |
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Road
accident kills 9 in Pakistan People's Daily Online - Beijing,China Nine people were killed and 12 wounded Sunday morning when a passenger van collided with a truck at Indus Highway near Shikarpur, 350 km north of Pakistan's ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 21/10/06 | ||
NINE
KILLED IN GUJARAT TRUCK ACCIDENT Bahrain News Agency - Bahrain ... STATE. NEWS REPORTS INDICATED THAT THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED NEAR AHMEDABAD LOCATED 70 KILOMETRES SOUTH OF THE STATE CAPITAL GANDHINAGAR. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 17/10/06 | ||
Flood
death toll reaches at least 75 The Brunei Times - Bandar,Brunei,Brunei Darussalam ... Flood barriers have become nearly as common as temples in the central plains provinces of Thailand in efforts to hold back an overflowing Chao Phraya River. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 16/10/06 | ||
Faulty
wiring blamed in Chinese mine fire that killed 10 International Herald Tribune - France BEIJING Chinese authorities have detained the owners and managers of a mine where a fire killed 10 people and blamed faulty electric cable for the blaze, state ... See all stories on this topic |
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Report:
13 killed in road accident in central Turkey International Herald Tribune - France AP. ANKARA, Turkey Two passenger buses and a truck collided on Sunday in central Turkey, leaving 13 people dead and more than 20 ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 15/10/06 | ||
Six
cadets killed, 19 injured in car accident in central Russia RIA Novosti - Moscow,Russia MOSCOW, October 15 (RIA Novosti) - Six cadets were killed and 19 injured in a traffic accident in central Russia, the Russian Defense Ministry said Sunday. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 14/10/06 | ||
Road
accident kills 12 aid workers Nhan Dan - Hanoi,Vietnam A terrible accident occurred at 2.45 am on October 13 in Suoi Hiep commune, Dien Khanh district, Khanh Hoa province when a van collided with a bus, killing 12 ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 13/10/06 | ||
8
dead, 50 injured in Nepal bus accident Hindustan Times - India According to the report, two children were among those killed in the accident in Dhading district, about 50 km west of the capital. ... |
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Twelve
die in Mozambique minibus accident Irish Examiner - Cork,Ireland The accident happened yesterday when a minibus loaded with passengers overturned in the northern province of Niassa, the Mozambique News Agency (AIM) reported. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 12/10/06 | ||
Thailand
flood kills 40 CCTV - Beijing,China Heavy flooding continues to affect areas of Thailand. Officials say at least 40 people have died, and thousands more have been infected ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 8/10/06 | ||
Boat
accident kills 19 children in Vietnam: official Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates The body of a 14 year old boy, Ngan Quoc Hung, was the only one found by rescue workers after the accident, but there was no doubt the others were killed ... See all stories on this topic |
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least 12 killed in a road accident in northern India Raw Story - Cambridge,MA,USA The accident occurred when a jeep collided with a tanker near the town of Faizabad, located 130 kilometres east of the state capital Lucknow, the PTI news ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 6/10/06 | ||
Typhoon,
flood kill 63 in Vietnam Xinhua - China ... first locality hit by the typhoon, has suffered the biggest human losses with 22 deaths and four missing, said Nguyen Sy Nuoi, vice head of the Flood and Storm ... See all stories on this topic |
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Flood
toll now 138 Kolkata Newsline - New Delhi,India ... The meeting had been called to take stock of the flood situation in the state. Eighty-three lakh people have been affected and the ... See all stories on this topic |
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Mandalay
Flood Toll Tops 20 The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand By Shah Paung. The death toll in the Mandalay flood disaster has risen to at least 20, according to local residents. More than 3,000 ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 3/10/06 | ||
Flood
sweeps bus off bridge: 23 dead Sun.Star - Philippines ... overcrowded bus was crossing a bridge in Igbaras town in mountainous Iloilo province, about 430 kilometers southeast of Manila, when a flash flood swept into ... See all stories on this topic |
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12
dead in 30-car crash NEWS.com.au - Australia ... police said. The crash triggered a fire and many victims suffered severe burns as well as crash injuries, rescue officials said. News ... |
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Somalia:
Car accident kills 13 people near Kismayo city SomaliNet - USA (SomaliNet) 13 people were reportedly injured in car accident in area of Madamato, some 5km north of the Kismayo city, the provincial capital of Lower Juba ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 2/10/06 | ||
Flash
flood kills 19 in Philippines NDTV.com - New Delhi,India A flash flood swept away an overcrowded minibus filled with people returning from the burial of a schoolteacher in the central Philippines on Monday, leaving ... See all stories on this topic |
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least 23 presumed dead in boat accident in Liberia International Herald Tribune - France AP. MONROVIA, Liberia At least 23 people were presumed dead after an overloaded boat capsized in Liberia, officials said Monday. ... See all stories on this topic |
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16
dead, 30 missing in MP flash flood Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India BHOPAL: Sixteen pilgrims were killed and over 30 were missing after a flash flood in the Sindh river in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district, an official said on ... See all stories on this topic |
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Hopes
fade for 155 in remote jet disaster The West Australian - Perth,Western Australia,Australia All 155 passengers and crew on a new Brazilian Boeing 737 were killed when it crashed in remote and dense forest, a spokesman for President Luiz Inacio Lula da ... See all stories on this topic |
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Flood
toll 90, govt raises relief amount Kolkata Newsline - New Delhi,India The death toll rose from 85 to 90. The state government has raised the amount of relief and rehabilitation for flood victims from Rs 90 crore to Rs 104 crore. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 29/09/06 | ||
R23
KILLED 8 INJURED IN ACCIDENT PakTribune.com - Pakistan ... bodies and the injured. According to the eyewitnesses, the accident occurred due to overtaking by the wagon driver. Six out of 23 ... |
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Flood
toll 77, Buddha goes on recce Kolkata Newsline - New Delhi,India Kolkata, September 28: The flood toll in the state has risen from 59 to 77 in the last 24 hours. The loss incurred by the state’s ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 26/09/06 | ||
Flood
toll 39, says Asim Kolkata Newsline - New Delhi,India ... The government has also decided to distribute 1.20 lakh pieces of tarpaulin sheets and 3,700 metric tonnes of food materials among the flood victims. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Flood
hits north India, killing 14 people People's Daily Online - Beijing,China At least 14 people were killed by floods caused by heavy rains, which have wreaked havoc on the north Indian state of Bihar, according to an official report ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 26/09/06 | ||
Family
outing ends with 47 dead in Ecuador accident Raw Story - Cambridge,MA,USA Quito- A double family outing ended in one of the country's worst road tragedies of past years when 47 people died in a bus accident southeast of the capital ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 20/09/06 | ||
Ukraine
coalmine accident kills 13 ITAR-TASS - Moscow,Russia KIEV, September 20 (Itar-Tass) - An accident at the Zasyadko coalmine in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Wednesday has left 13 miners dead and 62 injured. ... See all stories on this topic |
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I13
killed, 16 injured in road accident in Iran International Herald Tribune - France The deadly accident took place on a road linking Kerman, in southeastern Iran, to Mashhad, in the northeast, the broadcast said. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Romania
car crash kills eight, injures 12 United Press International - USA 19 (UPI) -- Eight people were killed and 12 injured, including three children, in a car crash on a highway west of Bucharest, Romanian media reported Tuesday. ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 11/09/06 | ||
Death
Toll in Russia Gold Mine Fire Hits 25 FOX News - USA MOSCOW — Rescuers worked Sunday to recover the bodies of the last of 25 miners killed by a fire in a Siberian gold mine, while Russia's top emergency ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 9/09/06 | ||
Rescuers
recover 12 bodies from Siberian gold mine fire; 21 others ... Mainichi Daily News - Japan MOSCOW -- Rescuers pumped fresh air into smoke-choked shafts in the hope that 21 miners were still alive more than a day after a fire erupted at a 105-year-old ... See all stories on this topic |
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Rescuers
retrieve 43 bodies of 50 killed in mine accident in ... International Herald Tribune - France PATNA, India Rescuers working through the night retrieved the bodies of 43 of the 50 miners killed in an explosion in a coal mine in eastern India, an official ... See all stories on this topic |
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Death
toll in boat accident rises to 22 Raw Story - Cambridge,MA,USA Accra- The death toll in a weekend boat accident on Ghana's Lake Volta has risen to 22, government officials said Tuesday. Christopher ... See all stories on this topic |
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15
dead, 35 hurt in Egyptian train accident Hindustan Times - India ... said. The death toll was likely to rise as rescue operations continue on the accident site. The accident occurred late on Monday. ... |
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Fire
kills 6 children in Chicago Boston Globe - United States ... About 12:20 am yesterday, a candle started a fire that raced through the three-bedroom apartment, killing six children ranging in age from 3 to 14 years old. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Road
accident kills 29 in central Iran IranMania News - Iran ... reported. The accident happened at around 4:40 am (0110 GMT) on the road between the city of Isfahan and the town of Naeen. Iranian ... See all stories on this topic |
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Eight
miners die in latest Chinese collery accident Reuters - USA BEIJING, Sept 3 (Reuters) - A gas explosion in a mine in southwest China killed eight workers and injured four, the official Xinhua news agency reported on ... |
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Plane
crash claims 29 in Iran The Herald - The aircraft, which was carrying 148 people, caught fire after skidding off the runway while landing. TEHRAN, Iran - A landing Iranian passenger plane skidded off the runway and raked its wing along the ground ... 29 killed when Iranian jetliner skids off runway Iran jet skids off runway, killing 29 |
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10
killed in accident on Indus Highway Pakistan Dawn - Karachi,Pakistan By Qurban Ali Khushik. DADU, Aug 29: Ten people were killed and 26 others injured in accidents involving four vehicles, including ... See all stories on this topic |
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Takeoff
disaster kills 49 Ottawa Sun - Ontario, Canada By JEFFREY MCMURRAY, AP. LEXINGTON, KY. -- A commuter jet mistakenly trying to take off on a runway that was too short crashed into ... See all stories on this topic |
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Forty-seven
die in water tank accident in India Reuters - USA JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - Forty-seven people were killed and 30 injured on Sunday when a water storage tank they were sitting on collapsed in the western ... See all stories on this topic |
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Rajasthan
flood toll rises to 130 Times of India - India ... missing. Officials said bodies were found on Sunday beneath 25 feet of stagnant flood waters by navy divers and rescue teams. In ... See all stories on this topic |
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24
students killed in Iranian bus accident Jerusalem Post - Israel At least 24 students were killed Saturday when a tour bus they were riding in overturned on a highway in northern Iran, state-run radio reported. ... |
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Bus
accident in India kills 16 Houston Chronicle - United States JAMMU, India — A crowded bus swerved off a steep mountain road and plunged into a gorge in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing at least 16 people and injuring ... See all stories on this topic |
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Traffic
accident kills 8, injures 15 on east China's expressway EastDay.com - Shanghai,China A traffic accident killed eight people and injured 15 others on an expressway in east China's Jiangxi Province yesterday morning, local authorities said. ... |
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18
feared dead in Gujarat accident Times of India - India AHMEDABAD: Eighteen people were feared killed in Gujarat on Wednesday when a truck overturned on the busy Ahmedabad-Rajkot highway crushing them underneath. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Flood
kills 233 in Pakistan DailyIndia.com - Niskayuna,NY,USA ... The flood warning centre in NWFP said that the flooding situation in the province would continue at least till Sept 30, according to Geo Television. ... |
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Fourteen
killed in Assam accident Times of India - India ... The accident occurred at around 11:30 am when the bus with 25 onboard collided with a speeding truck from the opposite direction at Makrijhara. See all stories on this topic |
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Death
toll from bus accident in Egypt's Sinai rises to 10 People's Daily Online - Beijing,China The death toll from a bus accident in a town in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday afternoon rose to 10, an Egyptian police source said. ... See all stories on this topic |
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'Freak
accident' downs Russian airliner Independent - London,England,UK ... apparently being struck by lightning. All 170 people on board died in what appeared to have been a freak accident. "The plane most likely ... See all stories on this topic |
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Diarrhoea
kills 150 in flood-hit Ethiopia SABC News - Auckland Park,South Africa Diarrhoea has killed 150 people and infected nearly 12 000 in flood-ravaged Ethiopia, the UN said today, as aid agencies and governments struggled to deliver ... See all stories on this topic |
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Eight
killed, dozens injured in Spanish train accident Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK ... wreckage. Several helicopters and 25 ambulances participated in the rescue effort. The cause of the accident was not immediately known. See all stories on this topic |
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Train
crash kills 80 in Egypt ITV.com - At least 80 people were killed and 163 injured when two trains collided in a Nile Delta town north of Cairo. About 25 ambulances rushed to the crash site, along with 1,000 people anxious for news of relatives ... Dozens die in Egypt train crash |
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Vietnam
flood toll rises to 42 Reuters.uk - UK HANOI (Reuters) - Flooding, landslides and lightning have killed 15 people and left one missing since Friday night in Vietnam, bringing the country's toll in a ... See all stories on this topic |
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Ethiopia
struggles to aid 48,000 marooned by floods Scotsman - United Kingdom ... "The death toll could run into thousands, because of the increasing flood waters that are surging from the river ... "We were in a deep sleep when the flood hit us. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Orissa
flood: death toll rises to 24 Kerala Online - Kerala,India The flood in July and August were due to the depression formed over the Bay of Bengal.Officials said that though the depression has crossed the state's coast ... |
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Vietnam
flood toll hits 26 The Australian - Sydney,Australia ... We don't know yet how many more are missing," said Dinh Quoc Thinh, an official of the Cao Bang provincial committee on flood and storm control. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Pakistani
flood toll at least 15 Reuters - USA ... reports of damage to crops. "The flood situation is also under control so far," the spokesman said. Weather officials said more ... See all stories on this topic |
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17
killed, 26 others injured in bus accident in Turkey People's Daily Online - Beijing,China The accident occurred late Thursday in Caldiran town when the bus rammed into a truck loaded with stone, according to Anatolia. ... |
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Water
level in Godavari rises, 19 deaths reported in flood Hindu - Chennai,India ... administration was assessing the damage caused to the crops due to the rains and floods, while Rs 1.43 core has been distributed to flood-affected people ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 16/08/06 | ||
Ethiopia's
flood death toll rises to 194 SABC News - Auckland Park,South Africa ... this month. State television also said 6 000 people were stranded and needed emergency assistance in the latest flood. "Two army ... See all stories on this topic |
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Toll
in rain and flood related incidents in MP reaches 55 Hindu - Chennai,India ... that lashed Bhopal and the surrounding districts of Madhya Pradesh killed twenty more people taking the toll to 55 today, while the flood situation remained ... See all stories on this topic |
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Flood
kills 125 in southern Ethiopia Swissinfo - Switzerland ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A flash flood has killed 125 people in remote southern Ethiopia a week after more than 250 died in a similar disaster in the east of ... See all stories on this topic |
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23
killed in road accident in southern Iran province Iran Focus - Iran ... Iran's highways are considered to be among the most dangerous in the world, with some 100,000 road-accident deaths occurring in the last five years, the ... See all stories on this topic |
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Surat's
flood death toll could cross 200 figure Times of India - India SURAT: The toll is mounting in flood ravaged Surat as hospitals, mortuaries, cremation and burial grounds get a steady trickle of human bodies from the still ... See all stories on this topic |
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10
smothered to death in SW. China workshop fire EastDay.com - Shanghai,China Ten people have been confirmed to be smothered to death and another two injured in a workshop fire that occurred yesterday afternoon in Kunming, capital of ... See all stories on this topic |
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Typhoon
kills over 100 in China Swissinfo - By Ben Blanchard. XIAPU, China (Reuters) - The strongest typhoon to hit China in half a century killed more than 100 people, dozens of whom had taken shelter in a house that collapsed, Xinhua news agency said on Friday. ... Death Toll From Typhoon Saomai at 104 · 1.5 million evacuated, state of emergency declared |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 10/08/06 | ||
Ethiopia
Flood Death Toll Reaches 250 Forbes - USA ... "This is the worst flood that we have ever recorded," Fikru said. "We are no longer looking for survivors. We are now concentrating on finding dead bodies.". ... See all stories on this topic |
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300
Die and 4.5 Million Flee as Rains Flood India New York Times - United States By REUTERS. AHMEDABAD, India, Aug. 9 (Reuters) — Swollen rivers swamped thousands of villages and towns across southern and western ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 9/08/06 | ||
Driver
charged in rollover accident that killed 9 Boston Globe - United States ... The seats in the Chevy Suburban were down so the passengers were probably stacked inside when the accident happened Monday, said Yuma County Sheriff's Major ... See all stories on this topic |
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Andhra
flood toll 106, Maharashtra 70 Hindustan Times - India ... said. The flood has claimed 106 lives in the state so far. ... Wednesday. The home ministry said it was providing full support for flood relief. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Thai
government declares 29 provinces as bird flu disaster zone People's Daily Online - Beijing,China Thailand's government on Tuesday declared 29 central and northeastern provinces as bird flu disaster zone as part of measures to curb the epidemic, government ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 8/08/06 | ||
PAKISTAN:
Flood havoc kills over 110 in north Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK ... Abdul Wali Yousafzai, coordinator of NWFP's flood relief cell, said on Monday that there was "much flooding in the Charsadda District and that several rivers ... See all stories on this topic |
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Maharashtra
flood death toll rises to 20 Moneycontrol.com - Mumbai,India The flood situation in Maharashtra continues to be grim. Several parts are still inundated and the death toll has risen to 20, reports CNBC-TV18. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Ethiopian
Flood Kills 191 and 300 are Missing New York Times - United States 7 — As the river waters began to recede, the death toll continued to rise from a flash flood that killed up to 500 people in Ethiopia, according to Ethiopian ... See all stories on this topic |
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Fears
N Korea flood toll could pass 800 The Australian - Sydney,Australia ... But the South Korean Government has now said it would consider contributing to non-governmental aid shipments for the flood victims, amid growing calls at home ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 7/08/06 | ||
Hundreds
Die In Ethiopian Flood newswire.co.nz - Havelock Nth,Hawkes Bay,New Zealand Almost 200 people are reported to have died after a river burst its banks and floodwaters swept through the city of Dire Dawa in eastern Ethiopia. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Indian
flood toll rises to 62 News24 - South Africa Mumbai - Another 16 people have been reported killed in floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in part of India, taking the toll in the past five days to 62 ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 6/08/06 | ||
Saudi
accident kills 21 AME Info - United Arab Emirates A major road traffic accident that claimed at least 21 lives occurred near the town of Al Ghala in Saudi Arabia late on Friday, reported Arab News. ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 5/08/06 | ||
35
feared dead as flash flood sweeps abandoned ECL mine Hindustan Times - India ... Saturday. The accident occurred when a flash flood swept the mine under Neturia police station area some 250 km west of Kolkata. ... |
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70
hospitalized in tour bus accident ABC7Chicago.com - IL, USA August 4, 2006 - Seventy people have been transported to area hospitals after an accident on Interstate 80/94 in Hammond. Two coach ... See all stories on this topic |
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18
killed in northern China coal mine accident ABC Online - Australia The accident occurred on Friday at the Dahuiyao coal mine in Ningwu county as 34 miners were working underground, said Xinhua news agency, quoting local ... See all stories on this topic |
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Flood
situation grim, toll 40 Hindu - Chennai,India HYDERABAD: The flood situation in Andhra Pradesh turned grim on Friday as torrential rains in the wake of the weakening depression left a trail of death and ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 1/08/06 | ||
13
die in Afghan flood Pakistan Dawn - Karachi,Pakistan JALALABAD, July 31: Flashfloods caused by heavy rains have killed at least 13 people with another 19 feared dead in eastern and southeastern provinces of ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 31/07/06 | ||
At
least 30 killed in Uganda bus accident Hindustan Times - India ... Officer James Wakholi. Seven other people who sustained injuries in the accident were rushed to hospital, Wakholi said. "The three ... See all stories on this topic |
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Flash
flood kills 18 Chinese highway builders Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK BEIJING, July 31 (Reuters) - A flash flood this month killed at least 18 Chinese workers building a highway in the country's southwest and 17 were missing and ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 29/07/06 | ||
Bahrain
building fire kills 16 Reuters.uk - UK ... Interior Ministry statement carried on BNA news agency said the 16 died from smoke inhalation and another seven people were injured when the fire broke out at ... See all stories on this topic |
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11
killed in bus accident in northern Malaysia People's Daily Online - Beijing,China The accident occurred in the early morning when the chartered bus was traveling from Ipoh, capital of the Perak State, to Bukit Mertajam, a tourist destination ... See all stories on this topic |
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Flood
kills 25 in northwestern Pakistan Islamic Republic News Agency - Tehran,Iran ... on Saturday. Most of the deaths have been in flood-hit provinces of NWFP and eastern Punjab as well as the northern areas. Eleven ... See all stories on this topic |
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16
Indians killed in Bahrain fire Times of India - India NEW DELHI: Many Indians are feared to have perished in a fire at a labour camp in Bahrain in which at least 16 people have been killed, Minister for Overseas ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 28/07/06 | ||
Six
killed in Rangpur road accident The New Nation - Bangladesh By UNB, Rangpur. Six people were killed and 30 others injured in a triangular road accident at Boiragiganj in Mithapukur upazila of the district early Friday. ... |
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6
die, 25 injure in road accident PakTribune.com - Pakistan CHICHAWATNI: At least six persons including two women and a child died and 25 others were injured in a road accident here on Friday. ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 24/07/06 | ||
15
killed in Bangladesh bus accident India eNews.com - Gurgaon,Haryana,India ... official. Police rushed to the accident site, rescued injured passengers and recovered the bodies with the help of locals. Twelve ... |
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Eleven
Killed In Latest China Coal Mine Disaster All Headline News - USA Beijing, China (AHN)- At least eleven people were killed and six others remain missing following an explosion at a coal mine in northern China on Monday. ... |
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23
Died In Nepal Bus Accident Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria ... Dhulikhel town. The accident took place around 11:00 am local time, in the Chanaute area of the Nepalese Sindhupalchok district. See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 22/07/06 | ||
China's
flood, storm death toll jumps to 482 ABC Asia Pacific - Australia China's official death toll from rainstorms and flooding triggered by Tropical Storm Bilis has spiked dramatically to 482. The sudden ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 20/07/06 | ||
7
Dead in Okla. House Fire San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA A fire caused by an electrical problem in a refrigerator swept through a home early Thursday, killing seven family members who were overcome by smoke before ... See all stories on this topic |
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Japan's
flood toll rises to 14, with eight missing ABC Asia Pacific - Australia Japan's death toll from floods and mud slides triggered by torrential rain has risen to 14, with at least eight people still missing. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Bus-accident
kills eight, injures 24 mostly Saudis, Bahrainis in ... Kuwait News Agency - Kuwait AMMAN, July 19 (KUNA) -- At least eight people were killed and another 28 injured, most of whom are from Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, in a traffic accident in the ... See all stories on this topic |
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15
killed in road accident in Negros Oriental INQ7.net - Philippines ... day. The accident happened at 3:45 am in Sitio (sub-village) Malaete, Barangay Guihob, some 15 km from the highway, they said. “The ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 19/07/06 | ||
Java
Tsunami Leaves 570 People Missing or Dead Environment News Service - JAKARTA, Indonesia, July 19, 2006 (ENS) - The death toll from Monday's disastrous tsunami on the south Java coast has risen to 341 people, Indonesian officials report. In addition, 229 others are counted as missing. ... Tsunami warning system questioned Tsunami response upsets warning center |
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TSUNAMI
WARNING IGNORED Special Broadcasting Service - As the death toll from the Javanese tsunami soars past 500, Indonesian officials have admitted they didn’t pass on warnings it was about to strike, for fear of causing alarm. But it seems that none of Indonesia's warning buoys were working anyway. Fear sparks scramble as Java tsunami toll passes 500 Tsunami warning system questioned |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 17/07/06 | ||
Rescuers
search wreckage after 'black wave' kills 300 http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/usqgaf.php |
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Blast,
flood in China coal mines kill 64 San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA BEIJING - An explosion in one mine and flooding in another killed 64 workers and left seven missing in the latest disasters to strike China's mining industry ... See all stories on this topic |
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Eight
dead in accident near Warden SABC News - Auckland Park,South Africa ... The other four died when they were thrown out of the Hyundai in the accident, which happened at about 2.30pm , Veronica Ntepe, a superintendent said. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 15/07/06 | ||
Mumbai
blasts toll 182: Disaster Management Cell Zee News - Noida,India ... the toll in the Tuesday's serial bomb blasts in suburban trains has gone upto 182, according to official figures released by the Disaster Management Cell (DMC ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 12/07/06 | ||
Seven
dead after Amajuba accident SABC News - Auckland Park,South Africa Seven people are dead after an accident on the Amajuba Pass on the N11 highway near Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal today. One of them died later in hospital. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Eight
burn to death in shack fire, police inquire SABC News - Auckland Park,South Africa Cofimvaba police in the Eastern Cape are investigating a case of culpable homicide after eight people burnt to death in a shack fire at Nququ Forest Sawmill. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Mumbai
seeks blasts evidence and its missing Aljazeera.net - Police in Mumbai investigated an evening of carnage as residents searched through the night for those missing after more than 180 people were killed and hundreds wounded in serial blasts on commuter trains. ... India train blasts echo Madrid attacks Kashmir militant groups deny role in Mumbai bombs |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 10/07/06 | ||
Telegraph.co.uk - At least three explosions have hit Bombay's commuter rail network during the evening rush hour, reportedly injuring dozens of people. Indian television news channels broadcast images of the wounded lying on train tracks and being carried through stations. ... India Train Bombings Kill Dozens |
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Eight
killed in E Cape shack fire Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa ... Qinisile said they were sleeping in the shack and had made a fire to warm themselves. The shack caught fire and, although neighbours ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 9/07/06 | ||
45
dead in a Pakistani plane accident Kuwait News Agency - Kuwait ... Sources said the accident badly damaged the plane and put it on fire. ... They confirmed that no passenger survived in the accident. (end) amn. See all stories on this topic |
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Monsoon
hits North India, 21 dead in UP, flood threat in HP Hindu - Chennai,India ... mixed tidings of relief from the prolonged spell of heat, but killing 21 people in house collapse incidents in Uttar Pradesh and spawning flood threats in two ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 7/07/06 | ||
120
Dead in Russian Plane Disaster Zaman Online - Istanbul,Turkey The number of bodies taken out of the plane wreck reached 120 and reportedly the crash might have been caused by either a technical or human error. ... |
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Seven
killed in Joburg highway accident Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa At least seven people have died in an accident on the N1 highway in Johannesburg on Saturday, emergency services reported. Spokesperson ... See all stories on this topic |
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Kenyan
factory fire claims 11 News24 - South Africa Nairobi - A fire ripped through a paint factory in the Kenyan capital on Saturday, killing four people and leaving another seven missing feared dead. ... See all stories on this topic |
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23
pilgrims killed in bus accident The Tribune - Chandigarh,India At least 23 persons, including four women and two children, were killed in a bus accident at Dharasu, in Uttarkashi district of Uttaranchal today. ... See all stories on this topic |
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China
flood death toll rises to 25 Scotsman - United Kingdom SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The death toll from a flash flood in central China's Hunan Province rose to 25 on Saturday after the bodies of ten more victims were found ... |
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Eight
killed, two injured in Ukraine bus fire WHO-TV - Des Moines,IA,USA KIEV, Ukraine The ministry of Emergency Situations in Ukraine says eight people on a bus were killed in an explosion and fire today. ... |
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Monsoon
rains kill 41 in India, flood Mumbai Washington Post - United States KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - Monsoon rains have killed 41 people across India over the past two days and continued to disrupt life in the financial hub of Mumbai ... See all stories on this topic |
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Road
accident kills 15 in central Kazakhstan EastDay.com - Shanghai,China The accident happened on a highway connecting the capital Astana with Almaty, said Emergencies Agency spokeswoman Natalia Kim. The ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 4/07/06 | ||
Seven
of wedding party killed in Jammu accident Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK ... Wednesday. According to police, the accident occurred at 12:30 am at Chaan Rorian on the highway, about 55 km south of here. The ... |
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Death
toll in India's monsoon rains rises to 308 (Roundup) Jul 4, 2006, 16:27 GMT New Delhi - At least 34 people were killed in landslides and floods as heavy rains pelted states across India, raising the death toll in the country's monsoon rains to 308, reports said Tuesday. ....more |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 3/07/06 | ||
At
Least 41 Killed in Spain Train Accident ABC News - USA ... The accident brought back memories of the 2004 terrorist attack on Madrid commuter trains that killed 191 people. ... It was the second accident on Valencia's No. ... See all stories on this topic |
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15
dead across Northeast as flood-swollen rivers surge Chicago Sun-Times - United States ... There were no immediate damage estimates. But Corzine said the flood looked a lot like one in April 2005 that caused $30 million in damage. ... See all stories on this topic |
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17
people killed in Himachal bus accident Hindustan Times - India The accident took place near Ghanahatti, on Shimla-Bilaspur highway when the private bus carrying about 40 people was coming to Shimla from Dhami, official ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 30/06/06 | ||
Ten
killed in Shimla road accident Times of India - India The accident occurred on Shimla-Bilaspur highway, 13 kms from here, when the bus carrying about 40 people was coming to Shimla from Dhami, official sources said ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 8/06/06 | ||
Eight
killed in Pretoria accident SABC News - Auckland Park,South Africa At least eight people were killed after a double-cab bakkie and truck collided in Pretoria. It is reported that the truck landed on top of the bakkie. ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 28/06/06 | ||
China
finds 56 bodies as mine disaster strikes again Reuters.uk - UK ... The state-run Fuxin group's Sunjiawan mine was hit by China's worst coal mine disaster in decades when a gas blast killed 214 people in February 2005. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 27/06/06 | ||
Fifteen
dead in ferry accident off North Sumatra: Official Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia Fifteen people have been confirmed dead and 22 are still missing after a ferry sunk off North Sumatra last week, an official said Monday. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 26/06/06 | ||
Chinese
flash flood kills 18, leaves 18 missing Shanghai Daily - Shanghai,China FLASH flooding caused by torrential rain in south China's Hunan Province killed 18 people and left 18 missing, Xinhua news agency reported today. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 25/06/06 | ||
Indonesia
flood toll nears 300 Bangkok Post - Thailand Jakarta (dpa) - The death toll from floods and landslides in eastern Indonesia province of South Sulawesi reached more than 280 on Sunday, with dozens of ... See all stories on this topic |
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Up
to 11 People Killed in Dormitary Fire in Central Russia MOSNEWS - Russia A fire in a dormitory for workers has killed up to 11 people in the Khanty-Mansi autonomous district in the Russian Urals. The fire ... See all stories on this topic |
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9
killed 30 injured in accident PakTribune.com - Pakistan Dadu: Nine passengers were killed and 30 injured when a speeding bus turned turtle near Mehar bypass, some 70 Kilometers off Dadu on Saturday. ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 24/06/06 | ||
Death
Toll in Southwest China Traffic Accident Rises to 14 CRI - Beijing,China The accident occurred at around 6:00 pm when the 29-seat vehicle carrying 22 passengers went over a 100-meter cliff in Baitu Township, Wanzhou District ... See all stories on this topic |
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Road
Accident Kills 30 In Cameroon All Headline News - USA A witness tells the BBC both vehicles were traveling at high speeds when the accident occurred 43 miles outside the capital of Yaounde. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Traffic
accident kills 11, injures 50 in southern Cuba People's Daily Online - Beijing,China The accident happened in Guama, a town in the southern province of Santiago de Cuba province, 80 km from Santiago, on the main highway linking the nation's ... |
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Fourteen
killed in minibus accident SABC News - Auckland Park,South Africa Fourteen people have been killed and another two injured in an accident involving a minibus taxi and a truck near Lichtenburg in the North West. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 23/06/06 | ||
40
still missing in Indonesia ferry accident Bangkok Post - Thailand ... "Up to now, there are 94 passengers that have been evacuated from the accident," Navy commander Lieutenant Colonel Djaka Santosa told the online news agency ... See all stories on this topic |
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Twelve
Killed, Eight Injured in Traffic Accident in Hubei CRI - Beijing,China The accident occurred at 7:15 am on Friday when a 32-seat passenger bus with 20 people on board fell into a 20-meter-deep ravine in Chongyang County, Xianning ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 21/06/06 | ||
Seven
Killed in Traffic Accident in NE China CRI - Beijing,China Seven people were killed and ten injured in a traffic accident in northeast China 's Jilin Province Wednesday, local police authority said. ... |
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Fears
grow as Indonesia flood toll rises InTheNews.co.uk - London,UK Nearly 100 people are feared dead after flash floods and landslides decimated an Indonesian island in the early hours of this morning. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Nine
killed in air accident in west Nepal Bangkok Post - Thailand ... kilometre from the Jumla airport. The officials said the cause of the accident was not yet known but the bodies have been identified. See all stories on this topic |
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Ten
die in Kroonstad bus accident Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa Ten people were killed in a bus accident on the road between Kroonstad and Koppies on Monday, said Free State police. Captain Rosa ... See all stories on this topic |
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16
killed in Jammu bus accident Times of India - India ... mountainous areas of Jammu. In Rajouri district, 40 people were killed in a bus accident in September 2005 and 53 in January this year. See all stories on this topic |
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Six
killed in head-on car crash Guardian Unlimited - UK Six people have died - five of them from the same extended family - in a head-on crash between two cars. A young couple, their four ... See all stories on this topic |
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Seven
dead, 37 injured in Kapilvastu bus accident Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal BUTWAL, June 17: Seven passengers died and 37 others were injured when the bus they were travelling in met with accident at a turning at Patharkot of ... See all stories on this topic |
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28
dead in J&K highway accident NDTV.com - New Delhi,India At least 28 people have been killed and 20 others injured in a bus accident in Jammu early on Sunday. The bus, carrying labourers ... See all stories on this topic |
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Flood
death toll in south China rises to 93, 11 missing Kuwait News Agency - Kuwait (With Map) TOKYO, June 10 (KUNA) -- The death toll from the continuous rain in southern China since May 28 has risen to at least 93, with 11 people reported ... See all stories on this topic |
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54
die in Tanzania accident India eNews.com - Gurgaon,Haryana,India ... The police also said that initial investigation indicated that overloading caused the accident. The bus was designed to carry 26 ... |
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28
people killed in Tanzania truck accident Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa ... The accident occurred near Lusahunga, a small town about 400 miles (640 km) northwest of Dar es Salaam, at about 6 am (0300 GMT) on Tuesday. See all stories on this topic |
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Zimbabwe
accident kills 18 on way to funeral Reuters - USA Police spokesman Inspector Andrew Phiri said 42 people were injured in the accident in Zimbabwe's northern district of Chirundu as the mourners travelled to ... |
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At
least 12 killed, 40 injured in Bangladesh bus accident Zee News - Noida,India The bus was heading for Khulna from Dhaka when the accident occurred at Kaliganja area in Jhenaidah district, 128 kms west of the capital city, police said. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Taxi
passengers burn to death in KZN accident SABC News - Auckland Park,South Africa About 11 people burnt to death today in an accident involving a taxi in Isipingo near Durban, KwaZulu-Natal police said. Rani John ... See all stories on this topic |
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Bus
accident kills at least 17 in north Ethiopia People's Daily Online - Beijing,China The accident occurred late Tuesday in Kelto town, about 520 km northeast of the capital Addis Ababa, police said in a news release. ... See all stories on this topic |
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16
children die in Kashmir boat accident Expressindia.com - New Delhi,India Srinagar, May 30: At least 16 school children and a teacher were drowned today when the boat carrying them on a joyride capsized in the Wullar lake in ... See all stories on this topic |
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13
killed in horror road accident Standard - Nairobi,Kenya Thirteen people were killed and 20 seriously injured in an accident involving a bus and a trailer on the Mombasa-Nairobi highway on Monday night. ... See all stories on this topic |
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30
killed in Nigeria traffic accident Telugu Portal - Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh,India Lagos, May 30 (Xinhua) At least 30 people are feared killed in a multi-vehicle traffic accident on the Ife-Ibadan expressway in southwest Nigeria, a road ... |
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Death
toll from road accident in Afghanistan rises to 25 People's Daily Online - Beijing,China The death toll from a road accident involving a US military convoy and Afghan civilians reached 25 on Monday. ... Dozens others were also wounded in the accident. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Disaster
death toll hits 4,200 Mirror.co.uk - London,UK ... much as shelter.". The earth-quake is the worst disaster to hit Indonesia since the 2004 tsunami, which killed 170,000. Fears grew ... See all stories on this topic |
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10
killed, 30 hurt in road accident Hindu - Chennai,India ... Jamal was the driver of the tempo traveller. Nearly 30 persons, including some bus passengers, were injured in the accident. They ... |
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Nine
killed in Nepal accident DailyIndia.com - Niskayuna,NY,USA By Indo Asian News Service. Kathmandu, May 28 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and nearly a dozen injured in a road accident in central Nepal Sunday. ... See all stories on this topic |
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EARTHQUAKE REPORT == Region:
JAVA, INDONESIA Geographic coordinates: 8.007S, 110.285E Magnitude: 6.2 Mw Depth: 17 km Universal Time (UTC): 26 May 2006 22:54:01 http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/usneb6.php |
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Toxic
fumes kill eight in Xinjiang mine disaster Taipei Times - Taiwan Toxic fumes in a northwestern China mine killed eight people, state media said yesterday, the latest tragedy to strike the country's lethally chaotic mining ... See all stories on this topic |
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Flood
death toll hits 115 Bangkok Post - Thailand The official death toll of this week's flash floods and mudslides in northern Thailand reached 62 on Friday, with another 53 listed as missing and presumed dead ... See all stories on this topic |
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Thai
soldiers search mud for flood victims CBC News - Canada Soldiers slogged through deep mud in northern Thailand on Thursday as they searched for bodies after flash floods killed more than 100 people. ... |
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Latest
China mine disaster kills 8, more trapped Reuters - USA BEIJING (Reuters) - A gas explosion at a Chinese coal mine has killed eight miners and trapped an unknown number just days after a flood at another mine ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 22/05/06 | ||
China
'prepares for worst' after mining disaster Mail & Guardian Online - Johannesburg,South Africa Electricity shortages were slowing attempts to clear a flooded mine shaft on Monday, and community members began to lose hope for 57 miners trapped for a ... See all stories on this topic |
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Hostel
fire kills 8 in Russia News24 - South Africa Moscow - Eight people, including two children, have died after a fire broke out in a military hostel outside Moscow on Monday, said the emergencies ministry. ... See all stories on this topic |
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13
killed, 18 injured in bus accident in northwest China NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India The accident occurred yesterday evening at the Shule County section of No. ... Rescue efforts and investigation into the cause of the accident are underway. See all stories on this topic |
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Seven
people dead and 17 hurt at bus accident outside Madrid EiTB - Euskadi,Spain ... One of the fatalities was a child, Prada said. The accident happened 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of the Spanish capital. The ... See all stories on this topic |
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Death
toll from Turkey's traffic accident rises to 44 People's Daily Online - Beijing,China Death toll from a Friday traffic accident in southern Turkey rose to 44, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Saturday. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Textile
company fire kills 13 in southern China city Xinhua - China GUANGZHOU, May 19 (Xinhua) -- A fire has killed 13 people and seriously injured another one at a textile company in the southernChinese city of Shantou on ... See all stories on this topic |
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39
Catholic choristers die in an accident Public Agenda - Ghana Communities in the Atwima-Nwabiagya District were thrown into a state of mourning and uncontrolled wailing when news of an accident that claimed the lives of ... See all stories on this topic |
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Pakistan
road accident kills 15, injures 50 Islamic Republic News Agency - Tehran,Iran At least 15 people were killed and some 50 others were injured in a road accident in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on Sunday, witnesses said. ... |
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Thirteen
TRS workers killed in Andhra road accident Times of India - India HYDERABAD: At least 13 workers of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) were killed and 20 others injured in a road accident on Saturday, police said. ... See all stories on this topic |
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200
Feared Dead in Nigeria Oil Blast An oil pipeline exploded Friday in Nigeria and up to 200 people are feared dead, a local television station reported. Nigeria's Channels Television reported the fiery blast came as villagers flocked to a ruptured ... Up to 200 feared dead in Nigeria pipeline blast |
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Ten
Egyptian riot police die in bridge accident [11/05/2006] Times of Malta - Valletta,Malta ... said. Twenty others were injured in the accident, when the van veered off the bridge in the working class Cairo area of Abbasiya. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Death
toll rises to 11 from bus accident in Sichuan Xinhua - China CHENGDU, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the latest bus accident in southwest China's Sichuan province has risen to 11 as three more bodies were ... See all stories on this topic |
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10
die in road accident in west India People's Daily Online - Beijing,China ... In another road accident on the expressway from Ahmedabad to Vadodara, a Gujarat state transport bus caught fire on Wednesday morning, the police said. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Eight
people killed in Thailand disco fire Hindustan Times - India At least eight people were killed and 54 injured after a fire engulfed a disco in the Thai seaside resort town of Pattaya, police said on Monday. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 09/05/06 | ||
13
school kids killed in 3-wheeler accident Nepalnews.com - Kathmandu,Nepal Thirteen schoolchildren were killed and 12 injured when a tempo (three-wheeler vehicle) they were traveling in fell into the Chatara canal in the eastern ... See all stories on this topic |
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Seven
killed, dozens hurt in nightclub fire Ireland Online - Dublin,Ireland A fire broke out at a nightclub in the Thai resort town of Pattaya today, killing at least seven and injuring 49, police said. Others ... See all stories on this topic |
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24
dead in bus accident in central Mexico Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK ... north of Mexico City. Initial police reports said that the bus was speeding at the time of the accident. Survivors said that the ... See all stories on this topic |
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Traffic
accident kills ten, injures one in southwest China Xinhua - China KUNMING, May 8 (Xinhua) -- A fatal traffic accident on Sunday night in southwet China's Yunnan Province left ten dead and one other injured, local traffic ... See all stories on this topic |
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Omnibus
accident kills nine, injures eight in Zimbabwe People's Daily Online - Beijing,China Nine people were killed while eight others were injured when a commuter omnibus they were traveling in veered off a bridge and plunged into a river in a ... See all stories on this topic |
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Ten
people killed in bus accident in Tibet Xinhua - China ... available due to communication difficulties in the region. Local police in Qamdo has sent a work group to the accident site. Enditem. See all stories on this topic |
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14
Chinese miners killed in gas-burning accident Irish Examiner - Cork,Ireland The accident occurred late yesterday in Weining county of Guizhou province during a so-called “gas deflagration” burning procedure, which produces a ... See all stories on this topic |
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Gas
accident kills 14 miners in southwest China Malaysia Star - Malaysia The accident happened late Tuesday in Guizhou province's Weining county, when a chemical reaction produced carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and intense heat ... See all stories on this topic |
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Aircraft
crashes off Russia's Black Sea coast Mail & Guardian Online - The crash of an Airbus A320 carrying 113 people off Russia's Black Sea coast on Wednesday was mostly likely a result of poor weather conditions, Russian and Armenian officials said. The crash occurred as the ... ‘All 113 passengers on crashed Armenian airline are dead’ 113 Killed in Russian Plane Crash |
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Nine
girl students killed in Oman accident Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates MUSCAT — Nine Omani girl students were killed and seven others injured, one of them seriously, in a gruesome traffic accident in Oman yesterday. ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 02/05/06 | ||
19
killed in Uttar Pradesh bus accident NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India Lucknow: Nineteen people were killed and 25 injured when their bus ran through the railing of a bridge and fell into the dry bed of a river in Uttar Pradesh ... See all stories on this topic |
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Truck
accident kills 20 workers in India Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA Ten other workers were injured in the accident in the Krishna region of the southern Andhra Pradesh state, said Murgesh Kumar Singh, the district ... See all stories on this topic |
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Road
accident kills 11 in S. Nigeria Xinhua - China LAGOS, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Eleven people were killed in a traffic accident which occurred at 5:00 pm (1600 GMT) along the Akure-Owo Road in Nigeria's southern ... See all stories on this topic |
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Nine
killed in Uttaranchal paper mill fire Xinhua - China NEW DELHI, May 1 (Xinhua) -- At least nine people were killed and 35 others injured when a fire broke out in a paper mill in Uttaranchal in north India Monday ... See all stories on this topic |
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8
of a family among 9 killed in car crash The Statesman - Kolkata,India KOLKATA, May 1: Nine persons including eight from a same family were killed and six injured when a car rammed into a tree while trying to save a cyclist near ... |
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11
killed in Orissa road accident Times of India - India BHUBANESWAR: At least 11 people were killed after a vehicle in which they were travelling hit a truck parked on the highway in Orissa's Sambalpur district ... See all stories on this topic |
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Arson
fire kills 10 in east China Reuters.uk - UK BEIJING (Reuters) - A arsonist in eastern China set fire to a migrant workers' dormitory, killing 10 people including five who jumped to their deaths, state ... See all stories on this topic |
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28
Feared Dead in Tanzania Ferry Accident Guardian Unlimited - UK DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) - A ferry carrying passengers and cargo on East Africa's Lake Victoria capsized a week ago, and 28 people were missing and feared ... See all stories on this topic |
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Ten
killed, six injured in Yunnan traffic accident Xinhua - China The accident took place at 17:40 pm Tuesday when a truck carrying 18 people plunged into a 11-meter-deep ravine in Zhanyi County under Qujing City. ... |
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10
killed in chairlift accident in Pakistan Ireland Online - Dublin,Ireland ... police said. It was not immediately clear what caused the accident in Battagram, about 150 miles northeast of Peshawar. “So far ... |
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9
killed, 27 injured in Colombo blast Xinhua - COLOMBO, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Nine people were killed, another 27 people including Army Commander Sarath Fonseka were injured in a powerful explosion at Sri Lanka Army headquarters in Colombo Tuesday afternoon, police said. ... Female suicide bomber attacks Sri Lankan general Female Bomber Kills 8 in Sri Lanka |
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Quang
Binh road accident kills 9, injures 8 VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam VietNamNet – A serious traffic accident at 10.10am of April 24 on the National Highway 1A, Quang Dong Commune, Quang Trach District, central province of ... |
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Blasts
in Egypt kill 23 Deseret News - By Steven R. Hurst. CAIRO, Egypt — The beachfront promenade along the Gulf of Aqaba was jammed with tourists strolling, shopping or looking for a restaurant or bar for the evening. An image taken from Egypt TV shows damage from Monday evening's bombings. ... Update 28: Bombings Kill 23 in Egyptian Resort City Blasts kill at least 23 in Egypt |
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Eight
Killed, Three Hurt in Tabuk Car Crash Arab News - Jeddah,Saudi Arabia ... Six people of an eight-member family, including the head of the family, his wife and four children, died in one car, while a man and his wife died in the other ... |
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12
killed in Bangladesh road accident Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan DHAKA: Rescuers in Bangladesh found three more bodies Saturday after a bus carrying wedding guests plunged into a river, bringing the death toll 12, and one ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 21/04/06 | ||
Death
toll climbs to 15 in Tibet's road accident Xinhua - China ... Salvagers have retrieved two more dead bodies from a river in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, bringing the death toll in Friday's road accident to 15 ... See all stories on this topic |
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Traffic
accident kills 8, injures 5 in Guangxi Xinhua - China NANNING, April 20 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people were killed and five others injured in a traffic accident in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ... See all stories on this topic |
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Assam
bus accident toll rises to 64 Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India GUWAHATI: With 10 more bodies recovered, the toll rose to 64 in the bus mishap at Surupeta in Assam's Barepeta district, a police official said on Friday. ... See all stories on this topic |
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11
construction workers killed in fire in Moscow region Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates MOSCOW - A fire at a makeshift barracks for construction workers in the Moscow region killed 11 and injured four on Thursday, authorities said. ... See all stories on this topic |
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THE
Chernobyl nuclear accident will kill nearly 100,000 people ... Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK They said recent studies suggested more than a quarter of a million additional cancers would be caused by the accident - and nearly 100,000 victims would die. ... See all stories on this topic |
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At
least 20 killed in Lake Tanganyika boat accident Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK ... strong winds struck the vessel late on Sunday. "The accident took place in Fizi territory. The information I have says 20 people ... See all stories on this topic |
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Flood
kills 23 in Indonesia Xinhua - China JAKARTA, April 20 (Xinhua) -- A rain-triggered flood swept through the Indonesian town of Trenggalek in East Java province, on Thursday, leaving at least 23 ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 18/04/06 | ||
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article358408.ece Authorities said the death toll last night stood at 67 last night - all of the victims Mexican. Of those killed, at least 10 were said to be children. A further three people were injured. The bus was traveling between the western city of Guadalajara and the Gulf coast state port of Veracruz when it left the mountain road and crashed 650ft into a ravine.... | ||
Ghana:
Eight die, 22 injured in road accident African News Dimension - Johannesburg,South Africa Eight people died instantly and 22 others received various degrees of injury when a '207' Mercedes mini bus was involved in an accident at Huniano near Tarkwa ... |
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12
killed, 32 injured in traffic accident in Hunan Xinhua - China The accident happened at about 7:50 am Tuesday when a passenger bus suddenly overturned into a 20-meter-deep ravine in Suining County of Shaoyang City, which ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 11/04/06 | ||
GHANA
: 120 perish in boat accident African News Dimension - Johannesburg,South Africa ... Survivors of this accident say the overloaded ferry split after hitting a submerged object 18 kilometres from Abotoase during bad weather. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Tent
fire death toll up to 100 News24 - South Africa Meerut - A blaze which engulfed tents packed with shoppers in northern India, killing at least 100, was the latest in a series of fire and stampede tragedies ... See all stories on this topic |
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50
confirmed dead, 70 injured fire in north India Xinhua - China NEW DELHI, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Fifty people are confirmed dead and around 70 injured in Monday evening's fire at a trade fair in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh of India ... See all stories on this topic |
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At
least 29 dead after accident at Pakistani religious meeting CBC News - Canada ... hospital.". The accident occurred at the Muslim Faizan-e-Medina center in downtown Karachi, said Hanees Billu, an official at the centre. |
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Twelve
die in bus accident near Pretoria SABC News - Auckland Park,South Africa ... this morning. Pretoria police said another 71 people suffered minor injuries in the accident about 60km from Pretoria. Anton Breedt ... See all stories on this topic |
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Fire
kills nine in residential building in Fujian Xinhua - China FUZHOU, April 8 (Xinhua) -- A residential building caught fire early Saturday morning, leaving nine people killed and at least four injured in Longhai City of ... See all stories on this topic |
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Second
weather disaster in a week causes 12 deaths, additional ... Houston Chronicle - United States By THEO EMERY. GALLATIN, TENN. - Tabithia Whitby shivered in her T-shirt Saturday as she surveyed the crushed and battered cars in ... See all stories on this topic |
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Toll
rises to 113 in Djibouti disaster Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar DJIBOUTI: Rescuers in Djibouti found 41 more bodies yesterday from an overloaded boat that sank two days ago, bringing the death toll to 113 in one of the Red ... See all stories on this topic |
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70
feared dead in Jammu bus accident Times of India - India JAMMU: Atleast 70 passengers are feared to have drowned when a bus carrying them fell into the mighty Chenab River in Doda district on Friday, official sources ... See all stories on this topic |
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At
least 69 killed in Djibouti boat accident New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia ... Television reports said the boat, a traditional wooden vessel, was carrying between 250 to 300 people when the accident occurred around midday as it left the ... See all stories on this topic |
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67,000
died from Chernobyl disaster Bangkok Post - Thailand ... At least 67,000 people are thought to have died in Russia alone from the after-effects of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster, ecological experts said ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 2/04/06 | ||
Plane
accident kills many people in Brazil EiTB - Euskadi,Spain ... Mauro Almeida said the company was "providing all the necessary support to the victims' relatives." Almeida said it was the airline's first accident since it ... See all stories on this topic |
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Uganda:
Fire Kills 19 Children At Fort Portal School AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA Residents of Fort Portal Municipality in Kabarole district were yesterday (Friday) gripped with shock and horror when fire gutted Kabarole Islamic Primary and ... See all stories on this topic |
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Earthquake
kills up to 50 in Iran By Alireza Ronaghi. TEHRAN (Reuters) - A strong earthquake hit Lorestan province in west Iran on Friday, killing about 50 people and heavily damaging villages in the area, a senior provincial official said. ... Iran: Earthquakes kill 50, injure 800 |
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Britons
among Bahrain boat disaster dead By Times Online, and Michael Theodoulou. At least 57 people are believed to have died when a leisure boat sank off the coast of Bahrain last night. British nationals are among the victims, Embassy officials confirmed today. ... 3 OFWs in Bahrain ferry mishap found At least 57 dead as Bahrain tourist ship sinks |
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12
killed, 33 injured in Johannesburg building fire Times of India - India JOHANNESBURG: A fire swept through a downtown building on Wednesday, killing 12 people and injuring 33 others trapped inside by locked security gates and ... See all stories on this topic |
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28
Killed in Traffic Accident in Yunnan CRI - Beijing,China The death toll from a traffic accident in Southwest China has risen to 28 with three others badly injured by Tuesday night, a local government official ... See all stories on this topic |
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At
Least Six Dead in I-80 Accident in Blizzard Conditions KGWN - Cheyenne,WY,USA The accident scene was cleared overnight but weather conditions kept a 150-mile section of the interstate closed between Cheyenne and Rawlins until about 7:45 ... See all stories on this topic |
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Mine
flood death toll rises to 23 Ireland Online - Dublin,Ireland The death toll in a flood in a northern Chinese coal mine has risen to 23 and five miners remained missing, the government said. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Over
100 dead in ferry disaster Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada By AP. YAOUNDE, Cameroon -- Fishermen searched the seas off Cameroon yesterday for 127 people feared dead after a ferry sank. The ... See all stories on this topic |
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Twelve
die, 15 injured in W. Sulawesi bus accident Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia The accident reportedly took place at 5 am when all the passengers of the bus, which left from the Central Sulawesi town of Palu on Wednesday noon on its way ... See all stories on this topic |
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1000
BRIT BABIES WERE KILLED BY DISASTER Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK By Mark Mcgivern. MORE than 1000 British babies may have died as a result of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. On the eve of the 20th ... See all stories on this topic |
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Death
toll of N. China coal mine accident rises to eight, 20 still Xinhua - China ... headquarters. The accident took place at 3:30 pm Saturday in the FanjiashanCoal Mine, located in the county of Linxian. Altogether ... See all stories on this topic |
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Eleven
Colombian boy scouts killed in flash flood Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK BOGOTA, Colombia, March 20 (Reuters) - Eleven Colombian Boy Scouts were killed during the weekend by a flash flood while bathing in hot springs in the ... See all stories on this topic |
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Seven
people killed in Uruguay reality TV show disaster Reality TV World - Mansfield,MA,USA By Steve Rogers, 03/20/2006. Seven residents of a Uruguayan town were killed on Friday when they were run over by a train that they ... |
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12
students dead, 23 injured in bus accident Bahrain News Agency - Bahrain 19 (BNA) Speeding and a blown out tyre may have caused a schoolbus accident on a bridge that killed 12 pupils and left 23 others injured, Mexican police said ... See all stories on this topic |
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Fire
deaths in Texas rise to 11 Houston Chronicle - United States ... watching it burn and smoke," said 59-year-old Linda Jones, whose town was eventually spared Sunday evening when firefighters air-dropped fire retardant on the ... See all stories on this topic |
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Tenn.
House Fire Kills 9 Family Members Forbes - USA A house fire killed nine members of a family, including six children, in eastern Tennessee early Saturday, officials said. The fire ... See all stories on this topic |
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Traffic
accident kills 13 in Hubei Xinhua - China WUHAN, March 11 (Xinhuanet) -- Thirteen people were killed in a traffic accident which occurred Saturday evening in Central China's Hubei Province, local ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 10/03/06 | ||
Nine
killed, 19 injured in Assam accident Hindustan Times - India Nine musicians, including two women, were killed and 19 others were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in overturned in Assam's Sonitpur district ... |
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Death
toll rises to 20 in bus accident in Turkey People's Daily Online - Beijing,China ... Tokat Deputy Governor Izzet Ercan, who said that there were two drivers, two stewards and 39 passengers on the bus, speculated that the accident might have ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 08/03/06 | ||
42
die in Nepal accident Pakistan Dawn - Karachi,Pakistan KATHMANDU, March 8: Twelve bodies have been found and at least 30 people are still missing after a crowded bus plunged into a river from a mountainous road in ... See all stories on this topic |
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Death
toll from sand mine accident rises to 12 Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia Two other people survived the accident on Tuesday in Cipatat district near the provincial capital of Bandung."Twelve people are known to have died. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 06/03/06 | ||
11
killed in Indonesia boat accident Hindustan Times - India Eleven people were killed in a boat accident in rough waters off the Indonesian province of North Maluku, media reports said on Monday. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 01/03/06 | ||
Coach
fire leaves 16 dead in S. China China Daily - China Sixteen people have been killed as a coach caught fire Wednesday afternoon when driving through Hengxian County in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous ... |
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Death
toll rises to 18 in Hunan coal mine accident Xinhua - China CHANGSHA, March 1 (Xinhuanet) -- The death toll rose to 18 in a coal mine accident in Longhui County in Shaoyang, central China's Hunan Province, with the last ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 27/02/06 | ||
Bus
accident kills nine in Yunnan Xinhua - China KUNMING, Feb. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- Nine people were killed and 20 others injured in a bus accident occurred in southwest China's Yunnan Province Sunday afternoon. ... |
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11
killed in accident near Rohtak Webindia123 - India ... Police officials said the accident took place when the Haryana Roadways bus tried to overtake another vehicle and collided with the mini-truck head-on. See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 25/02/06 | ||
24
killed, seven critically injured in N2 accident SABC News - Auckland Park,South Africa Eastern Cape authorities say 24 people have been confirmed dead and six injured after an accident on the N2 at Kinkelbos, east of Port Elizabeth. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Hopes
Dim in Mexican Mine Accident on Rescue Effort's Fifth Day Voice of America - USA By VOA News. Efforts to rescue 65 miners trapped in a mine in Mexico encountered new obstacles on the fifth day, as hopes dimmed for finding any of them alive. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 24/02/06 | ||
Russian
market disaster death toll rises to 65 Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK Workers unload coffins at a Moscow morgue February 25, 2006 for those who died when the roof of a market building collapsed. Russian ... See all stories on this topic |
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23
killed, 24 injured in southwest China bus accident Kuwait News Agency - Kuwait ... Careless driving was the likely cause of the accident, according to a local traffic police officer. The World Health Organisation ... See all stories on this topic |
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Tanzania
bus accident kills 14 Hindustan Times - India As many as fourteen people were killed when a bus driver lost control of the vehicle and it turned over near Tanzania's capital Dodoma, police said on Friday. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Textile
mill fire kills 52 and injures over 150 in Bangladesh Taipei Times - Taiwan ... recovered 46 more bodies from the charred debris of a textile mill in southeastern Bangladesh yesterday, raising the death toll from the devastating fire to 52 ... See all stories on this topic |
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Iraqi
government orders daytime curfews after more than 100 killed Canada.com - An Iraqi police officer stands guard on a deserted street next to a Sunni mosque, in Baghdad on Friday. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hato). BAGHDAD (AP) - Religious leaders summoned Iraq's Shiites and Sunnis to joint ... Chicago-area Islamic community reacts Iraq under curfew to quell sectarian violence |
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Architect
held as 56 die in collapse of market roof Times Online - RUSSIAN rescue workers called off their search for survivors last night at an indoor market where 56 people were killed when the roof caved in at dawn. For 13 hours they had sifted through a mountain of snow ... Dozens killed as roof collapses at giant market hall in Moscow Tom Parfitt in Moscow |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 23/02/06 | ||
Death
toll rises to 31 in Moscow market hall collapse Monsters and Critics.com - Moscow - The death toll in the collapse of a market hall in Moscow rose to 31 as emergency workers recovered further bodies from the scene, officials reported. The number of injured was put at 25, with some ... Moscow Market Roof Crashes, Killing 38 Moscow Market Roof Collapses, Killing at Least 31 |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 22/02/06 | ||
Sivakasi
fire toll rises to 10 Chennai Online - Chennai,India Madurai, Feb 23: The toll in the fire mishap at a cracker manufacturing unit near Sivakasi in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu rose to 10 with three women ... See all stories on this topic |
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32
killed in N Sulawesi's flood and Landslides Antara - Antara,Indonesia Manado, N Sulawesi (ANTARA News) - Floods and landslides that hit Indonesia`s North Sulawesi province over the past ten days have taken the lives of 32 people. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 21/02/06 | ||
Death
Toll Rises to 10 in Road Accident CRI - Beijing,China Ten people were confirmed killed in a highway accident which took place on Monday in Southwest China's Guizhou Province, sources with the provincial bureau of ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 18/02/06 | ||
Philippine
military official estimates death toll at about 1,800 Calgary Sun - By HRVOJE HRANJSKI. GUINSAUGON, Philippines (AP) - Rescue workers on Saturday searched a sea of mud in vain for survivors of a massive landslide that killed up to 1,800 people, as officials worried about a repeat of the disaster. ... Hopes fade for mudslide survivors 36 dead, 1,500 missing in S. Leyte landslide |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 17/02/06 | ||
200
killed, 1,500 missing in Philippines' landslide Xinhua - MANILA, Feb. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- About 200 people were believed to be killed and 1,500 were missing as a landslide buried an entire village on the island of Leyte in the central Philippines on Friday, the head of the Red Cross said. Enditem. MANILA, Feb. ... 200 dead, 1,500 missing as Philippine village buried in landslide Philippine Landslide Buries Homes, School |
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15
die in road accident in far-western Nepal Xinhua - China 16 (Xinhuanet) -- At least 15 people died in a passenger bus accident in a district of far-western Nepal on Thursday, a local police officer said. ... |
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Scots
fire death rate twice that of UK Scotsman - United Kingdom SCOTLAND had more than twice as many fire deaths per head of population as any other part of the UK in 2004, it emerged yesterday. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 12/02/06 | ||
Traffic
accident kills 19 in SW China province China Daily - China KUNMING, February 12 (Xinhua) -- A traffic accident killed 19 people in Hekou County in the Hani-Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Honghe, Southwest China's Yunnan ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 11/02/06 | ||
Bus
accident kills 12 News24 - South Africa Johannesburg - Twelve people were killed in a bus accident near Ixopo, KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday morning. KZN police spokesperson ... See all stories on this topic |
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12
die in Chinese mine accident Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK Officials said 41 miners escaped after the accident in Central China`s Henn Province, the government Xinhua news agency reported. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 09/02/06 | ||
PE
bus accident leaves eleven dead Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa ... on the R61 between Aberdeen and Beaufort West on Wednesday, a day after two Anne Pienaar Memorial School pupils were killed in a bus accident outside Malmesbury ... See all stories on this topic |
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Several
killed in German school bus accident Forbes - USA COPPENBRUEGGE, Germany (AFX) - Several people were killed today when a truck rammed into a school bus in the northern German town of Coppenbruegge, police said ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 08/02/06 | ||
Freak
boating accident kills 11 students Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa Zanzibar, Tanzania - Eleven students from a Zanzibari school were killed and one injured on Wednesday in a freak boating accident just off the shores of the ... |
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12
Turks killed, 18 injured in Rome bus accident Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK ... one of the highlights of their incentive trip to Italy - and were heading back to their hotel in Rome's exclusive Via Veneto when the accident occurred on the ... See all stories on this topic |
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Nine
killed in bus accident in India-controlled Kashmir People's Daily Online - Beijing,China Nine people were killed and 20 injured in a bus accident in India-controlled Kashmir in the wee hours of Tuesday, Indo-Asian News Service reported. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 06/02/06 | ||
15
killed, 25 injured as bus catches fire in MP Times of India - India BHOPAL: At least 15 people were killed and 25 injured when a bus caught fire in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh on Monday, reports reaching here said. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 05/02/06 | ||
Egyptian
ferry disaster feared to have killed 1,000 Forbes - USA SAFAGA, Egypt (AFX) - Close to 1,000 people were feared dead as chances dwindled of finding many more survivors from an aging Egyptian ferry that caught fire ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 03/02/06 | ||
Dozens
of Bodies, Survivors in Red Sea San Francisco Chronicle - By SALAH NASRAWI, Associated Press Writer. An Egyptian ferry carrying about 1,300 people sank in the Red Sea early Friday during bad weather, and rescue ships and helicopters pulled dozens of survivors and bodies from the water, an official said. ... Sea search for 'vanished' cruise ship Egyptian Ferry Carrying 1,400 Sinks in Red Sea |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 01/02/06 | ||
At
least 30 feared dead in Indonesian ferry disaster Zee News - Noida,India Jakarta, Feb 1: Rescuers searched today for survivors after a ferry carrying scores of passengers capsized in heavy seas in Eastern Indonesia, leaving at least ... |
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Scores
killed in traffic accident in India Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa Lucknow, India - A small truck carrying a wedding party collided head-on with an oil tanker on Tuesday night on a highway in northern India, killing at least ... See all stories on this topic |
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18
killed in 2nd road accident in Egypt Xinhua - China ... reported. Egyptian official news agency MENA quoted a local official as saying that the bus's high speed was to blame for the accident. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 31/01/06 | ||
Fourteen
tourists from Hong Kong die in bus accident in southern ... Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada ... The tour group had set off from Hong Kong on Friday, and the bus accident happened at about 7 am local time, said the tour agency spokesman, Chow Wing-keung. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 30/01/06 | ||
15
die in road accident in Bangladesh Mid-Day Mumbai - Bombay,India The accident occurred in Natore district, 160 kilometers northwest of the capital, Dhaka, United News of Bangladesh reported, citing unnamed police sources. ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 29/01/06 | ||
Roof
Collapse in Poland Takes 60 Lives Zaman Online - By Anadolu News Agency (aa), Warsaw. The roof of an exhibition center in Poland has collapsed due to heavy snowfall. The number of deaths rose to 60 in the accident that injured 141. The Crisis Management Center's ... Polish Crews Brave Cold to Find Victims Polish roof collapse kills 60 |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 27/01/06 | ||
Indonesian
boat accident leaves at least 21 dead or missing, say ... Hindu - Chennai,India Jakarta, Jan. 27 (AP): An Indonesian boat overturned in heavy seas off Sulawesi Island nearly one week ago, killing or leaving missing ... See all stories on this topic |
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Six
killed, 8 injured in car crash on US 281 Corpus Christi Caller Times - Corpus Christi,TX,USA By Adriana Garza/Caller-Times. LA GLORIA -- Authorities are trying to determine the nationality of six people, five men and one ... See all stories on this topic |
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Seven
children in family killed in car crash in Florida Seattle Times - United States By Ron Word. LAKE BUTLER, Fla. -- Seven children who had been adopted by a single family were killed Wednesday in a fiery crash when their car was crushed ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 21/01/06 | ||
Many
dead, injured in Montenegro train disaster Mail & Guardian Online - Johannesburg,South Africa Thirty-nine people were killed and 135 injured when a packed passenger train derailed on Monday in one of the worst accidents to date in the tiny Balkan state ... See all stories on this topic |
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Eight
People Killed In Traffic Accident In Ankara Turkish Press - Plymouth,MI,USA ANKARA - Eight people died in a traffic accident in Ankara on Monday according to initial information. This morning a municipality ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 20/01/06 | ||
Death
toll in M'rashtra bus accident rises to 23 Hindustan Times - India With one more woman succumbing to her injuries, the death toll in a luxury bus accident near Vani, about 47 km from Nasik has gone up to 23, police said. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 19/01/06 | ||
Jammu
bus accident toll climbs to 56 Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India JAMMU: With four more persons succumbing to their injuries on Saturday, the death toll in Friday's bus accident in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir has ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 17/01/06 | ||
Minibus-trailer
accident death toll rises to 14 Daily Nation (subscription) - Nairobi,Kenya ... The right side of the minibus, which was on its way to Machakos, was ripped off on impact. Thirteen people died at the scene of the accident. ... See all stories on this topic |
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Office
fire in Russian Far East kills nine Science Daily (press release) - USA 17 (UPI) -- Twelve people in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok remained in serious condition Tuesday after surviving an office building fire that killed ... See all stories on this topic |
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13
killed in bus accident Daily Nation (subscription) - Nairobi,Kenya ... yesterday morning. Among those who died in the grisly accident at Mlolongo was the bus driver, named only a Rosepa. Travelling from ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 16/01/06 | ||
Vladivostok
fire kills 8, injures 15 RIA Novosti - Moscow,Russia VLADIVOSTOK, January 16 (RIA Novosti, Anatoly Ilyukhov) - At least eight people have died in a fire in an office center in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 15/01/06 | ||
At
least 15 dead in boat accident Australian - Australia ... in a sea parade off the coast of San Ricardo in Southern Leyte province to celebrate the annual feast of the infant Jesus when the accident happened, police ... |
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11
killed in an accident in Chhattisgarh Times of India - India The accident took place around 9 pm on Saturday on the Mumbai-Howrah national highway near Tumgaon village, 80 km north of the state capital. ... |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 13/01/06 | ||
20
killed in Bangladesh bus accident Times of India - India DHAKA: At least 20 people were killed as a bus skidded off a highway and plunged into a roadside ditch in dense fog on the outskirts of the Bangladesh capital ... See all stories on this topic |
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Report:
21 Killed in Russia Train Accident Brocktown News - NV, USA The accident occurred at an unguarded train crossing near the village of Voronezhskaya under heavy fog, and the engine car derailed, he said. ... |
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Disaster
in Mecca Channel 4 News - London,UK 345 people have been killed in a stampede at the Hajj stoning of the devil ceremony. It started as a few people tripping over luggage ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 12/01/06 | ||
Multiple
accident claims 48 lives in Benin The Tide - Port Harcourt,Niger Delta,Nigeria The happy mood of Eid-el Kabir celebration was yesterday in Benin, Edo State, dampened by a fatal multiple road accident that claimed over 48 persons including ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 08/01/06 | ||
Eight
killed, four injured in Philippine dormitory fire Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates MANILA, Philippines - A fire raced through a student dormitory at dawn on Sunday, killing at least eight people in Manila's congested university district, a ... See all stories on this topic |
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Death
toll in Mecca disaster rises to at least 76; 62 hurt Chicago Tribune - United States ... released. The disaster marred the start of the annual gathering of millions of Muslims for the hajj pilgrimage that begins Monday. ... See all stories on this topic |
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13
handicapped children killed in Tajikistan fire Newindpress - Chennai,India DUSHANBE: Thirteen children died in an overnight fire at a home for children with physical difficulties in the Tajik capital, police said on Sunday. ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 06/01/06 | ||
Mecca
accident toll at 53, none Thai Bangkok Post - Thailand Riyadh (dpa) - Rescue operations were still underway today in the Saudi holy city of Mecca where a four-storey building collapsed yesterday killing at least 53 ... See all stories on this topic |
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Jember
Flood Death Toll Reaches 118 Antara - Antara,Indonesia Jember, E Java (ANTARA News) - Massive floods in Panti subdistric, Jember district, East Java province, since Sunday evening (Jan 1) have so far left at least ... See all stories on this topic |
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Bombing
Near US Envoy Kills 10 Washington Post - By Daniel Cooney. KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 5 -- A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded provincial market Thursday about 500 yards from where the US ambassador was meeting with local leaders, officials reported. ... Around the world US ambassador escapes Taliban suicide bomb |
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134
killed at holy site, police post in Iraq Boston Globe - By Nelson Hernandez and Saad Sarhan, Washington Post | January 6, 2006. BAGHDAD -- Suicide bombers carried out twin assaults yesterday on one of Shi'ite Islam's most sacred sites and a police recruitment center ... Across Iraq, a day of death Suicide Attacks, Bombings Leave Nearly 130 Dead in Iraq |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 05/01/06 | ||
Traffic
accident kills 8, injures 19 in S. China city China Daily - China Eight people were confirmed dead and 19 others injured in a vehicle collision accident on Wednesday noon in Shaoguan City, south China's Guangdong Province ... |
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At
Least 15 Killed in Mecca Hotel Collapse By SALAH NASRAWI , 01.05.2006, 10:26 AM. At least 15 pilgrims were killed Thursday and 39 injured when a building near the Grand Mosque collapsed around them just after they returned from midday prayers, the Interior Ministry said. ... Hotel collapses in Mecca, dozens killed, wounded At least 4 killed as building in Mecca collapses |
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Indonesian
flood death toll rises to 71 Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India JAKARTA: The death toll from flash floods that devastated villages in Indonesia's East Java province has risen to 71, police said on Thursday. ... |
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German
ice rink disaster death toll rises to 15 Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK ... An ice hockey club training session scheduled for late Monday was cancelled just minutes before the disaster, apparently due to concerns about the snow on the ... See all stories on this topic |
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Accident
kills 11 in Germany CCTV - Beijing,China ... Germany's southeast. At least 11 people, including six children, died in the accident, in the town of Bad Reichenhall. Rescue efforts ... See all stories on this topic |
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Sole
Survivor of Deadly US Mining Disaster Reported Stable Voice of America - USA The sole survivor in a coal mining disaster in the US state of West Virginia was the youngest of the 13 miners who were trapped 80 meters underground ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 03/01/06 | ||
Update
44: Rescue Work Halted at German Ice Rink Forbes - By STEPHEN GRAHAM , 01.03.2006, 10:31 AM. Rescuers halted their search Tuesday for survivors feared trapped for nearly a full day under the wreckage of a fallen ice rink roof that killed 11 people, including ... Rink collapse toll expected to rise Battle to reach survivors of deadly German ice rink collapse |
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Eight
die in Durban accident SABC News - Auckland Park,South Africa Eight people have been killed and a number of others injured in an accident involving three cars at Isipingo, south of Durban. Alec ... See all stories on this topic |
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Rescuers
hunt for Indonesian flood victims as toll rises to 57 New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia Rescue workers are picking through debris and mud Tuesday searching for victims of flash floods that inundated villages in Indonesia's East Java, as the death ... See all stories on this topic |
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 02/01/06 | ||
Durban
accident death toll rises to 10 SABC News - Auckland Park,South Africa The death toll in yesterday's horror accident at Isipingo Rail, south of Durban, has risen to 10 after another of the critically injured passengers died in ... See all stories on this topic |
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Latest
China mining accident claims 13 lives so far ABC Asia Pacific - Australia ... northern Shanxi province. The death toll from last week's accident now stands at 13, with four workers still missing. There have ... See all stories on this topic |
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Flash
flood kills at least 32 in East Java Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia JEMBER, East Java (Antara): At least 32 people were killed when a flash flood swept through four villages in the district of Panti in Jember regency, East Java ... See all stories on this topic |
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