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 NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  31/12/2011     
 
Military plane crashes in southern Sudan, killing 6
Upfront News
KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BNO NEWS) — Six people were killed on Friday when a military plane crashed shortly after take-off in the southern region of Sudan, local media reported. There were no survivors. Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) spokesman al-Sawarmi Khalid ... See all stories on this topic »
8 dead in burning 2-car wreck in East Texas
USA TODAY
By Michael Winter, USA TODAY A fiery two-car crash in East Texas has killed eight people, including a mother and her three children, the Associated Press says. A rented Chevrolet Malibu headed east on US 82 crossed the center line and struck a ...
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7 killed in crash on Kenyan highway
Capital FM Kenya
Overtaking is one of the factors that we know has caused fatal crashes. We want drivers to continue driving safely… not over speeding and overtaking,” said Kimaru urging drivers to exercise caution on the roads as the year comes to an end. ...
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Exploding petrol tanker kills 14 in Venezuela
euronews
http://www.euronews.net/ At least 14 people died in Venezuela when a petrol tanker overturned and exploded on a main road, setting fire to eight cars and a bus. The accident happened on the Panamerican Highway outside the capital, Caracas. ...
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  30/12/2011
Volunteer firefighter killed in Enderby, BC, fire
CBC.ca
The community of Enderby, BC, is grieving after a volunteer firefighter was killed and another was injured by a fire and an explosion that tore through a log home construction business in the north Okanagan region. The family of the dead firefighter ...
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Fire Kills 17 (Six of the dead were firefighters) in Myanmar's Main City of Yangon
ABC News
By AYE AYE WIN AP A fire followed by several explosions engulfed state warehouses and neighboring homes in Myanmar's main city of Yangon on Thursday, killing at least 17 people and injuring 108. The blasts occurred as firefighters were putting out the ... See all stories on this topic »
NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  29/12/2011
6 People Dead as Floods in Visayas, Mindanao affect over 50000—NDRRMC
Inquirer.net
Six persons were killed, four from a ferry boat that capsized in Magat River ... and two from Barangay San Isidro, Tabogon, Cebu due to drowning, it said. ...
Myanmar explosion kills 11, dozens injured: officials
AFP
YANGON — At least 11 people were killed and dozens more injured in a large, unexplained explosion and fire in Myanmar's commercial hub and former capital Yangon early on Thursday, officials and witnesses said. Residents in several areas of the city ... See all stories on this topic »
Firefighters Offered Counseling After Stamford Blaze Kills 5
NBC New York
Authorities said embers in a bag of discarded fireplace ashes started the accidental fire that killed a couple and their three grandchildren. By John Christoffersen Fast-moving blaze that gutted old Victorian home in Stanford may have started with a ...
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 NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  28/12/2011
South African holiday road toll passes 900
NEWS.com.au
MORE than 900 people have died on South Africa's roads this December, with 19 killed in the latest ghastly crash, a head-on collision between a minibus taxi and a car. A car with four passengers tried to pass another car on a highway in the Free State, ... See all stories on this topic »
Two medics among three dead as helicopter crashes on donor flight
Daily Mail
The crash and others like it illustrate that just transporting the organs for transplants can be a delicate endeavor. In 1990, a surgeon and an assistant flying to pick up a donor heart for a patient were killed in a plane crash in New Mexico. ...
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Nipissing volunteer firefighter killed in crash on way to fire
CBC.ca
Provincial police in North Bay say a volunteer firefighter is dead after a fire truck crashed into a ditch on the way to a call Tuesday morning. The crash happened at 9:30 am ET on Highway 534, about 35 kilometres west of Powassan. Const. ...
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 NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  26/12/2011 
New Jersey plane crash: 5 killed as small plane crashes onto New ...
An entire family, including two young children, is dead, and aviation investigators have a long, tough job ahead as they try to figure out how the plane carrying ...
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Mayor: House fire kills 5 in Stamford, Conn.
USA TODAY
(AP) – Fire tore through a house in Stamford early Sunday, killing five people, making it among the worst Christmas days in the city's history, the mayor said. By Lindsay Niegelberg, AP Police officers and firefighters respond to a fire in Stamford, ...
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Christmas fire in Isabela kills 5
Inquirer.net
By Villamor Visaya Jr. ALICIA, Isabela—It was a tragic Christmas for a family here on Sunday when fire gutted their house and killed five family members, including two children. Members of the family of Salvador Blanza Sr., a businessman, ...
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6 die in latest school bus accident in China
CBS News
The report did not give the ages of the students or the cause of the accident. Xinhua said the crash happened on a mountainous road in Yunnan province. A local government official confirmed the accident but would not give any details. ...
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50 dead as Xmas accident toll soars
The Zimbabwe Standard
On Friday, unconfirmed reports said three people died on the spot while several others died on the way to hospital when a Sheron Bus Service coach heading to Beitbridge from Harare collided with a truck near Beatrice, some 60 km from the capital city, ... See all stories on this topic »
Colombia fuel pipeline explosion kills at least 11
BBC News
A leak set off a fire and blast that destroyed or damaged dozens of homes. Firefighters at the scene said more bodies might be found as they searched through the debris. The explosion happened at about 04:30 local time on Friday morning in Dosquebradas ... See all stories on this topic »
Peabody firefighter perishes in blaze
Boston.com
By Peter Schworm, Travis Andersen and Kathy McCabe PEABODY - A veteran city firefighter and married father of three young children died yesterday while battling a three-alarm fire, the tragic death coming just two weeks after a Worcester firefighter ... See all stories on this topic »
12 dead on SA roads in one day
Independent Online
In a separate accident, a man was killed and a family of four were injured when their cars collided on the N2, north of Durban. “The driver of one car was flung from his vehicle and died on impact,” Wicks said. A couple and two girls, aged between five ...
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  22/12/2011 
Brunei bus crash death toll rises to 7
New Straits Times
By Kristy Inus & Avila Geraldine | 0 comments KOTA KINABALU: The death toll from yesterday's Brunei tour bus mishap at Km8.9 of the Ranau-Tamparuli road near Kampung Kaporingan in Tamparuli has risen to seven. Tour leader Awang Tarsad Damit, 58, ... See all stories on this topic »
Bus crashes into brick-laden truck in southeast Turkey, killing 25 and injuring 16
Washington Post
The truck driver was seriously injured in the crash. The thoroughfare had been reduced to a single lane each way due to roadwork, which probably contributed to the crash, said Ferit Basar, the mayor of nearby Yukari Salat town. ...
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  21/12/2011
Small-plane crash on NJ highway kills 5, including 2 NYC investment bankers ...
Washington Post
The New York investment banking firm Greenhill & Co. said two of its managing directors, Jeffrey Buckalew, 45, and Rakesh Chawla, 36, as well as Buckalew's wife and two children, were on the plane, which crashed on Interstate 287. ...
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Turkish quake death toll rises to 19
Albany Times Union
Rescuers have pulled out 24 survivors from the rubble of three buildings, collapsed by an earthquake in Van, the country's disaster management authority said Thursday. At least seven were killed and dozens of others trapped. The magnitude-5.7 quake was ... See all stories on this topic »
NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  20/12/2011
Pasig fire kills 6
ABS CBN News
MANILA, Philippines – Fire gutted a residential area in Pasig City past midnight Monday, killing 6 people. The victims were identified as couple Joseph and Ana Marie Edloy, and their children Joanna Marie, 4; Jelaiza, 3; and Brian, 2. ...
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  19/12/2011
More than 200 asylum seekers feared dead
New Zealand Herald
National Search and Rescue Agency spokesman Gagah Prakoso earlier said "it's very likely they have all drowned." "It's impossible even for a good swimmer with a life vest to swim to shore safely in such extreme conditions. When boats sink like this, ... See all stories on this topic »
Philippine death toll climbs to nearly 1000 in worst cyclone in three years
eTaiwan News
It is the deadliest cyclone to hit the nation in three years and sparking criticism of the government's lack of preparation. 82 people were still missing, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said in its noon report today. ...
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Philippines hit by devastating Tropical cyclone with floods, nearly 600 killed ...
eTaiwan News
By Evelyn Lin Southern Philippines has been devastatingly swept away by Tropical cyclone Washi with flash floods, killing at least 569 people as they slept, the Red Cross said on Sunday. Hundreds more on to their rooftops to seek refuge and turned two ... See all stories on this topic »
NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  16/12/2011
Airplane crashes into Philippine school, 13 killed - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: A light airplane crashed into a school building Saturday near the Philippine capital after its pilot requested an emergency landing shortly ... news.yahoo.com/airplane-crashes-philippine-school-13-killed-...
NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  15/12/2011
Car tumbles down hillside, 7 dead
Calcutta Telegraph
The driver, too, died in the crash. Although there are no ban on night travel in Sikkim, tourists are advised against it especially in winter as visibility drops to almost zero because of fog and it is difficult to spot the hairpin bends and curves. ...
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Fire kills 6 in care home as retiree 'opens sweets with lighter'
Kuwait Times
MARSEILLE: A fire in a French retirement home killed six women yesterday, after a 75-year-old man tried to open a packet of sweets with his cigarette lighter, officials said. An investigation has been launched into the blaze, which broke out at around ...
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  13/12/2011
8 killed in Mbarara bus accident
New Vision
By Western district correspondent Eight people have been confirmed dead and several others left nursing major injuries after a passenger bus swerved off a highway in Mbarara district. The accident occured at Kayanja, Sanga in the western district of ...
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School bus rolls into river, kills 15 children
Herald Sun
Source: AFP AUTHORITIES in eastern China say 15 primary school children have been killed after the bus they were travelling in rolled into a river, in the latest fatal accident involving students. The crash comes just days after China's cabinet ...
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Death toll hits 7 in coach, truck accident in southwest
The death toll in a coach-truck crash on a fog-shrouded national highway early yesterday morning in the Southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Re... www.globaltimes.cn/.../Death-toll-hits-7-in-coach-truck-accide...
NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  12/12/2011 
23 killed, 87 injured in three separate road accidents in China
Hindustan Times
In another accident, nine people were killed and seven others seriously injured after a long-distance coach collided with a heavy-duty truck in Hotan in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region early today. The accident occurred when the ... See all stories on this topic »
13 killed as van crash sparks fire in Vehari
The News International
LAHORE: Thirteen people, including three children, were killed on Saturday and another 15 injured when a road accident in Vehari district led to explosion of the gas cylinder of one of the two vehicles, police said. A van carrying 32 passengers ...
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Helicopter crash kills 5 near Hoover Dam
allvoices
By sarah1 A helicopter crash killing five people onboard was reported this Wednesday. The helicopter was on a tour of the Hoover Dam and Las Vegas Strip when it crashed into the mountains. As the site of crash was not easy accessible, the rescue team ...
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Mudslide collapses on bus in Colombia, 6 dead
SunHerald.com AP BOGOTA, Colombia -- A hillside loosened by heavy rains collapsed on a bus, killing five adults and a boy, Colombian officials said Thursday. One of the victims managed to call for help by cellphone and told relatives she was trapped before she died, ... See all stories on this topic »
Plane crashes; 14 die
Manila Bulletin
Parañaque Mayor Florencio Bernabe Jr., who was at the crash site, said the ball of fire caused by the plane crash immediately spread across a creek and onto the three-storey F. Serrano Elementary School, burning parts of the school. ...
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  9/12/2011
India Hospital Fire Kills 89
Wall Street Journal
By KRISHNA POKHAREL A fire in a Kolkata hospital kills at least 73 people, mostly patients. Raw clip, courtesy of Reuters. NEW DELHI--A fire early Friday in a hospital in Kolkata, in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, killed at least 89 people by ... See all stories on this topic »
70 killed in Kolkata hospital fire, 'owners missing'
Hindustan Times
A firefighter smashes glass windows of the AMRI Hospital nursing home as he searches for survivors after a fire broke out in Kolkata. At least 70 patients suffocated to death when a massive fire broke out in a centrally-airconditioned seven-storey ...
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  8/12/2011  
Firefighter killed today was at 1993 fatal warehouse blaze
Worcester Telegram
... STAFF Firefighter Jon D. Davies, who died battling today's blaze at 49 Arlington St., was among the firefighters who battled the fatal 1999 Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire that claimed the lives of six of his fellow firefighters. ...
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Mudslide collapses on bus in Colombia, 6 dead
The Associated Press
... cellphone and told relatives she was trapped before she died, said Cesar Uruena, ... At least four other people were slightly injured when the mudslide ...
5 killed in Las Vegas tourist plane crash
Telegraph.co.uk
Five people have been killed after a tourist helicopter flying from Las Vegas crashed near the Hoover Dam, a spokesman for the National Park Service in Nevada has said. By Amy Willis, Los Angeles The pilot of the helicopter and all four passengers died ...
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  7/12/2011
5 students confirmed dead after horrific car crash ...
Five New Oxford High School students confirmed dead after horrific car crash, Route 94 Hamilton township, Adams County, soccer players. www.fox43.com/.../wpmt-5-children-killed-in-crash-in-adams...
NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  6/12/2011
8 killed, 20 injured in road accident
Pakistan Daily Times
QUETTA: At least eight people, including two women, were killed and 20 others sustained injuries in a deadly collision between a passenger coach and a truck in the Killi Habibzai area of Pishin on Monday. According to sources, a passenger coach was on ... See all stories on this topic »
NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  5/12/2011 
LA Firefighter Dies After Mobile Home Fire Rescue - Fire Engineering
Firefighter Scott Osenenko of Fire Protection District # 4, Livingston Parish, Louisiana, died in the line of duty immediately after searching a burning mobile home ... www.fireengineering.com/.../la-firefighter-dies-after-mobile-h...
Firefighter killed in fall
Charleston Gazette
A Kanawha County volunteer firefighter was killed early Sunday morning after he fell from a bridge. Joey King, 61, of the Davis Creek Ruthdale Volunteer Fire Department, died around 2 am Sunday after a fall from the Steven Wayne Smith Memorial Bridge ... See all stories on this topic »
NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  4/12/2011
Death of firefighters
Korea Times
Fire claimed six firefighters in 2006, seven in 2007, nine in 2008, three in 2009 and 10 in 2010. The figures indicate that firefighters run the persistent risk of death. Besides, more than 300 firefighters sustain injuries every year. ...
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Louisiana Firefighter Dies in the Line of Duty
KATC Lafayette News
The cause of this fire in still under investigation, an electric space heater is currently be evaluated as a possible cause. His death marks the fourth line of duty firefighter death this year in Louisiana. Firefighter Osenenko leaves behind two ...
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  1/12/2011 
Deadly fire kills 9 in Hong Kong
China Daily
HONG KONG - Nine people were killed and more than 30 others were injured in a fire that lasted over seven hours in downtown Hong Kong on Wednesday. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government's Criminal Investigation Department has been .. See all stories on this topic »
NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  27/11/2011
6 dead in Togo as bus carrying top-flight football team Etoile Filante crashes
Telegraph.co.uk
"As part of the fifth day of the national football championship in first division, the team of the Etoile Filante was on their way to play against Sokode Semassi when they were the victim of a serious traffic accident this Saturday, November 26 2011 at ...
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10 die, 15 injured in Benin-Ore road crash
Vanguard
By Gabriel Enogholase BENIN—NO fewer than 10 persons were, yesterday, killed in a fatal road accident at Ovia River Bridge, along Benin-Ore-Shagamu dual carriage-way. Over 15 passengers were said to have been injured in the accident which involved two ... See all stories on this topic »
5 dead in Ogunpa bridge accident
Nigerian Tribune
According to a lady who arrived at the scene of the accident, the occupants of the car were on their way to Osun State when the accident occurred. The lady who nearly fainted when she saw the corpse of the dead accident victim said, “They called me ... See all stories on this topic »
8 Killed, Eight Hurt When L'Etiole Filante Club Bus Crashes in Togo
Bloomberg
The bus caught on fire “very quickly” after crashing when a tire burst, the Togolese government said today on its website. The team was traveling to play Semassi Sokode in the Togo top division when the accident occurred, the government said.
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Residential building fire kills 6 in N. Russia
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
26 (Xinhua) -- Six people were killed when a fire engulfed a residential building in Russia's northern autonomous district of Yamalo-Nenets on Saturday, local media reported. The fire broke out in a two-story building with 18 rooms in the city of Nadym ... See all stories on this topic »
 NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  25/11/2011
Plane crashes into Arizona's Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix; 6 dead
New York Daily News
BY Bill Hutchinson Floodlight illuminates the fiery scene of a fatal twin-engine plane crash in Arizona's Superstition Mountains. A small plane plowed into Arizona's famed Superstition Mountains Wednesday night killing six people and causing a fireball ...
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9 Killed in East China Fire
CRIENGLISH.com
[Photo: Xinhua] The death toll in a fire that broke out Thursday morning in Nanchang, the capital of east China's Jiangxi Province, has risen to nine after firefighters found two more bodies in the debris. The local fire department said search and ...
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  23/11/2011 
Officials say US plane crash killed all 6 aboard
Albany Times Union
BOB CHRISTIE, AP, WALTER BERRY, Associated Press A helicopter search light looks over the scene of an aircraft that crashed in the Superstition Mountains in Apache Junction, on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. The small plane with three adults and three ... See all stories on this topic »
Jharkhand train fire kills 7
Deccan Herald
Seven train travellers, including an Australian woman and two children, were charred to death when two air-conditioned coaches of the Dehradun-bound Doon Express caught fire in Jharkahand's Giridih district early Tuesday. The 72 passengers were asleep ... See all stories on this topic »
NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  21/11/2011  
Major fire in eunuch meet kills 13 in Delhi
Times of India
Delhi police and rescue team members at the site where a major fire broke out during a congregation of eunuchs at a community centre in Nand Nagri area of East Delhi on Sunday. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: At least 13 persons died and 35 suffered serious ...
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  18/11/2011
Powerful storms kill 6 people in U.S. Southeast | Earth ...
By Matt Daniel
On November 16, 2011, a strong cold front triggered severe storms and tornadoes across Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina    EarthSky
Death toll rises to 11 from nursing home blaze
ABC Online
Elderly residents of the nursing home were rushed to hospitals across Sydney after the fire. The death toll continues to rise nearly two weeks after a fatal fire at a western Sydney nursing home, with an 11th fatality yesterday. Fire ripped through the ...
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BBC News - Nurse charged after 5 deaths in fatal Sydney nursing home fire
bbc.co.uk/news/world-15802931
2 hours ago – A nurse has been charged with murder following Friday's fire at a Sydney nursing home that killed five elderly residents, Australian police have ...
Crammed minibus crashes, kills 18 kids in China
San Francisco Chronicle
News of the crash ignited public anger across China, with hundreds of thousands of people venting on Twitter-like microblogs, highlighting an underfunded education system that especially shortchanges students in remote areas. "This accident says a lot ... See all stories on this topic »
NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  17/11/2011
Citra fire kills 5 children
The Ledger
A house fire in Citra, Monday night, claimed the lives of fire children. Three adults survived the deadly blaze. Interview with Angela Stroud, a neighbor who heard the cries as well as Marion County Fire Rescue Spokeswoman, Pevetta Persaud.
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 NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  16/11/2011
20 die in horrific road crash in South Africa
MSN India
Most of the people who died when the accident occurred in the early hours of the day were asleep, according to survivors of the horror crash. Described as one of the worst accidents ever on the notorious long stretch of road between the towns of ...
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Copter crash kills 5
FireEngineering.com
The Hoolehua, Molokai, Fire Department responded to reports of the helicopter crash in the hills behind Kilohana Elementary School Thursday. Rescue personnel recovered four bodies Thursday evening and were attempting to retrieve a fifth from the wreck ... See all stories on this topic »
NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  14/11/2011
Fire in pharma unit kills 5, injures 3
Daily News & Analysis
By DNA Correspondent | Place: Ahmedabad | Agency: DNA Five labourers were killed and three others seriously injured in a major fire that erupted in the bottling process chamber of a pharmaceutical company near Kadi in Mehsana district on Saturday. ... See all stories on this topic »
6 dead in Australia car crash
UPI.com
13 (UPI) -- An Australian school is struggling to deal with the deaths of five students after a fiery road accident. Four Emmanuel College 2009 graduates were killed in a road collision in Warrnambool, Victoria, Saturday, while a fifth person died in a ...
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Fire kills 6 at construction site in Russia's Komi Republic - Tass via ...
Fire kills 6 at construction site in Russia's Komi Republic - Tass via Xinhua.
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31 people killed in Zamfara road accident
Nigerian Tribune
At least 31 people were feared dead in Wanzamai village of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State as a result of a fatal road accident which occurred along Tsafe/Funtua road. According to an eyewitness account, the accident occurred on Friday ... See all stories on this topic »
5 people killed in Victoria road crash between car and truck
The Australian
He said the identities of the dead are still unknown. The crash contributed to a disastrous day on Victorian roads, with a 17-year-old male also killed when he flipped his car in Melbourne's east around 3am. Mr Walshe said November had already been a ... See all stories on this topic »
5 people dead after tour helicopter crashes on Molokai
Hawaii News Now
The crash, involving a Blue Hawaiian tour helicopter, happened about a quarter-mile behind Kilohana Elementary. A newlywed couple from Pennsylvania and two people from Ontario, Canada were on the flight. "On behalf of everyone here at Blue Hawaiian, ... See all stories on this topic »
NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  11/11/2011
Car crash kills 10 family members
The Zimbabwe Mail
Insp Chademana said preliminary investigations showed that the accident could have been a result of fatigue. "Police are appealing to all motorists to travel at stipulated speed (limits) and make sure that they always exercise caution. ...
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Death toll jumps to 40 from Turkey quake
CNN International
By Ivan Watson and Gul Tuysuz Van, Turkey (CNN) -- The death toll from Wednesday's 5.6-magnitude earthquake in eastern Turkey has risen to 40, the government said Sunday. A much deadlier 7.2 magnitude quake that tore through Van last month left 604 ...
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Earthquake Kills at Least 7 in Turkey
New York Times
Poor construction was blamed for the scope of the disaster, in which about 600 people died. Dogan Kalafat, the director of the Turkish Seismic Institution, said that properly constructed, undamaged buildings would not be expected to collapse after a ...
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  10/11/2011 
Fire kills 5 in Monterey County disabled facility
Five residents of a facility for developmentally disabled adults in Monterey County were killed late Saturday when a fire broke out as they slept. A sixth resident ...
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  7/11/2011
Fire kills 5 in Monterey County disabled facility
San Francisco Chronicle
MARINA -- Five residents of a facility for developmentally disabled adults in Monterey County were killed late Saturday when a fire broke out as they slept. A sixth resident was in critical condition. The fire broke out just before midnight at Mount ...
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Tropical Cyclone Kelia leaves 6 dead, floods in Oman
Bikya Masr
Starting as a disturbance in the Arabian Sea, Cyclone Kelia moved across the Omani coast. By Tuesday, Kelia was just off shore. Rain and other affiliated affects from the cyclone could be felt fromSalalah to Muscat and even to bits of Iran which is ...
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11 killed in Egypt car crash
RIA Novosti
Egypt is notorious for its traffic accident statistics. About 8000 people die on the country's roads annually. The number of traffic accidents involving tourist buses has been declining, however, due to a state education program and strict control over ...
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7 charred to death as bus from City hits tanker
Deccan Herald
The bus was carrying 32 people, including its crew, at the time of the accident, with most of its passengers boarding in Bangalore and were bound for Coimbatore. The dead are bus driver Sashikumar (23), Muthukumar (40) of Sai Baba colony Coimbatore, ... See all stories on this topic »
13 dead in Vietnam bus crash inferno
Channel News Asia
A second bus involved in the crash suffered minor damage but it was unclear whether any passengers in that vehicle, or the lorry, were hurt. Local police refused to comment on the incident when reached by AFP. Around 12000 people were killed in road ... See all stories on this topic »
 NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  4/11/2011
M5 crash: 7 feared dead in 'worst collision in memory'
The Guardian
Video footage of the accident showed members of the public attempting to pry open car doors to help those trapped. The force of the collision sent debris on to the other side of the carriageway, where tailbacks stretched to junction 22 – about 12 miles ...
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search  1/11/2011
At least 5 dead in NE China car crash
China Daily
The accident occurred at 4:20 pm on the No 304 National Road near the city of Benxi. A heavy-duty truck collided with a medium-sized coach, a city government spokesman said. Five people were confirmed dead as of 7:30 pm, while three of the injured are ... See all stories on this topic »
14 killed as lorry crashes with minibus in Hungary
Telegraph.co.uk
The accident happened on Sunday just before midnight on the M43 motorway between the Hungarian towns of Szeged and Mako, near the Romanian-Hungarian border, police said in a statement. Initial police reports claimed that the lorry, which was heading ... See all stories on this topic »
Fire in Pichilemu, Chile kills 5
Wikinews
A family of four adults and one minor has been reported dead after the house they were inhabiting in the city of Pichilemu, in Chile was allegedly intentionally set on fire on Sunday morning. The fire was reported for the first time at around 8:00 AM ...
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Explosion in southwest China kills at least 7 people, injures about 200
Washington Post
A man who answered the phone in the press office at the city's Communist Party branch said the blast was caused by three explosives-laden vehicles that caught fire, also destroying a garage and a food warehouse. The man, who like many Chinese officials ... See all stories on this topic »
NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 31/10/2011
FIRE-DAMP (GAS) EXPLOSION IN CHINA KILLS 29 MINERS
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia
(AGI) Beijing - A fire-damp (gas) explosion in a mine in the Chinese province of Hunan killed 29 miners. Thirty-five miners were working at the time of the accident in the Xialiuchong coal mine, in the city of Hengyang. Six of them were rescued and ...
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Bangkok Flood Latest News: 400 Dead; Saturday's Peak Tide to ..
global.christianpost.com/.../bangkok-flood-latest-news-400-dead-satu...
2 days ago – Thailand's worst floods in 60 years are set to bring Bangkok's flood defenses to breaking point Saturday as coastal high tides are set to reach ...  See all stories on this topic
NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 29/102011
7 dead as tractor-trailer rams minivan in Ind.
CBS News
A photo released by the Indiana State Police shows firemen and police examining the wreckage of a fatal accident on the Indiana Toll Road near Bristol, Ind., Oct. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Indiana State Police) BRISTOL, Ind. - A tractor-trailer slammed into ... See all stories on this topic »
Mudslides, floods kill 5 in Italy
AHN | All Headline News
Mudslides triggered by storm killed five people in Italy on Wednesday. ... A mudslide on the A12 highway in Liguria trapped a truck and its driver. ...
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10 killed in bus fire
IPPmedia
They too said the number of the dead would likely rise because some bodies were still stuck in the bus. RPC Mangu explained that the accident occurred after one of the front tyres burst, making the drive lose control and fail to apply the brakes – “and ...
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Afghan fuel tanker 'magnetised bomb' kills 12
BBC News
"A few minutes later people came with buckets and jugs to collect fuel, when suddenly everywhere was on fire, " he said. Several nearby cars and motorbikes were also set ablaze. Health officials say the number of people killed could rise, ...
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10 killed in van gas cylinder blast
The News International
By our correspondent KARAK: Four persons were killed and seven others sustained critical injuries in a road accident in Speena area on the Indus Highway on Tuesday, the sources said. The sources said a Karak-bound passenger coach from Rawalpindi ... See all stories on this topic »
Libya: fuel depot blast kills in Sirte kills 100
Telegraph.co.uk
A fuel tank exploded in Sirte killing more than 100 people less than a week after Col Muammar Gaddafi was captured and killed there. "There was an enormous explosion and a huge fire. More than 100 people were killed and 50 others wounded" in Monday ... See all stories on this topic »
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Turkey earthquake toll passes 600
Sydney Morning Herald
Bulldozers have replaced sniffer dogs as search efforts wound down in quake-hit eastern Turkey and the death toll rose to over 600. With temperatures dipping to below freezing the biggest problem now facing survivors in Van province was a lack of tents ...
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Turkey Earthquake 2011: Death Toll Rises To 534
By The Huffington Post News Editors
ERCIS, Turkey — Rescuers, working under floodlights, pulled a 13-year-old boy alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building early Friday, over 100 hours after a massive earthquake leveled many buildings in eastern Turkey, killing ...
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Turkey earthquake death toll at least 461
San Francisco Chronicle
Selcan Hacaoglu,Suzan Fraser, AP People walk in front of collapsed buildings in Ercis, the Turkish town hardest hit by the earthquake. Murat Sonmez's mother, wife and four daughters were crushed to death in their home by Turkey's 7.2-magnitude ...
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TURKISH EARTHQUAKE: 1000 feared dead
ITN NEWS
Hundreds of people are feared dead after a powerful earthquake hit Turkey on Sunday. . Report by Sophie Foster. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn.
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Report: Death toll rises to 217 after massive earthquake in Turkey
CNN
Residents of Ercis, Turkey, gather around fires in the aftermath of a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that rocked the city on Sunday. Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- Battling near-freezing temperatures and darkness, rescue workers and residents in eastern Turkey ...
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7.2 Magnitude Turkey Earthquake 2011, More Than 200 Dead
ABC News
*update: http://abcn.ws/oy4xw7 * A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and ABC's Alex Marquardt reports on the rescue effort. *Subscribe: http://bit.ly/abcWNNvideos.
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138 dead after major earthquake strikes Turkey
WFMZ Allentown
Israel and Turkey, once close allies, saw a deterioration in relations in a dispute over an Israeli naval commando raid on the Gaza-bound ship Mavi Marmara, ...
5 Dead; Wrong-Way Driver Causes Lodge Freeway Crash
MyFox Detroit
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WJBK) - Five people are dead after a tragic wrong-way accident on the Lodge Freeway early Sunday. A car was going south in the northbound lanes when it hit another vehicle and they both burst into flames. ...
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Darjeeling bridge collapse: Toll rises to 34
IBNLive.com
The bridge, which had been weakened by the September 18 earthquake, collapsed when a large number of people gathered on it for the GJM meeting. North Bengal Development Minister Gautam Deb, who was at the spot, said the rescue operation was on in full ...
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6 dead in Nepal army plane crash - Yahoo! News
Read 'Six dead in Nepal army plane crash' on Yahoo! News. Rescue teams in Nepal scouring the wreckage of a military plane that crashed in a remote hunting ...
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6 dead in Nepal army plane crash
Pakistan Daily Times
KATHMANDU: Rescue teams in Nepal scouring the wreckage of a military plane that crashed in a remote hunting reserve have recovered the bodies of all six people on board, police said Wednesday. The Britten-Norman Islander plane was returning to the ... See all stories on this topic »
110 killed in Latin America rainstorm
Philippine Star
In Mexico, the number of fatalities rose to 10, while 180000 people were affected by Hurricane Jova last week. Guatemala has 36 confirmed deaths. It retrieved on Wednesday two more bodies from massive mudslides caused by the torrential rains and said ... See all stories on this topic »
Botswana plane crash kills 8
Jamaica Observer
MAUN, Botswana (AP) — Rescuers ferried buckets of water from a swamp to douse a raging fire when a light aircraft carrying 12 people on a luxury safari crashed shortly after takeoff in Botswana, killing the British pilot and seven tourists from France ...
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Firefighter dies as 16 fires burn thousands of acres in northern Spain
Firefighter dies as 16 fires burn thousands of acres in northern Spain.
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8 Killed in Botswana Plane Crash
Fox News
AP Oct. 15, 2011:Tthe wreck of a crashed plane lays in the bush in the Okavango Delta. The light aircraft carrying 12 people crashed shortly after takeoff killing the British pilot and seven tourists from France, Switzerland and Britain, ...
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Mexico: Hurricane Jova death toll raised to 6 - Weather - msnbc.com
Mexican authorities on Thursday raised to six the death toll from Hurricane Jova, which hit along the Pacific coast as a Category 2 storm, and warned the storm's ...
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At least 20 killed by mudslide in El Salvador
Focus News
... have so far reported eight and seven fatalities, respectively, from the disaster. ... First Lady Rosario Murillo said seven people have been killed in ...
House fire kills 9 in Russia's Siberia
RIA Novosti
The cause of the fire, which destroyed the 180-square-meter house, is yet to be established. Nine people, including five children, have been killed in a house fire in Russia's Siberia, emergencies services said. The fire in the village of Nizhnaya ...
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Death toll climbs to 81from rain in Central America 
Reuters
The weather has also hit southeastern Mexico, where swollen rivers have affected thousands of people, notably in Tabasco state. At least four people died in Mexico earlier in the week when Category Two Hurricane Jova struck from the Pacific, ...
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Mexican authorities: 7 killed in state prison riot, fire
CNN International
Four of the inmates burned to death after inmates set mattresses on fire during the riot, which began around 8 am, firefighter Guillermo de Leon Delgado said. It took firefighters nearly an hour to control the blaze, he said. Three inmates died of stab ...
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Mexico: Hurricane Jova death toll raised to 6
CBS News
(AP) MANZANILLO, Mexico — Mexican authorities on Thursday raised to six the death toll from Hurricane Jova, which hit along the Pacific coast as a Category 2 storm, and warned the storm's remnants could affect opening ceremonies of the Pan American ... See all stories on this topic »
Plane crash kills 28 in Papua New Guinea
The Guardian
A Dash 8 similar to the plane that has crashed in Papua New Guinea, killing 28 people. Photograph: Bombardier A plane has crashed in stormy weather in Papua New Guinea's remote forests, killing 28 people and leaving four survivors, officials have said. ... See all stories on this topic »
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11 dead in central China car crash
ZHENGZHOU, Oct.7 (Xinhua) -- Eleven people have been confirmed dead in a car accident that occurred Friday morning in Sheqi County in central China's ...
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5 dead, 50 injured in 51-car pileup in Chile
Santiago Times
A massive car crash involving 23 trucks, 17 smaller vehicles and 11 buses left at least five dead and many others injured Wednesday morning, local authorities report. The accident occurred just past 7 am at the turnoff for Algarrobo on the eastbound ... See all stories on this topic »
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9 killed in accident on way to Puri
Times of India
HALDIA: Seven employees of BC Roy Medical College & Hospital and BC Roy Dental College in Haldia and the driver of their car died in a road accident at Simuria (in Orissa) on Sunday when the team was going to visit Puri's Jagannath temple to offer a ...
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5 killed in crash: the one survivor is mother of the 4-year old victim
KSDK
St. Louis (KSDK)-- Several families are mourning the loss of loved ones killed in a one car accident on Interstate 70 Friday night. Five are dead, there ages range from 4 to 17. The driver lost control of the car travelling Eastbound I-70 near the ...
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5 children burnt to death during sleep
Solomon Star
Reports reaching Solomon Star said the five were sleeping in their home with their father when the fatal incident occurred. “The father and his six children were sleeping when the blaze consumed their home at about 5am,” one villager said. ...
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35 dead, 18 injured in coach crash – China
INAUTONEWS
Road accidents in China killed at least 65000 people last year and injured 254000, according to official figures. 35 dead , 18 injured in coach crash ...
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Fire kills 4, injures 14 in Croatia nursing home
APA
A fire killed at least four people and injured another 14 in a nursing home in north Croatia's city of Bjelovar Friday afternoon, local media reported, APA reports quoting Xinhua. All the injured were sent to a local hospital and none of them were in ...
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Truck crash kills 10 in north Nigeria, days after 2 other crashes killed 30 in ...
Washington Post
By AP, KANO, Nigeria — A medical official says 10 people have died in a truck crash, the third reported incident of its kind in the last week in Nigeria's north. Dr. Yusuf Makama said Friday that a truck collided with a 16-seat minibus Thursday ...
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11 dead in central China car crash - China News - SINA English
By SINA.com
ZHENGZHOU, Oct.7 (Xinhua) -- Eleven people have been confirmed dead in a car accident that occurred Friday morning in Sheqi County in central China's Henan province, according to the local authority. A truck crashed into a mini-bus on a ...
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35 dead in China bus crash
ABC Online
At least 35 people were killed and 18 injured when a bus rolled after colliding with a car on a highway in northern China on Friday, state media reported. The accident happened near the port city of Tianjin, the official Xinhua news agency said, ...
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18 dead in Indonesian plane crash
Sydney Morning Herald
AP All 18 people aboard a plane that crashed on Sumatra have been found dead, an official says, after two days of hampered efforts to reach the remote jungle site. Hopes that some on board the aircraft might be alive had been raised when a victim's ...
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Ship fire kills 8, injures 49 in Indonesia
Philippine Star
JAKARTA (Xinhua) -- Eight people were killed and at least 49 others injured when a fire took place in a passenger ship at a seaport in Surabaya, capital of East Java on Wednesday morning, rescuer and officials said. The fire on the Kirana Sembilan ship ... See all stories on this topic »
Indonesian ferry stampede kills 8
The Australian
Thirteen people were killed on Saturday when a boat sank off East Java, ... More than 300 people drowned when a heavily overloaded ferry sank off Sulawesi ...
France: Fire kills 6  illegal immigrants
Boston Globe
By Jamey Keaten AP / September 28, 2011 PARIS—French authorities say a fire in an abandoned building set for demolition has killed six suspected illegal immigrants. Interior Minister Claude Gueant says an unextinguished candle was behind the blaze ... See all stories on this topic »
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Back-to-back typhoons leave 59 dead in Philippines
CTV.ca
(AP / Bullit Marquez) Rescuers prepare to ferry residents to safer grounds as ... A drunken man drowned in flooding in a nearby village, provincial disaster ...
Typhoon rains flood Philippine capital, kill 16
Stuff.co.nz
WASHED UP: Fishermen stand at the scene of a cargo ship washed ashore at the sea ... and four were reported killed by a collapsing wall. Two others drowned ...
Bus crash in Pakistan kills 26 children, two teachers
Boston Globe
Yesterday's accident was one of two deadly bus crashes in the region. In southern Afghanistan, a bus collided with a minivan just outside Kandahar city, killing eight people and wounding more than a dozen others, police said.
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19 killed in Nepal plane crash
The Hindu
Aviation experts said the crash was a typical case of Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT). One of them, Hemant Arjyal, said: “The clouds this morning were rather low but not moisture-laden. It appears that the aircraft took the visual approach and ...
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House fire kills 6 mother and five children in north-west London
The Guardian
The house where where a blaze killed six people in north-west London, England. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images A mother and five children have died following an "unexplained" house fire in north-west London. Thirty firefighters were called to the ... See all stories on this topic »
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Plane Crash Death Toll Reaches 11
By Caroline Bleakley
Reno police say an 11th person has died from injuries sustained during a plane crash that marked the nation's deadliest air racing disaster. .   Las Vegas News from 8NewsNow.com
Prison fire kills 11 inmates in Baghdad
Xinhua
19 (Xinhua) -- Up to 11 inmates were killed and 22 wounded by fire in a Baghdad prison on Monday, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua. "Eleven prisoners were killed and 22 wounded by the fire caused by electrical contact in a eastern Baghdad prison ... See all stories on this topic »
Volunteer FIrefighter Killed on Duty
KPTM-TV
A Shelby, Iowa Volunteer Firefighter was hit by a car, while he was directing traffic around an accident. 41- year- old Michael Collins was pronounced dead at the scene. Word of the accident has residents of Shelby reminiscing on Collins. ...
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Blast in Peshawar CD Market kills 5
The Express Tribune
20 shops were gutted in the fire following the powerful blast in Nishterabad area of Peshawar. PHOTO: IQBAL HAIDER/EXPRESS PESHAWAR: A blast at a CD market in Peshawar has killed five and injured 25 others. The explosion had caused a fire to erupt at ... See all stories on this topic »
Fatal bus and train collision in Argentina 9 Dead
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Rescuers reach all quake-hit Indian villages
Atlanta Journal Constitution
AP MANGAN, India — Soldiers in India's northeast have reached the last villages cut off by a powerful earthquake that shook the Himalayan region last weekend and killed more than 100 people. Army Maj. Gen. SL Narasimhan says the first soldiers were ... See all stories on this topic »
Earthquake toll 74 as rain, slides hamper rescue - The Times of India  1 hour ago – At least 58 people were killed and hundreds injured in Sikkim, Bengal and Bihar, in addition to 9 deaths in Nepal and 7 in Tibet. In Pics.Get more results from the past 24 hours
India earthquake leaves scores dead
CBS News
A man looks at a house that collapsed after an earthquake in Bhaktapur, on the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18, 2011. (AP) GAUHATI, India - The death toll from a strong earthquake that shook a Himalayan region straddling India, Nepal and China ... See all stories on this topic »
Sichuan Aba coach rollover accident occurred in 7 dead 30 injured ...
中广网 Beijing on September 17, according to Voice of China < > reports, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, Songpan County ...
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Reno fighter plane crash kills 9; probe focuses on wayward part
NDTV.com
Despite the large number of dead and injured, witnesses and people familiar with the race say the toll could have been much worse had the plane gone down in the larger crowd area of the stands. The plane crashed in a section of box seats that was ...
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Fire kills 5 prisoners in transportation vehicle
Hurriyet Daily News
Five prisoners have died due to a fire that occurred in a prisoner transportation vehicle on Friday. While the Jutice Minister says that they will launch investigations, NGO's say the case is an abuse of Human Rights. This file photo shows the ...
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Angola air crash 'kills30'
BBC News
A plane crash in Angola has killed 30 people, including three army generals, a military official has said. Government official Luis Caetano, a spokesman for Huambo authorities, told the BBC the military aircraft crashed after leaving Huambo city ...
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9 dead, 212 hurt in Argentina as two trains and a bus collide
msnbc.com
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — At least nine people were killed in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires Tuesday in a rush-hour crash involving two passenger trains and a bus whose driver allegedly drove around barriers in an attempt to beat them across the ...
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Nairobi pipeline fire kills 120 people
Monsters and Critics.com
Nairobi/Johannesburg - At least 120 people were killed on Monday after a fire broke out along an oil pipeline that runs through a densely populated slum on the outskirts of Nairobi. Slum dwellers gather around the explosion scene in the Lunga Lunga ...
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6 killed in landslide in Tehri district of Uttarakhand
NetIndian
The villagers were of the view that another reason for the mudslide over the houses in the Daur village was that the soil had become loose from several ...
192 drown as Zanzibar ferry sinks -- Society's Child -- Sott.net
At least 192 people killed - and 600 rescued - as ship capsizes near Tanzanian island. Nearly 200 people drowned when an overloaded ferry capsized off east ...
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11 Dead, 3 Missing in China Ferry Sinking
Voice of America (blog)
Chinese authorities say a ferry carrying students on a holiday trip has capsized in central China, leaving 11 people dead and at least three missing. Local officials told the state-run Xinhua news agency that nine students and two adults drowned Friday ...
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China Shoe Factory Fire Kills 7
RTT News
(RTTNews) - Seven people were charred to death and two injured in a fire that broke out in a shoe factory in east China's Zhejiang province early on Friday. Flames engulfed a temporary workshop of the Xinzhuo Shoe Industry Co. ...
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9 killed in small plane crash in Bolivia | The Associated Press | News ...
By The Associated Press
Bolivia's defense minister says searchers have found the wreckage of a small plane that disappeared in the country's Amazon region and all nine people aboard are dead.
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7 killed, one injured in boat mishap
Moment Nigerian Newspapers
According to the source, the ferryboat conveying the travellers across the ... accident at the Nembe Brass River, where no less than one victim drowns on ...
Indian dairy fire kills at least 6
Workers try to cut through an iron slab after a fire broke out at Dudhsagar dairy in Mehsana district of the western Indian state of Gujarat September 3, 2011.
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50 drowned in Volta Lake accident
Myjoyonline.com
He said the boat loaded at around 11am Tuesday, adding that around 6pm, ... his sister and her children as well as his nephew may have died in the accident, ...
Russian airliner 'in fatal crash 43 Dead'
BBC News
Russian aviation officials were quoted as saying the Yak-42 jet had failed to gain height and hit a radio mast, breaking up and catching fire. The plane was operated by the Yak-Service company, Russia's aviation authorities said. ...
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Thousands remain trapped, rescue underway for Japan's worst ...
Xinhua
Mudslide and inundation kept 60 roads in Wakayama cut-off. ... where 24 were killed or missing, and said "we must find those missing as soon as possible ...
5 killed in Lagos road crash
Daily Sun
“Five people died in the accident and many of the occupants of the bus had serious injuries. LASEMBUS had taken them to hospital for treatment. When you caution these drivers on high speed they will just ignore you and fire the throttle the way they ...
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10 killed in bus accident near Kabale
Ten people are confirmed dead and nine others injured following a Thursday morning accident at Kaharo village commonly known as Kabaraga, ten kilometers ...
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14 killed in Tamil Nadu bus accident
Hindustan Times
Expressing her condolence to the grieving relatives, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa has ordered compensation of Rs100,000 to According to a statement issued by the government on Monday, a Tamil Nadu state transport bus collided head-on with a ... See all stories on this topic »
6 Killed in road accident near Chiniot
DAWN.com
Twelve others were in Civil Hospital Chiniot. The accident destroyed the bus completely. The injured and the dead were taken out after cutting the mangled body of the vehicle. Ambulance service of Chiniot Civil Hospital was not available on which ...
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Japan Cyclone Death Toll Rises to 34 With 55 Missing, FDMA Says
Bloomberg
By Aaron Sheldrick - Tue Sep 06 02:35:03 GMT 2011 The death toll in Japan from Tropical Storm Talas rose to 34 people, with 55 missing, the country's Fire and Disaster Management Agency said in its latest report on the storm. More than 210 houses were ... See all stories on this topic »
Japan's Worst Cyclone in Seven Years Leaves 26 Dead, 53 Missing
San Francisco Chronicle
5 (Bloomberg) -- Tropical Storm Talas killed 26 people and left 53 missing as the worst cyclone in seven years pummeled western Japan, knocking out power, roads and bridges, while landslides swept dozens of houses away. More than 440000 people were ... See all stories on this topic »
15 killed in India Bus Crash
Voice of America (blog)
Indian officials say at least 15 people were killed and many more injured in a bus accident in the northern state of Uttarakhand. Local authorities say the accident happened Sunday near the state capital, Dehradun. They say the bus fell into the Tons ...
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Mehsana dairy fire kills 6, injures 25
Daily News & Analysis
By DNA Correspondent | Place: Ahmedabad | Agency: DNA As many as six people were burnt to death and 25 seriously injured, after a fire broke out in the storage department of the Dudhsagar Dairy in Mehsana. Police and hospital sources believe that the ... See all stories on this topic »
Mehsana dairy fire kills 6, injures 25
Daily Bhaskar
Ahmedabad : As many as six people were burnt to death and 25 seriously injured, after a fire broke out in the storage department of the Dudhsagar Dairy in Mehsana. Police and hospital sources believe that the casualty figures may go up as 20 of those ... See all stories on this topic »
Chile Plane Crash Killed All 21 Onboard
Bloomberg
All the passengers and crew died instantly, Defense Minister Andres Allamand said after touring the crash site. The twin-propeller Casa C-212 plane crashed last night off the Juan Fernandez Archipelagos, 600 kilometers (375 miles) west of Chile. ...
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Bus accident in eastern Pakistan kills 7
Channel 6 News Online
FAISALABAD, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least seven people were killed and several others were injured when a passenger bus collided head-on with an oncoming truck in eastern Pakistan, police said on early Friday morning. The accident happened on ... ee all stories on this topic »
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Authorities: 5 killed in accident on I-10 in Miss. involving 18-wheeler, cars ...
Washington Post
Sheriff Mike Byrd in Mississippi's Jackson County confirmed five deaths in Wednesday's accident near Gautier. Byrd says as many as six vehicles may have been involved, but police were still piecing together details. He says two people died in one car, ... See all stories on this topic »
34 die in Ondo auto crash
Vanguard
It was learnt that the desperate effort by the Police and other sympathisers to rescue the occupants in the bus that ran into the bush was abortive as they were all brought out the of the wreckage dead. Speaking with newsmen in Akure, Police spokesman, ... See all stories on this topic »
5 killed in another bus accident
Times LIVE
Barely a week after 15 people were killed in an horrific bus accident in Knysna, another crash involving a bus claimed five lives and left about 50 other people injured on the N1 outside Pretoria yesterday afternoon. The bus, certified to carry 60 ...
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28 killed in bus-truck collision in Cameroon: media
People's Daily Online
29 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-eight people were killed in a road accident over the weekend when a truck transporting goods collided with a passenger transport bus with 36 passengers on board in Cameroon, state radio announced on Monday. "The accident occurred ... See all stories on this topic »
Knysna bus crash death toll 16 - Times LIVE
14 children, driver dead in Knysna bus crash · Toll rises in Knysna bus accident. " A police dive team remains on-scene to secure that all passengers are ...
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Death toll from Hurricane Irene rises above 40
NEWS.com.au
Four other children involved in the accident were in hospital. Two other car-related deaths occurred in North Carolina. One driver died after his vehicle hydroplaned into a tree in Pitt County, and a female passenger was killed when the vehicle she was ...
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U.S. authorities: At least 19 killed as a result of Hurricane Irene
CNN International
One person was killed when a tree fell on a car driving down a highway in Sampson County, North Carolina, state emergency management spokesman Ernie Seneca said. -- A child died in a car crash at an intersection in Goldsboro, North Carolina, ...
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18 dead in China bus accident
UPI.com
The bus, carrying 34 migrant workers, rear-ended the semi, which was parked roadside. Of the deceased passengers, 17 of them died at the scene. One died later in the hospital. An investigation determined the cause of the accident to be the 17-seat bus ...
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TYPHOON 'MINA' DEATH TOLL HITS 17; DAMAGE PLACED AT P956 MILLION"
Philippine Headline News
The four died of drowning. The new fatalities in Cordillera were Gefonie Cael and ... Tondo, Manila, while being towed by its sister ship M/Tug Betheva. ...
8 dead as typhoon slams northern Philippines
Monterey County Herald
Five others perished in landslides or drowned, including a fisherman, whose body was ... "The driver's presence of mind prevented a disaster," Luces said. ...
25 Killed in Northern Iraq Crash
Voice of America (blog)
Police say the bus caught fire after the crash and passengers were trapped inside. At least one person in the car was also killed. Investigators say the bus was carrying travelers from Baghdad to the Kurdistan region. In a separate development, ...
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At least 5 killed, 53 injured in Brazil tourist tram accident
RIA Novosti
According to preliminary investigation data, the accident occurred when the tram collided with a bus going in the opposite direction. Four people died at the scene, and a fifth passenger died in hospital. Many passengers remained trapped inside the ...
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53 Dead  http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16057133 
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD MEXICO CITY — Armed men burst into a casino in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey on Thursday and set a fire that killed at least 52 people and injured several others, the authorities said. A soldier behind a sign reading ... See all stories on this topic »
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Zimbabwe Road Accident Claims 19 Lives in Second Major Crash This Month
Voice of America
VOA was unable to reach any spokesman for the Zimbabwe Republic Police to obtain an official statement on the crash. Fourteen people died in an omnibus crash on August 3, and that road tragedy closely followed another long-distance bus crash which ... See all stories on this topic »
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House Fire Kills 11 in Australia
Wall Street Journal
By DAVID FICKLING SYDNEY—The close-knit Samoan community in Australia's third-largest city of Brisbane was mourning 11 dead, including eight children, from the country's worst building fire in a decade, after flames ripped through a suburban house ...
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Knysna bus crash death toll up to 16
Times LIVE
"This is an unspeakable tragedy and a bitter blow coming one day from the anniversary tomorrow of the Blackheath taxi crash that killed 10 children, on August 25 last year," he said. The children died when their minibus taxi was hit by a train after ...
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Fire kills 15 at south China ceramics factory
China Daily
GUANGZHOU - A fire at a ceramics factory killed 15 people and seriously injured one Tuesday morning in south China's Guangdong Province, local authorities said. The fire broke out at 6:18 am, engulfing a building of the Shengfeng Ceramics Company in ... See all stories on this topic »
15 killed in Venezuela bus accident
Hindustan Times
At least 15 people were killed and 30 injured in an accident involving three vehicles on early Monday in southwest Venezuela, police said. The accident happened at 4.00am around a dangerous curve in Trujillo state when one of the freight vehicles' ...
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29 killed in Mbooni accident
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
29 people died when the driver of the bus they were travelling in lost control and plunged into a river in Mbooni East district. Police said 34 other people sustained injuries and are admitted to hospitals in Mbooni, Machakos and Makueni districts. ...
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35 Afghans dead in bus crash: officials - Related news - 8/20/2011 ...
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Aug 20, 2011 (AFP) - A total of 35 Afghans were killed and 27 others injured on Saturday when a speeding bus overturned on a highway ...
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Plane crash near Resolute Bay kills 12
CBC.ca
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who is scheduled to travel to Resolute on Monday for his annual trip to the Arctic, said in a statement he was "deeply saddened by news of this tragic plane crash near Resolute Bay. Local leaders in shock Ralph Alexander, ... See all stories on this topic »
18 dead in Kashmir bus crash
CNN International
Srinagar, Indian-Administered Kashmir (CNN) -- At least 18 persons were killed and 20 others were injured when a bus skidded off a road in the mountainous region of Kashmir, officials said. The incident occurred in the Poonch district of ...
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Bus accident claims 6 lives in Nadia
Times of India
NADIA: Six persons, including four schoolteachers, died and 30 other were injured in an accident at Bikrampur in Nadia on Saturday. The injured persons were rushed to Bethuadahari Rural Hospital. While some were released after medication, ...
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allAfrica.com: South Africa: 13 Confirmed Dead After Plane Crash
Tzaneen — Thirteen people, including two children, have been confirmed dead after two light aircraft crashed into the Lekgalameetse mountains in Limpopo. ...
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Car accident kills 9 Indonesians in eastern Malaysia
Channel 6 News Online
KUCHING, MALAYSIA (BNO NEWS) -- Nine Indonesians were killed on early Thursday morning when their car collided head-on with a truck in eastern Malaysia, police said. Two others were injured. The accident happened at around 3.30 am local time on a road ... See all stories on this topic »
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Veteran Firefighter Killed in Apartment Blaze
NBC Dallas-Fort Worth
By Greg Janda and Susy Solis A veteran Dallas firefighter was killed after falling through the roof of a burning apartment building. Firefighters responded to a fire at an apartment complex at 5606 Plum Grove Lane in Dallas on Sunday. ...
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15  killed in Himachal bus accident
iNewsOne
Manali/Srinagar, Aug 14 (IANS) At least 15 people, including eight women, were killed when a mini-bus skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh, police said Sunday. The accident, which also left five people injured, ...
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Pakistan's bus accident death toll rises to 25
Xinhua
14 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of a bus accident in southern Pakistan on Sunday soared to 25 with more casualties feared, reported local Urdu TV channel Ary. Over 35 injured people have been admitted to hospital in Hub where the accident took place, ... See all stories on this topic »
10 killed as bus veers off road and crashes
Daily Nation
A Traffic police officer inspects the mangled wreckage of a matatu that killed seven people along the Nakuru-Eldoret highway after colliding with a lorry last month. 10 passengers died when their bus was involved in an accident at Mitheru market on the ... See all stories on this topic »
5 dead, 10 hurt in Pabna accident
Bangladesh News 24 hours
Pabna, Aug 13 (bdnews24.com) – At least five people have been killed and 10 others injured in a road accident at Ataikula upazila of Pabna. The accident occurred around 3pm on Saturday when a Shahzadpur-bound bus skidded off to a roadside ditch in ...  See all stories on this topic »
Firefighter Death  KOTA
23-year-old Trampus Haskvitz, died when the Type-6 fire engine he was working was burned by the fire on Thursday afternoon. Two other firefighters, Austin Whitney and Kevin Fees, were injured and transported by Life Flight to Rapid City Regional ...
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11 dead as Russian plane crashes in East Siberia - CNN.com
A cargo plane crashed in the Russia's East Siberia, apparently killing all eleven people on board, Russian transport officials reported Tuesday.
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Bus crash leaves 6 dead - Colombia news | Colombia Reports
Six people are killed and over 20 seriously injured when a truck crashes into a bus sending it tumbling into a ravine on the road linking Bucaramanga and ...  www.colombiareports.com/.../18292-bus-crash-leaves-6-dead...
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Firefighter dies 'in line of duty'
Trentonian
Frank LeClair, a volunteer at Station One, has died in what is considered an in-the-line-of duty-death. "His death is being attributed to fighting fires," said Quinte West Fire Chief John Whelan. "He was very close with all of our fire department ...
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6 dead, 10 injured in Kathua accident
GreaterKashmir.com (press release)
Jammu, Aug 11: At least six persons died and ten others sustained critical injuries in a road accident in Jammu's Kathua district on Thursday. “A bus (No. JK02P-5071) on way from Jammu to Kathua skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge near ... See all stories on this topic »
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16 dead in Chamba bus accident
Indian Express
Deputy Commissioner Chamba Sharab Negi said that the bus was on its way to Dalhousie when it skidded off the road near Shikari Mor. Though the exact cause of accident is not known, eyewitnesses claimed that the bus driver, while negotiating a curve, ... See all stories on this topic »
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Cargo plane crash kills 11 in Russian far east - Arab News
MOSCOW: A cargo plane crashed in Russia's far eastern Kolyma region on Tuesday, killing 11 people after its engine failed, Interfax cited the regional transport prosecutor as saying. The Antonov-12, which was delivering food products to ...
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At least 50 drown after Comoros boat capsizes
Reuters
... including children drowned in rough seas when a passenger boat sunk off the ... Witnesses at the dock at the time of the boat's departure said the ferry ...
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5 dead as truck crashes into passenger bus in central Vietnam
Thanh Nien Daily
The bus was carrying 50 people at the time of the accident. Local police are still investigating the accident, but the Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper quoted a source as saying the speeding truck had encroached into the wrong lane. The source said the bus had ... See all stories on this topic »
Chilean nursing home fire kills 9, cause unknown
eTaiwan News
AP A fire in a nursing home has killed nine people in Chile. Ten others and the lone assistant managed to get out in time. Chilean investigators don't yet know the cause of the fire in Caneta, a town in southern Chile. Neighbors and police managed to ... See all stories on this topic »
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Cote d'Ivoire mourns after 37 killed in horror bus accident
The Citizen Daily
Cote d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara has announced three days of national mourning after at least 37 people were killed in a bus crash in Abidjan on Friday. It was around 6 am GMT (and local time) when a bus belonging to the state-owned ...
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Vehicle collision in Jiangxi kills 17, injures 4
China.org.cn
This disastrous scene comes less than half a month after the Ministry of Public Security launched a national traffic safety overhaul following a fatal road traffic accident in mid-July. Local police explained how the accident took place. ...
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Traffic accident kills 6 in south China
China Daily
The bus was under repair on the parking lane of Yizhou-Liuzhou expressway at around 9 pm when the accident happened, said traffic police with Liuzhou municipal public security bureau. Five people died at the scene and another one died in hospital after ... See all stories on this topic »
14 killed in another bus crash | ZimEye-Close Range Zimbabwe News ...
Another kombi accident claimed 14 people yesterday in Nyazura. On Saturday, 19 people died and 16 others were injured when another commuter bus carrying ...
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10 killed in bus accident
Independent Online
Officials did not immediately release a death toll, but witnesses said the public bus was overcrowded. A previous toll put the number of dead at eight. The cause of the accident was not yet known, but a second vehicle seen badly damaged at the scene ... See all stories on this topic »
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6 die, 6 go missing in landslides, flooding
Bangkok Post
No deaths or injuries from the mudslide were reported. One resident was also reportedly killed in the province on Monday. Outgoing Public Health Minister ...
Air Force plane crashes in southern Brazil, killing 8
Channel 6 News Online
The wreckage of the plane was later found in the town of Bom Jardim da Serra in the state of Santa Catarina. "The Command of the Air Force regrets to inform that there is no evidence of survivors from the C-98A Grand Caravan plane crash which occurred ... See all stories on this topic »
Bangladesh bus crash kills 16, hurts 50
AHN | All Headline News
Officers said the 45-year-old driver of a luxury bus coming from Sylhet was among the dead. Identities of most of the deceased could not be known immediately, a police officer said. The cause of the accident was not immediately known. ...
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19 killed in Rusape bus crash
New Zimbabwe.com
On Saturday, 19 people died and 16 others were injured when another commuter bus carrying members of an apostolic sect going to their annual pilgrimage in Concession crashed in Mvurwi after one of its rear wheels came off. Tuesday's accident near the ... See all stories on this topic »
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Bus crash in India kills at least 30
The Voice of Russia
At least 26 people are dead and 15 are missing reports the Xinhua news agency. The bus, owned by a private company, had 60 passengers on board. The cause of accident, according to police, was a blown out tire which caused the driver to lose control. ...
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Bus rolls into Lidder, 11 dead, 48 injured
Kashmir Dispatch
At least eleven people on Saturday died, while forty eight suffered injuries in a tragic road accident in south Kashmir's Islamabad district. A jam-packed passenger bus (JK03-3341) that was on way to the famous Pahalgam tourist resort of south Kashmir ...
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Shoe factory fire kills 17 in Vietnam
Hindustan Times
AP A fire at a Vietnamese shoe factory killed 17 people and seriously injured 21 others in the northern port city of Hai Phong, state-controlled media reported on Saturday. Thanh Nien newspaper quoted Bui Thi Them, one of the survivors, as saying the ...
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18 people killed in bus accident
New Zimbabwe.com
by Staff Reporter EIGHTEEN people were killed and several others injured in a commuter omnibus accident along the Harare-Concession road on Saturday morning. The bus is said to have veered off the road and crashed into a tree after one of its wheels ... See all stories on this topic »
Pleasure Boat Accident in Moscow Kills 9
The Epoch Times
Nine people drowned in a boating accident after a pleasure boat carrying 16 ... (Alexey Sazonov/AFP/Getty Images) Nine people were killed when a small ...
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At Least 50 Dead after Two Boats Collide on Ruki River
Congo Planet
The accident occurred between Tuesday and Wednesday night when a boat carrying 200 passengers and merchandise hit a ferry without passengers near Ingende, ...
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Toll from Philippines storms hits 54
MSN Malaysia News
On Sunday, a passenger and cargo ship, the 2400-tonne MV Trans Asia Malaysia, ... Most of those killed were drowned or buried in landslides, while virtually ...
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Firefighter killed in Asheville blaze
Asheville Citizen-Times
The tragedy marks the first time in nearly 30 years that a city firefighter has died in the line of duty. It was the city's first four-alarm fire in at least three decades, according to officials. Bowen went into cardiac arrest after succumbing to ...
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Bus crash kills 17 in Bangladesh
BBC News
By Anbarasan Ethirajan BBC News, Dhaka At least 17 people have been killed and more than 20 others injured in a bus crash in northern Bangladesh, police say. The passenger bus collided head on with a lorry at Shajahanpur in Bogra district, ...
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Heat and Fire Return to Russia as Questions Linger Over 1000's of Deaths in 2010
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
A firefighter attempts to extinguish a conflagration just over a 100 km south of Moscow during last year's forest fires that are believed to have contributed to tens of thousands of deaths last year. By Gregory Feifer With much of Russia sweltering ...
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Henan bus fire kills 41
An overloaded bus caught fire on an expressway in Xinyang, Henan Province, on Friday morning, killing 41 passengers and injuring six more.
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78 die as Moroccan military plane crashes
Al-Bawaba
Earlier reports said some 30 soldiers died in the accident. The plane crashed near the city of Guelmim. According to the reports, the Royal Armed Forces C-130 jet crashed with over 80 people aboard. Initial indications said the accident was caused due ...
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25 dead, 31 missing as 'Juaning' exits Philippines
Sun.Star
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRMMC) chair Benito Ramos said two others drowned in Cavite province just south of Manila and one ...
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8 dead after bus hits truck on Mexico highway
eTaiwan News
AP A head-on crash between a tour bus and a tractor trailer in Mexico has left at least eight people dead and 37 injured. Civil protection authorities say the bus collided with a tractor trailer Sunday morning near Zapotlan el Grande in Jalisco state. ...
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At least 33 dead, 190 injured in east China train crash
Xinhua
Other passengers rushed to crawl out of the train through the crack, he added. "One coach perched like a chimney and another was broken in half," Chen Yujie, a host with Zhejiang traffic radio, who was at the scene, described the accident to CCTV.
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7 killed, 30 hurt as bus plunges into ditch
The Daily Star
At least seven people were killed and 30 others injured in a road accident at Talbaria of Kushtia yesterday. Of the dead, five were identified as Ahsan Ali, 60, and his younger brother Akhter Ali, 40, of Sherkandi of the district, Salah Uddin Ahmed, ...
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Waterloo firefighter may be Indiana's first heat-related death
WSBT-TV
By News Staff Fox59 An autopsy will soon show if a Northeast Indiana volunteer firefighter died because of the heat, possibly the first heat-related death in the state. Travis Miller, 31, went back to his home after fighting a house fire Tuesday night ...
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Bus fire kills 41 passengers in central China
Channel 6 News Online
XINYANG, CHINA (BNO NEWS) -- More than 40 passengers were killed on early Friday morning when an overcrowded double-decker bus caught fire on a highway in central China, state-run media reported. The accident happened at around 4 am local time in ... See all stories on this topic »
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5 killed in Narsingdi road crash
Bangladesh News 24 hours
Narsingdi Model Police Station officer in-charge Mohammad Anwar Hossain told bdnews24.com the accident took place on Thursday noon when the Madhabdi-bound bus collided with the private car, leaving five dead on the spot. He said the deceased were ... See all stories on this topic »
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14 Killed In Central Asia Earthquake
RTT News
(RTTNews) - Fourteen people died and dozens of others were injured in a major earthquake along the Ferghana valley spread over the borders of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Krygyzstan on Wednesday. All but one of the casualties were reported in border ...
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5 Amish farmers killed in 'horrific' NY crash
USA Today
"This was a horrific accident scene," Spike said. "I've been in this business 40 years and it's the worst I've ever seen." Spike said he didn't know how fast the driver of the passing car, who was being questioned at the Yates County Sheriff's Office, ...
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Death toll rises to 9 in NE China road accident
People's Daily Online
Four of the 13 injured people were confirmed dead in hospital, bring the death toll in an expressway accident to nine on Sunday in northeast China's Liaoning Province. The accident occurred at about 3:30 pm when a coach rear-ended a truck at the Panjin ... See all stories on this topic »
12 die in bus crash
News24
Johannesburg - Transport minister Sibusiso Ndebele conveyed his condolences to the families of the 12 people killed in a bus accident on the N1 near Louis Trichardt in Limpopo on Sunday, the department said. "We are pleading with everyone to take ...
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Bulawayo24 NEWS | 15 dead after a bus accident
At least 15 people are feared dead after a bus traveling from either Zimbabwe Malawi to South Africa is reported to have veered off the road and plunged ...
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Passenger bus crash kills 6 in Pakistan
WireUpdate
By BNO News QUETTA, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least six people were killed when a passenger bus crashed with another vehicle in Pakistan, officials said Friday. The accident occurred on a national highway in the Balanari Levies Thana jurisdiction near ... See all stories on this topic »
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China Mudslides Leave 13 Dead, Trap Hundreds
RTT News
... have killed at least 13 people and left hundreds trapped in their vehicles, reports said on Saturday. A bus and a truck were damaged in the mudslide, ...
6 killed in bus, truck collision
Pakistan Daily Times
QUETTA: At least six persons, including a woman, were killed and 15 others sustained injures in a road accident in Bala Nari area of Bolan district on Thursday. According to a local official, a passenger coach, which was going to Quetta from Bahawalpur ... See all stories on this topic »
Brazil plane crash kills 16
AFP
RIO DE JANEIRO — A small plane crashed near the Brazilian city of Recife after reporting an onboard emergency, killing all of its 16 occupants, rescue officials told AFP. The Noar Linhas Aereas plane, which was bound for Natal, the capital and main ...
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Warehouse fire kills 14 in China
Independent Online
Beijing - The death toll from a warehouse fire in central China has risen to 14, including three children. The official Xinhua News Agency said on Wednesday that firefighters found two bodies in the two-storey building late on Tuesday. ...
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Cyprus Fire Kills 15 including 5 Firefighters, Knocks out 50% of Island Power
ThirdAge
The fire and explosion at a Cyprus naval base may have left as many as 15 people dead and knocked out 50 percent of the island's electric supply when it reached a nearby power plant, local radio station CyBC reported. The fire that led to the Monday ... See all stories on this topic »
10 Dead in Bus Accident in Honduras
Latin American Herald Tribune
TEGUCIGALPA – At least 10 people died and 20 others were injured in a bus accident in western Honduras, authorities said. The fire chief in Santa Rosa de Copan, Edgardo Orellana, told Efe that among the fatalities were Canadians, Americans, ...
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Bangladesh Bus Crash Kills 53 Schoolboys After Soccer Victory
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Relatives of a victim who died in a bus accident in Mirershorai react at the Chittagong hospital. Get World Alerts. Sign Up. Submit this story. digg reddit stumble. CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Reuters) - A bus carrying scores of Bangladeshi ...
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Fire kills 16 at Ukrainian senior home
The Associated Press
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A fire tore through a home for the elderly in western Ukraine Sunday, killing 16 people, officials said. The Emergencies Ministry said in a statement that 11 others were injured in the fire in the village of Bile, ...
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At Least 5 Dead in Russian Plane Crash
New York Times
Last August, an Antonov-24 crash landed and burst into flames in the Siberian town of Igarka, killing about a dozen people. The plane that crashed on Monday was built in 1975 and had its last full overhaul in 2006, said Andrei Pautov, a representative ...
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7 killed in Alabama plane crash - Nation & World - The Olympian ...
A small plane crashed in Alabama after one of its engines failed, killing all seven people onboard, the Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday.
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train crash kills at least 31: Bus of wedding guests among the dead
Daily Mail
It is believed that the bus had stopped after its axle broke and was hit by the train which was going so fast that it dragged the mangled bus for more than 1000 feat before coming to a halt. The accident happened near Kanshiramnagar, a village 220 ...
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At Least 129 Dead in Volga River Tragedy
The Moscow Times
The sinking is the biggest Russian maritime disaster since a 1986 fire on the cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov in the Black Sea killed more than 400 people. ...
Fire kills 16 at Ukrainian senior home
The Associated Press
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A fire tore through a home for the elderly in western Ukraine Sunday, killing 16 people, officials said. The Emergencies Ministry said in a statement that 11 others were injured in the fire in the village of Bile, ...
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Bus turns turtle killing 7 people
Times of India
RAJKOT: At least eight people were killed and 30 more injured as a private luxury bus overturned near Falla village on Rajkot-Jamnagar highway. Police said, the accident occurred around 4 am on Saturday morning when the driver lost control over the bus ... See all stories on this topic »
5 killed in road accident
Pakistan Observer
Sargodha—Three persons were killed in a coach-trailer accident on motorway near Kotmomin on Saturday. According to police, a coach (FDF-1937) was on its way to Rawalpindi from Lahore when it collided with a trailer (DLT-599) near Gullah Pur (Kotmomin ... See all stories on this topic »
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Death toll from DR Congo plane crash lowered to 75
Channel 6 News Online
KISANGANI (BNO NEWS) -- Authorities in the Democratic Republic (DR) of Congo have lowered the death toll from last week's Hewa Bora Airways plane crash to 75, state-run media reported on Tuesday. Both the government and the airline have been reluctant ... See all stories on this topic »
Authorities in Congo say 127 died in plane crash
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Bangladesh''s ferry capsize toll reaches 12
MSN India
The accident came three months after some 30 people drowned when a ferry carrying an estimated 150 passengers sank in the middle of the Meghna River in ...
7 killed, six injured in Same car crash
IPPmedia
At least seven people were killed and six others seriously wounded after a car overturned at Mwinamo village in Same District, Kilimanjaro Region. The Regional Police Commander, Absalom Mwakyoma said yesterday that the accident occurred on Wednesday at ... See all stories on this topic »
18 die as container crushes passenger bus
The Nation Newspaper
By Jude Isiguzo 2 minutes ago Tears flowed yesterday in Ore, headquarters of Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, as 18 persons were feared dead in a road accident. The accident, which occurred in front of an eatery in Ore, according to ...
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NATO cargo plane crashes, 9 killed
Washington Post
By Sayed Salahuddin, KABUL — An Azerbaijani cargo plane crashed in the mountains on its way to a US-NATO air base in Afghanistan late Tuesday, officials said, and all nine crew members on board are believed to have been killed. ...
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38 killed as train rams into bus
Khaleej Times
Senior Uttar Pradesh minister Swami Prasad Maurya, who reached the spot on the directives of Chief Minister Mayawati, told reporters an inquiry into the accident is already underway and an ex-gratia payment of Rs100,000 each to the kin of dead, ...
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10 die in Lagos collapsed building •More still trapped •6 killed in Sango Ota ...
Nigerian Tribune
The Mazda bus involved in the accident reportedly had brake failure around Igbala Bus Stop, while the driver was on a top speed. In order not to crash into vehicles, he swerved to the roadside and crashed into the motorcyclists and the hawker. ...
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Helicopter crash kills 5
The Foreigner
Helicopter crash kills five. UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Five people have died in what authorities believe is one of the worst land-based helicopter crashes in Norwegian history. The company Airlift's Eurocopter AS350 B3 crashed and caught fire approximately ... See all stories on this topic »
Boat Fire Kills 197 People Traveling Illegally to Saudi Arabia From Sudan
Bloomberg
By Maram Mazen - Tue Jul 05 21:08:01 GMT 2011 A Yemeni-owned boat caught fire in the Red Sea after leaving Sudan, killing 197 non-Sudanese passengers who were traveling illegally to Saudi Arabia, the state-run Sudanese Media Center reported. ...
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Explosion, fire kills family of 5 in western the Netherlands
WireUpdate
By BNO News HOOFDDORP (BNO NEWS) -- Two parents and their three young children were killed on early Tuesday morning when an explosion followed by a fire ripped through a house in western the Netherlands, police said. The explosion happened at around 2 ... See all stories on this topic »
Bus crash kills 26, injures 31 in C china
China Daily
The death toll in a road accident in central China's Hubei province has risen to 26 while 31 others were injured. WUHAN - At least 15 people died and over 30 were injured Monday morning when a long-distance coach was hit by a truck and caught fire in ... See all stories on this topic »
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Building fire kills 7 in Riyadh
Saudi Gazette
By Shahid Ali Khan RIYADH – A fire at a residential building late Friday night in downtown Batha claimed the lives of seven foreign workers and injured two others. The cause of death of six Indians and one Nepalese national is said to be due to smoke ...
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TS Arlene killed 22 in Mexico
Fox News
Mexico City – Tropical Storm Arlene, the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, killed 22 people as it moved across Mexico last week, the emergency management office said. The storm, packing maximum sustained winds of about 100 kph (62 ... See all stories on this topic »
6 dead, 18 injured in N China bus accident
China Daily
TAIYUAN - Six people were killed and at least 18 others were injured in a bus accident that occurred on Saturday in the city of Xinzhou in North China's Shanxi province, according to provincial government sources. Local police received word at 1:40 pm ...
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8 of family die in bus-SUV collision
Times of India
Soon after the accident, the driver and passengers of the bus informed the police and helped the victims. Police rushed to the spot and took the injured to the nearby government hospital where eight persons were declared brought dead. ...
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10 die in Noakhali, Natore road crash
The Daily Star
The aftermath of a Noakhali road accident in which at least seven people died on Saturday. Photo: STAR Star Online Report At least 10 people were killed and nine injured in separate accidents in Noakhali and Natore districts Saturday morning. ...
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Saskatchewan plane crash toll rises to 5
CBC.ca
A de Havilland Beaver like this one crashed in northeastern Saskatchewan on Thursday, killing all five people aboard. (CBC)Five people are now confirmed dead in the crash of a light plane in northern Saskatchewan on Thursday, RCMP say. ...
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8 minors killed in southwest Colombia school bus accident
Colombia Reports
Authorities have confirmed the deaths of eight minors as the result of a school bus accident in the Nariño department in southwest Colombia. Civil Defense Commander Coronel Mario Orozco informed Caracol Radio that the minors were killed after the bus ... See all stories on this topic »
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Aurangabad accident: death toll rises to 17
IBNLive.com
PTI | 09:07 PM,Jul 01,2011 Aurangabad (Maha), Jul 1 (PTI) With the death of 7 more injured persons in the bus accident that took place here on Thursday, the death toll has gone up to 17. Six persons were reportedly killed on the spot as the Maharashtra ...
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28 dead, 10 injured in bus accident in southern Bolivia
WireUpdate
By BNO News TARIJA, BOLIVIA (BNO NEWS) -- Bolivian authorities on Monday informed that 28 people died and 10 more were injured in a bus accident in the southern city of Tarija, the state-run ABI news agency reported. The accident took place on Sunday ... See all stories on this topic »
16 killed in road accident
The Hindu
The wreckage:Eyewitnesses said the accident occurred when the driver of the Tempo Trax attempted to overtake an autorickshaw. Tumkur: Sixteen persons died and eight were injured when a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus collided ... See all stories on this topic »
Tropical storm leaves 17 dead in northern Vietnam
Channel 6 News Online
The disaster also destroyed several road sections and damaged over 850 homes. ... one cargo ship, drowning three children and leaving one person missing. ...
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9 killed, 59 injured as buses collide
Times of India
SALEM: Nine persons, including a woman, were killed and 59 injured when two buses collided on the Salem-Bangalore highway late on Saturday. The accident took place at Sandai Thadam village, near Omalur, when an air-conditioned private bus plying from ... See all stories on this topic »
Amtrak train crash: 6 confirmed dead
Sparks Today
The last bus reached Emeryville, Calif., early Saturday, Kulm said. Amtrak trains in both directions were detoured through Winnemucca and Portola, Calif., on Saturday to avoid the crash scene, Kulm said. The westbound Amtrak train that left Chicago on ... See all stories on this topic »
15 dead in bus accident in Indonesia's Sumatra
JAKARTA, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Fifteen people were killed and dozens others injured after a bus plunged into a river in South Tapanuli district of North ... www.chinadaily.com.cn/xinhua/2011.../content_3009650.htm...
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Death of 2 firefighters brings renewed emphasis on safety
Daytona Beach News-Journal
By DINAH VOYLES PULVER, Staff writer Inside the firelines at the Espanola fire in Flagler County on Tuesday. (NJ | David Massey) For the first time in days, no new fires were reported Tuesday in Volusia or Flagler counties, allowing firefighters a ...
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14 dead in widespread Philippine floods
Straits Times
Enterprising boys use improvised raft to ferry residents to their flooded ... a girl drowned in Cotabato city and a man was killed by the overflowing Lanang ...
5 killed, 23 injured in Hungary bus crash
Focus News
The drivers of both vehicles were among the dead, along with an off-duty bus driver and two bus passengers. Four of the injured were in serious condition. It was the second serious road accident in Hungary in two days. On Sunday night a Slovak lorry ...
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Russian Passenger Plane Crash Kills at Least 44 People; Eight Survive
Bloomberg
By Bloomberg News - Tue Jun 21 03:19:23 GMT 2011 A passenger plane en route from Moscow crashed on a highway in northern Russia, killing 44 people and injuring eight, Russia's Emergencies Ministry said today. The Tupolev 154 broke apart and burst into ... See all stories on this topic »
15 passengers killed in bus accident
Pakistan Daily Times
QUETTA: At least 15 people, including five Uzbek nationals, were killed and 20 others sustained injuries when a Karachi-Mand bound passenger coach crushed into the mountain on Mekran Coastal Highway in Butkoh area, about 55 kilometres off Ormara, ... See all stories on this topic »
18 died in auto crash in Ibadan
Vanguard
By OLA AJAYI, IBADAN – MANY sympathizers, Wednesday, rushed to the scene of a fatal auto crash in Ibadan where 18 people were said to have died after a commercial bus fell off a bridge at Soka Bus Stop, Oluyole Local Government area of the city. ... See all stories on this topic »
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Firefighter dies as Muncie, Ind., church roof collapses in blaze
Louisville Courier-Journal
Associated Press MUNCIE, Ind. — A fire roared through a church Wednesday, claiming the life of one firefighter after the sanctuary roof collapsed. Delaware County Deputy Coroner Jim Clevenger confirmed the death of the firefighter to The Star Press. ... See all stories on this topic »
Bus crash leaves 28 people dead in southern Sudan
Monsters and Critics.com
'The accident happened at 8:30 am (0530 GMT) today and it was a head-on collision involving two buses. So far the death toll is 17 Ugandans and 11 Sudanese dead. The injured have been scattered in different hospitals in the area, but we cannot tell the ...
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Fire Kills 6 in Ohio Town
The Associated Press
Fire swept through an Ohio family's home early Thursday that appeared to have no working smoke detectors, killing six people, including four children, fire officials said. (June 16) .... See all stories on this topic »
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killed in Long An bus crash
Thanh Nien Daily
At least eight people died and 10 others were injured after a passenger bus crashed into a truck on a highway section in the Mekong Delta province of Long An early Monday morning. The bus was heading for Ho Chi Minh City when it hit the truck, ...
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Flood and mudslide kills 29 - Silobreaker
The mudslide has killed 29 people and caused 20 missing. [Photo/CFP]. READ FULL ARTICLE ... Crews work to free campers trapped by mountain mudslide ...
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Fire kills 12 in S.African home for old, disabled - AlertNet
Fire kills 12 in S.African home for old, disabled. 13 Jun 2011 07:24. Source: reuters // Reuters. JOHANNESBURG, June 13 (Reuters) - Twelve people were ...
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5 killed as car falls into canal
Indian Express
In a tragic accident, five persons died when the car they were traveling in fell into the canal near Sangatpura near here today. Of the dead, four belonged to a single family and the police said the driver Sharanjit Singh lost control of the vehicle ...
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Bukidnon fire kills 5, hurts 3
Journal Online
FIVE persons were confirmed dead while three others were wounded when fire gutted a residential-commercial area before dawn in Valencia City, Bukidnon. The fatalities were identified as Alfred Villaver, 17; Kate Roca, 19; Jessica Gomez, ...
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Bus crash kills 7 fans on way to football match
Bangkok Post
SOMBRE START: Spectators and players of Buriram PEA and Chiang Rai United FC observe a minute's silence to mourn the death of fans of the Chiang Rai team who died in a bus accident in Lop Buri yesterday. The fans were on their way to watch the match in ... See all stories on this topic »
8 killed, 20 injured as bus falls into ditch
Times of India
The casualty could have been higher had the passengers trapped inside the bus were not promptly rescued with the help of a JCB machine, Minapur SHO Jitendra Prasad. The SHO claimed that the accident took place as the bus driver, ...
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Fire kills 5 people in southern Philippines
Channel 6 News Online
TAGUM CITY, PHILIPPINES (BNO NEWS) -- At least five people were killed on Saturday in a fire that swept through a neighborhood in the southern Philippines, authorities said. The Philippine Daily Inquirer reported that the fire razed 10 residential and ... See all stories on this topic »
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15 killed in Mirpur school bus crash
Pakistan Daily Times
MIRPUR: The death toll of school children killed in an accident on Friday in Ali Beg town, when their bus skidded off the road and plunged into the upper Jhelum canal, reached 15, as another injured child succumbed to his injuries in hospital, ...
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21 dead in Ondo auto crash
Nigerian Tribune
When the Nigerian Tribune got to the scene of the accident, men of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) had evacuated the dead and the injured to the hospital. The state Sector Commander of the FRSC, John Mexeux, stated that the commercial bus was ... See all stories on this topic »
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22 die as Indian bus crashes, bursts into flames
Channel News Asia
... adding the remaining 22 travelers either died in the crash or were burnt to death. "The driver swerved to avoid ramming into two trucks which had collided," he said, adding the accident occurred some 100 kilometres (60 miles) from Chennai. ...
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10 burn to death in bus accident in northern Turkey
Today's Zaman
Nine people died and 33 were injured in an accident involving a passenger bus early on Wednesday in Giresun province when the bus caught fire, the Anatolia news agency reported. The bus was taken away by a tow truck following the accident. ...
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Death toll rises to 23 as heavy rain lashes Haiti
MiamiHerald.com
The rains triggered flashfloods and mudslides, causing roofs to collapse and debris to be dumped on roads that became rivers of mud. The storm was the worst yet after 10 consecutive days of steady showers. The deaths and destruction came just a week ...
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14 killed in bus accident in southwest Pakistan
DailyIndia.com
The police official, Naseebullah Khan, said the vehicle was travelling from Chaman, on Pakistan-Afghanistan border to Quetta when the accident occurred. The minibus fell about 200 feet into the ravine, the Dawn reports. Poor infrastructure and routine ...
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6 dead in torrential Haiti rains: official
Montreal Gazette
At least six people were killed after torrential rains slammed the Haitian capital late Monday, turning roads to rivers, collapsing fragile houses and swamping the city's squalid camps set up after last year's earthquake. PORT-AU-PRINCE — At least six ...
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19 dead, 81 injured in traffic accidents in Turkey
Today's Zaman
Elif Kara, whose situation is critical, was taken to Kahramanmaraş State Hospital. In Niksar district of Tokat, one injured in a car accident. In Erbaa district of Tokat, three died and eight injured when a truck and a car crashed. ...
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2nd SF firefighter dies
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
(06-04) 10:36 PDT San Francisco -- The San Francisco Fire Department is now coping with a pain it hasn't faced in more than six decades: the death of two of its members in one blaze. Anthony "Tony" Valerio, a 53-year-old firefighter and paramedic ...
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6 killed in road accident in Himachal
Times of India
The accident spot is located some 147 km from Shimla town. According to cops, accident resulted when the driver of private vehicle (DL-4CM-9149) while trying to overtake from HRTC bus lost his balance on the wheel and the vehicle plunged into a gorge. ... See all stories on this topic »
8 perish in accident on Kumasi/Techiman road
Myjoyonline.com
He told Joy News five of the dead are males whiles the remainder are females. Explaining the cause of the accident, ASP Quansah said the cargo truck was trying to make a wrongful overtaking but failed and veered off into the lane of the 207 Benz bus ... See all stories on this topic »
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San Francisco firefighter dies following fire near Glen Canyon ...
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A San Francisco firefighter died Thursday afternoon after being injured battling a fire in the city's Diamond Heights neighborhood. ...
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Death Toll from Peru Bus Accident Rises to 20
CRIENGLISH.com
The death toll of a bus accident in the Peruvian Andes on Tuesday had risen to 20, with 34 others injured, the National Police of Peru said. Earlier reports said that eight people died and 30 more were injured when a passenger bus went out of the road ...
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Assam: bus falls off bridge in Kamrup, 24 dead
IBNLive.com
24 bodies have been recovered so far. The rescue operation has begun at the accident site. Localsare also pitching in the relief operations. Reports say the bus which was run by a private operator and was ferrying a wedding party to Guwahati.
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13 die in Mbeya accident
IPPmedia
By Thobias Mwanakatwe Sumry company staff inspecting the wreckage of the bus with registration number T949 BCT which overturned at Igawa in Mbarali, Mbeya, on Friday night, leaving 13 people dead on the spot. Thirteen people, including a married couple ... See all stories on this topic »
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Khopoli accident: Death toll rises to 12
Hindustan Times
The death toll in the accident between a container truck and a state transport bus at Khopoli on Friday has risen to 12. The police said eight people have been injured in the accident that took place on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. ...
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13 dead in Iraq bus crash
UPI.com
DIWANIYA, Iraq, May 28 (UPI) -- Thirteen people, including several children, were killed in a traffic accident in southwestern Iraq's Diwaniya Province, police said. The accident Saturday occurred when a passenger bus struck a piece of farm equipment, ... See all stories on this topic »
At least 7 dead in Russian bus crash
Monsters and Critics.com
Moscow - At least seven people were dead Saturday in Russia after the country's second major bus crash in just a few days. Thirteen people were also injured when their bus collided with a mini-bus and a car in the province of Dagestan, reported the ...
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50 dead as bus plunges into river Neelum
Pakistan Observer
Muzaffaravbad—About fifty passengers are feared dead when on Friday a civil bus steeply plunged into river Neelum in the upper Neelum Valley, 80 kilometers from Muzaffarabad. The unfortunate accident took place at Changaan, a narrow passage in the ...
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5 family members killed in Alaska plane crash
Chicago Tribune
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Five members of a single family were killed on Friday when their light plane crashed onto railroad tracks near a small Alaska airport, authorities said. The plane crashed under unknown circumstances at about 10:15 am, ... See all stories on this topic »
26 People, Including Nursing Mother Feared Dead In Fire Incident
Nigerian Tribune
Twenty-six people, including a nursing mother were, on Friday, burnt to death in a fire incident resulting from a fatal motor accident at Aduloju community along Iwo-Ojoo Road, Ibadan, Oyo State. Also, no fewer that 26 vehicles and equipment worth ...
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Russian highway accident kills 11
Monsters and Critics.com
Police blamed the crash on bus driver error, probably caused by lack of sleep. 'The cause of this accident, without question, was human error,' said Sergei Sergeev, a Moscow police spokesman. 'This took place at the time of day when the desire to sleep ...
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Nairobi factory fire kills 8
The Standard
By Cyrus Ombati Eight workers of a paint-making factory were on Tuesday evening burnt to death in a fierce fire incident on a business premise that also serves as a residential house in Nairobi's Kariobangi South area. The affected premise was a ...
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Violent storms kill 13 in Okla., Kan., Ark.
Salon
But German transport minister Peter Ramsauer insisted the precautions are justified, and said that authorities were better prepared after the Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption last year forced the closure of European airspace for five days, ...
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10 killed as air ambulance crashes in Faridabad
Times of India
The aircraft, a PC-12 with registration number VT-ACF, was operating as an air ambulance and initial reports indicated bad weather was the cause of the accident. The plane fell on two houses in the middle of Parvatia Colony, near Jawahar Colony, NIT, ... See all stories on this topic »
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7 killed in accident near Indapur
Times of India
Speaking to TOI, sub-inspector VB Daigude said, "The residents of Loni Devkar rushed to help after the accident and removed the bodies from the car. The police took the victims to the nearby Indapur hospital, but they were declared dead by the doctors. ... See all stories on this topic »
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Joplin Tornado Death Toll Rises To 154
KTVU San Francisco
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- The death toll from the devastating tornado that ripped through Joplin, Missouri, last month has risen to 154, a city spokeswoman said Friday. The previous death toll, reported on Monday, was 153. ...
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Missouri tornado death toll at 132; funerals begin
Tulsa World
Friends and family paid tribute to victims of the Joplin tornado Friday, beginning the grim task of burying the dead as officials said the savage storm's death toll had risen to 132 people. As the first funeral began just over the Kansas border, ...
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US tornado death toll mounts 123 - News - Mail & Guardian Online
The death toll from a monster tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri, on Sunday rose to 123 with 750 people injured and many more missing.
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At least 90 dead in US tornadoes
Irish Independent
Residents begin digging through the rubble of their home after it was destroyed by a tornado that hit the US Midwest. Photo: AP By Independent.ie reporters As President Obama touched down in Dublin this morning, the death toll from tornado's in the US ...
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30000 more killed in road accidents than 2009 - Times Of India
NEW DELHI: Over 30000 more people died in road accidents in India in 2010 as compared to the previous year. According to a note being jointly prepared by ...
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Global war against carnage on roads begins
Nigeria Daily Independent
WHO estimates that over 1.3 million people are killed annually in road accidents while over 50 million people sustain different degrees of injuries from such crashes. The FRSC is worried that if nothing concrete is done about the rate of road accidents ...
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14 Dead as fire sweeps Mexican prison ward  BBC News - ‎May 20, 2011‎  At least 14 inmates at a prison in northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon have died after a fire, officials say. The blaze swept through the psychiatric care wing of the prison, in the town of Apodaca, causing a roof to collapse. ... See all stories on this topic »
6 Dead in Illinois Apartment Fire - Firefighter Nation ...
AURORA, Illinois (AP) — Some residents jumped from their windows to escape flames as a fire ripped through a suburban Chicago apartment building early ...
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NATO tanker fire kills 15
Herald Sun
Picture: STR Source: AFP A BOMB attack on a NATO fuel tanker headed to Afghanistan sparked a huge fire that killed 15 people. Those killed in the attack near Landi Kotal town in the lawless northwestern Pakistan tribal region of Khyber were all ...
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Argentine Plane Crashes in Patagonia, Killing All 22 Passengers and Crew
Bloomberg
Saab made 459 of the propeller planes from 1984 to 1999 and they have had a total of four deadly crashes, Liander said. “This is a very safe plane,” Liander said. “We don't want to speculate about the cause of the accident. ...
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House fire in Guernica kills 8: possibly intentional
Buenos Aires Herald
A man and his seven children were killed, while his wife was wounded, due to an explosion and fire at a house in the area of Guernica in the Buenos Aires province, informed officials. Local police detained a male family friend of the victims, ...
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10 die in Harare kombi crash
New Zimbabwe.com
Only one passenger in the minibus survived the crash. Police released three more names of the dead passengers as Evas Kanoyangwa, Idanai Alvin Kawanza, and Simbarashe Mwedzeka – all of Kuwadzana. Chamisa, who visited the accident scene, ... See all stories on this topic »
Moscow fire kills 7, injures five
UPI.com
MOSCOW, May 18 (UPI) -- Seven people have been killed and at least five others injured in a fire at a Moscow apartment building that was home to migrant workers, officials said. The blaze broke out Tuesday morning, Moscow time, in a ramshackle ... See all stories on this topic »
Illinois apartment fire kills 6
Flames swept through a three-floor apartment building early Sunday in Aurora, Ill., killing six, injuring 12 and forcing some residents to leap from their ...
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1000 feared killed in cyclone
DAWN.com
DACCA: The death toll in the recent East Pakistan cyclone will run into four digits if the unofficial reports, which are continuously pouring in from the affected areas, especially from Barisal district, are to be relied upon. ...
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16 killed, dozens injured in bus smash
The Citizen Daily
Ms Lolensia Bukwimba, the MP for Busanda, where the accident occurred, told The Citizen by telephone that the crash had shocked her. She extended her condolences to the families of the dead and wished the injured a speedy recovery. ...
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Fire kills 7 in Moscow
Philippine Star
MOSCOW (Xinhua) – Seven people were killed and seven others injured early Tuesday when a fire engulfed an apartment building in downtown Moscow, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported. Some 20 people had been evacuated form the old three-story building, ... See all stories on this topic »
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At least 12 dead, 50 injured in bus accident in eastern India
WireUpdate
By BNO News BANKURA, INDIA (BNO NEWS) -- A bus accident on Monday left at least 12 people dead and 50 more injured on a road in West Bengal, eastern India, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. The accident took place on a road at Meghnath jungle in ... See all stories on this topic »
Nigeria: 18 Feared Dead in Yobe Car Crash
AllAfrica.com
Eighteen people are feared dead after a bus collided with a car in Dumbulwa, Yobe State. According to a road safety official, Ali Maigari, the accident occurred on Friday when the driver of a car in a bid to overtake the bus crashed into it and burst ...
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Fatal fire: Aurora fire kills 6, injures 12
TribLocal
The investigation continues today into the cause of a fire in an Aurora apartment building that killed three young boys and three other people and sent a dozen people to the hospital. Preliminary findings indicate the fire was not suspicious, ...
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Ill. apartment fire kills 6, including 3 children
Sacramento Bee
AP AURORA, Ill. -- An apartment fire in Illinois has left six people dead, including three children, and a dozen others injured. Aurora public information officer Dan Ferrelli says in a news release the fire started about 4 am Sunday in a three-story ...
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21 die in bus crash in Afghanistan
APA
Twenty-one people were killed in northern Afghanistan when a bus veered off the road and plunged into a river in Balkh province, APA reports quoting Press TV. The accident happened at around 6 am local time (0130 GMT) on Saturday in Balkh district, ...
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18 killed in northeast Nigeria after bus and car collide, burst into flames
Washington Post
By AP, DUMBULWA, Nigeria — Nigerian authorities say 18 people are dead after a bus crashed head-on with a car in the country's northeast. Road safety official Ali Maigari said that the accident occurred Friday when the driver of a car trying to ...
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10 Killed As Earthquakes Hit Spanish Town
Sky News
A rare earthquake rocked the ancient town of Lorca in southeastern Spain causing homes to collapse, damaging historic churches and killing at least 10 people. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. ...
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Boat capsizes in libya 600 feared drowned
SamayLive
Over 600 African migrants traveling in an overcrowded ship to Europe is believed to ... The UN painted a horrifying picture of Friday's sinking, which left ...
Fire kills 5 in west Russian city
Philippine Star
MOSCOW (Xinhua) -- Five people, including a child, have been killed in a fire in the west Russian city of Vladimir, local media reported on Tuesday. Citing an official from the local emergency department, Interfax news agency said the fire broke out in ...
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9 killed, 20 injured as bus falls into Jhelum River
The Nation, Pakistan
Rescue teams reached the scene of the accident and shifted the dead and injured to hospitals of Kahuta and Rawlakot. Fifteen of the injured were reportedly in critical condition. According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred due to overloading and ...
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12 killed as tropical storm moves north
GulfNews
Other young fatalities were Adrian Clark, 16, who drowned in Albay; Rexambard Tayamora, nine, who drowned in Catanduanes; and Marco Sanchez, seven, a landslide victim in Camarines, said Ronald Flores, officer-in-charge of the National Disaster Risk ...
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Indonesian Plane Crash Kills 15
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Rwanda bus crash leaves 16 dead - Yahoo! News
A bus crash outside the Rwandan capital Kigali on Saturday evening left 16 passengers dead, police said Sunday.
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Philippine tropical storm kills 9 people; 100000 residents flee ...
680 News
Three men drowned in Catanduanes and Leyte provinces, and a driver died in a ... "Many still remember that disaster." Officials shut off power in at least ...
11 die in Lagos multiple accidents
The Nation Newspaper
It was gathered that eight persons died in an accident that occurred in Ikorodu area, 8 people were killed why in other accident at Berger three people were reporeted dead. It was learnt that 15 other persons sustained injuries in a separate one at ...
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5 killed on highway
GreaterKashmir.com (press release)
Srinagar/Jammu, May 7: In yet another road accident, five persons including four students died and three were injured in a road mishap on the Srinagar-Jammu highway on Saturday when the vehicle they were traveling in skidded off the road and fell into ...
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26 killed as passenger bus crashes in Togo
Daily Nation
At least 26 people were killed and 42 others injured in an accident involving a passenger bus on a road linking Burkina Faso and Togo. A statement from Burkina Faso's Transport Ministry said the accident occurred near a bridge undergoing repair. ...
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Fire kills 5 members of Pune family
iNewsOne
Pune (Maharashtra), May 6 (IANS) Five members of a family here were charred to death in a midnight fire that engulfed their tenement while they were asleep, police said Friday. One girl had a miraculous escape. The fire broke out just after midnight in ... See all stories on this topic »
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16 dead‚ 21 hurt in Doti accident
Himalayan Times
DHANGADI: At least 16 persons were killed and 21 injured after a passenger bus (NA 4 Kha 4018) en route to Safebagar, Achham from Attariya, Kailali met with an accident at Nelgaira, Kadamandu VDC of Doti on Wednesday at around 3 am in the morning. ... See all stories on this topic »
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Jamuria cave-in: 5 die as 50 houses collapse
Times of India
Mistaking it for an earthquake, many rushed out of their homes and were saved in the process as they soon saw their houses cave in. Uttam Bauri, 24, wife Purnima Bauri, 22, one and a half year old daughter Bristi, Munni Devi Verma, 40, and niece Sohini ... See all stories on this topic »
15 people killed in Sindhuli road accident
Himalayan Times
KAVRE: Fifteen people died including 13 on the spot when a passenger bus that had left from Khurkot of Sindhuli met with an accident at Gangatepakha of Mulkot in the district on Tuesday morning. Two of the passengers died during treatment at Dhulikhel ...
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5 dead, six injured in road accident near Rajkot
NetIndian
Five people were killed and six others injured in a collision between a jeep and a state transport bus near Kutchiayadad village on the Rajkot-Ahmedabad highway in Gujarat today. The deceased were travelling in the ill-fated jeep and were on their way ...
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Plane Crashes in Russia, 88 Dead
Gadsden Times
A passenger jet travelling from Moscow crashed as it was preparing to land in cntral Russia, killing all 88 people aboard. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. (Sept. 14)  See all stories on this topic »
Hotel fire kills 10, injures 35
Herald Sun
Hotel blaze: A firefighter walks in front of the budget accommodation chain building after a fire in northeast China. The blaze killed at least 10 people and injured 35 others. Picture: AP Photo/Xinhua Source: AP A HOTEL fire in China killed 10 and ...
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20 Egyptians drown in Nile ferry accident
Reuters Africa
CAIRO (Reuters) - At least 20 people have drowned in the Nile while on a trip to visit the grave of a relative, Egyptian media reported on Saturday. Al Masry Al Youm daily said five people were also missing after a minibus hired for the traditional ...
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Twister Deaths Now At 329, Worst Since 1932
WITN
Firefighter Jamie Armstrong blinked back tears as he recalled finding a 5-year-old girl lifeless in a field near Rainsville, far from any house. Her brother was alive, but Armstrong wasn't sure if he was going to make it. Despite the devastation ...
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Tornadoes devastate South: At least 290 die in 6 states
Jamestown Sun
Firefighters searched one splintered pile after another for survivors Thursday, combing the remains of houses and neighborhoods pulverized by the nation's deadliest tornado outbreak in almost four decades. At least 290 people were killed across six ...
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15 engineering students killed in road accident near Yamunanagar
Times of India
One of the lecturers in the institute bus, Gaurav, told TOI that all he remembers is the loud noise before he was thrown from seat due to the huge impact of the crash. He said that he did see several dead on the spot. Doctors at the trauma centre and ...
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7 dead after bus rollover in Zabul
DVIDS
QALAT, Afghanistan - A bus heading south toward Kandahar on Highway 1 rolled over, April 28, killing seven and injuring more than 40 of its 78 civilian passengers. According to reports from hospital staff, the accident occurred when one of the tires ...
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Factory fire kills 9 in New Delhi
Press TV
(file photo) At least nine people have been killed after a massive fire swept through a plastic factory in the Indian capital of New Delhi. Fire engulfed the factory in Peeragarhi area of New Delhi at around 7:10 pm local time (1340 GMT) on Wednesday, ... See all stories on this topic »
Bangkok Post : Beijing factory fire kills 17, injures 24
Seventeen poor migrants died when a fire swept through an illegally constructed Beijing building on Monday, state media and officials said, in the latest ...
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Fire Kills 5 In Obuasi
Modern Ghana
4/27/2011 8:37:03 PM - Tragedy struck a household in Obuasi in the Ashanti Region early Tuesday morning when fire consumed an entire building, killing four residents and injuring two others. The fire also destroyed property running into thousands of ...
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6 die in Sirajganj road crash
The Daily Star
At least six people were killed and 13 injured after a bus collided with a human hauler at Parkola area in Shahjadpur upazila of Sirajganj Tuesday afternoon. Local people said the human hauler, locally known as Nosiman, fell into a roadside ditch with ...
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Another Congo transport disaster claims 38 lives
GlobalPost (blog)
A ferry sank in bad weather on Lake Kivu on the eastern edge of Congo drowning at least 38 people, although another 50 remain missing and are feared dead. The Red Cross said it had only found 11 survivors so far. Lake Kivu stretches 55 miles from ... See all stories on this topic »
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Hopes fade for 21 buried in Philippine landslide that killed 3
The Canadian Press
He said another younger brother was killed when they were trapped in a mine ... tree trunks snapped like matchsticks indicated the force of the mudslide. ...
Beijing building fire kills 17, injures 24
UPI.com
BEIJING, April 25 (UPI) -- A building fire in the Daxing district of Beijing Monday killed at least 17 people and injured 24, fire officials said. "We saw people jumping from the building," Wang Xuegang, an area resident, told Xinhua. ...
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Vancouver house fire kills 6
Chicago Tribune
Six people are dead after a fast burning fire tore through a Vancouver, Washington home Sunday morning. Fire officials say the fire broke out around 1:30 am The structure was fully engulfed by the time emergency crews arrived on the scene. ...
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7 Die in Brazil plane crash
Fox News
The causes of the crash, which left no survivors, have not yet been determined, but aviation authorities said that weather conditions were good at the time of the accident. The aircraft, a twin-engine Seneca PA 34, was headed for the city of Santarem ... See all stories on this topic »
Meghna ferry rescue ends, toll 33 dead
Bangladesh News 24 hours
Brahmanbaria, Apr 22 (bdnews24.com)—Authorities have ended the rescue operations after the passenger ferry boat 'Bipasha' that sank was recovered from the river bed. At least 33 people, mostly women and children, drowned and scored went missing when ...
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6 killed in bus crash
Calcutta Telegraph
Police officer Jyotirmoy Roy said the overcrowded bus was speeding near Jatinpur when its brakes failed. The driver lost control and the bus went off the road into the ditch. Two passengers, Kasim Sheikh, 35, and Nitai Ghosh, 50, were declared dead on ...
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17 die in Tawang chopper crash
Calcutta Telegraph
The operating manager of Pawan Hans here, Simanta Bijoy Deb, said a technical snag was suspected to have led to the crash of the helicopter. “According to preliminary investigations, a technical snag caused the accident. The weather was good. ...
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5 die in Sudan military helicopter crash
AFP
Ten years ago, Sudan's deputy defence minister and 13 high-ranking military officers were killed in a plane crash on their return to Khartoum from oil-rich Upper Nile state, which now belongs to the soon-to-be-independent south. ...
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13 killed in bus crash in Argentina
Business Recorder
BUENOS AIRES: At least 13 people were killed Sunday when a tanker truck slammed head-on into a small truck packed with tourists in Buenos Aires province, authorities in Argentina said. Witnesses said it appeared the driver lost control of the tanker ...
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 18/04/2011
Va. tornado leaves at least 24 dead in 6 states
Seattle Post Intelligencer
MIKE BAKER, AP, TOM BREEN, Associated Press Emergency personnel confer in front of Lowes Home Improvement after it was hit by a tornado in Sanford, NC, Saturday, April 16, 2011. Homes and businesses were badly damaged Saturday by a severe storm system ... See all stories on this topic »
10 killed in Arusha accident
The Citizen Daily
The 6.30am crash on the busy Arusha-Moshi highway involved the minibus heading to Arusha and the Ngorika bus travelling to Dar es Salaam. Those killed in the accident included the driver of the Ngorika bus, identified as Mr Emmanuel Mchoro, ...
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Firefighter killed as wildfires rampage across Texas
Reuters
Simmons was a 20 year veteran, including 11 years with the Eastland Fire Department, according to a city statement. Simmons was the first death reported in fires that have scorched more than one million acres since February, according to the Texas ...
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Family of 5 found dead in submerged vehicle
WNCT
CRAVEN COUNTY, NC – A Sunday night car accident killed two adults and three children when an SUV ran off the road and ended up in a canal. Captain Joe Heckman with the Craven County Sheriff's office says they found the car flipped over in the water off ... See all stories on this topic »
NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 15/04/2011
14 dead in Chile bus accident
Fox News
The official announcement of the accident was delivered by the governor of Ñuble province, Eduardo Duran, who said that two little boys were among the dead and six of the injured were in "very serious" condition. He said that the majority of the people ...
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Fire chief dies in Cotswold Airport explosion
Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard
Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service confirmed to the Standard that the incident related to a high pressure cylinder. It is believed the cylinder exploded. Wiltshire Police said the 45-year-old, who had also been a retained firefighter at Malmesbury ...
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16 killed in bus crash
Herald Sun
Authorities blamed speeding and poor tyres for the crash, which occurred on a highway linking the fishing port of Manta with Guayaquil, Ecuador's most populous city. "We are talking about 16 dead and 48 injured," Franklin Medina, a medic said.
Nigeria: Fatal Crash18 dead Triggers Riot in Niger
AllAfrica.com
Witnesses at the scene said an 18 seater bus travelling from Lagos to Kaduna crashed into a stationary trailer at Sabon Wuse, killing all passengers in the vehicle. Those who witnessed the accident said it occurred around 3am yesterday when the bus, ...
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6 from AP die in bus mishap at Sholapur
Express Buzz
HYDERABAD: Six passengers, all hailing from the state, were killed in a major road accident involving an AP State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) bus and a stationary lorry near Sholapur in Maharashtra in the wee hours of today. ...
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 13/04/2011  
Khulna bus crash kills 5
Bangladesh News 24 hours
Officer-in-charge of Dumuria Police Station Abdul Jalil told bdnews24.com that the accident took place at about 11am on Tuesday when a bus of 'Nagar Paribahan' tumbled into a roadside ditch while overtaking another bus. The dead were identified as ... See all stories on this topic »
At least 6 killed in new Japan earthquake - CNN.com
At least six people were killed when a magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck Japan Tuesday morning, a local fire department said.
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6 dead, numerous injured during horrific weekend on SEQ roads
Brisbane Times
The road toll is at 66 for 2011, compared to 56 dead at the same time last year. Frame grab from Ten News showing scene and victims of car accident in Goodna, Queensland 8 April 2011. Photo: Ten News The deadly weekend began with a tragic two-vehicle ...
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Man in Dutch mall opens fire, kills 6
Calgary Herald
Panicked shoppers ran for cover or hid in shops after the gunman opened fire at random at the mall in the small town of Alphen aan den Rijn, some 46 kilometres south of Amsterdam. Dressed in camouflage trousers and a bomber jacket, the gunman began ...
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Road accident claims 10 lives in Sialkot, Vehari
South Asian News Agency (SANA)
A bus coming to Multan from Kasur collided with a bus which was coming from Faisalabad. Sources said over speeding caused the collision of the buses. After the accident the dead bodies and injured persons were shifted to District Hospital Vehari.
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250 African migrants drowned after boat sinks off Italy
The Guardian
A woman rescued from the capsized boat is taken to an Italian hospital. ... but Italian rescue ships were alerted because of a lack of appropriate vessels ...
Gunman shoots dead 20 kids at Rio elementary school
GlobalPost
Initial reports said he entered the school wearing a backpack and said he was going to a conference, before opening fire in a classroom. (Antonia Scorza/AFP/Getty Images) A gunman has reportedly shot to death at least 10 children at an elementary ...
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UN Plane Crashes in Congo, Killing 32
New York Times
Another United Nations official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, called death toll “painfully high,” and said that pictures from the airport showed the plane had been “decimated.” Airplanes crash frequently in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...
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Chamba bus accident leaves 10 dead, 28 injured
Times of India
He said what caused the accident being investigated. Rathore said district administration has announced immediate help of Rs 10000 to next of kin of those killed and Rs 5000 to injured. Recently, two people were killed in a bus accident at Saho road ...
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10 dead‚ 70 hurt in Sunsari accident
Himalayan Times
Police said the bus belonging to Sambhubaba Yatayat had a punctured tyre and this might have caused the collision with the bus belonging to Sivasakti Travels. According to police, three persons died on the spot, while others breathed their last at ...
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Syrian Prison Fire Kills 8 Inmates, Injures Two Guards
Bloomberg
By Massoud A. Derhally - Mon Apr 04 13:18:14 GMT 2011 A fire that broke out in Syria's Latakia prison killed 8 inmates and injured 2 members of the security forces, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency reported. At 5 am today, a prisoner set fire to ... See all stories on this topic »
NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 4/04/2011
Death toll in flooded South reaches 35
Thai News Agency MCOT
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, April 2 -- At least 35 people have been drowned and many are ... according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. ...
7 dead as bus overturns in central China
People's Daily Online
A bus overturned in a mountainous area in central China's Hubei Province, leaving seven people dead, local authorities said, citing a witness. The accident occurred about 10 am in Changtanhe Dong Township of Xuan'en County, Enshi Prefecture, ...
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More than 20 killed after crowded bus tumbles 100m off cliff near Cusco
Herald Sun
"The bus got disoriented and fell into the deep abyss, leaving 20 dead" and another 27 injured, Cusco traffic police commander Wilber Callapina said. The commander, who said 60 people were on the bus, blamed the crash on "the uneven terrain and bad ...
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6 dead in Nkawkaw accident
GhanaWeb
Reports reaching Peace FM indicates that a Yutong bus in the early of Thursday, March 31st, rammed into an immobile articulator truck on the Nkawkaw-Kumasi road killing more than five people on the spot. According to an eyewitness' account, ...
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 31/03/2011
At least 9 dead in Vietnam train crash
Monsters and Critics.com
One child was among the dead, witnesses said. The driver and eight passengers were injured, three critically, after the train hit the rear part of the bus, an employee of the Thoung Tin District hospital said by telephone. The accident took place at ...
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8 killed as bus hits autorickshaw
Financial Express Bangladesh
Police said the accident occurred at about 12:30pm when a bus of Shohagh Paribahan hit a human hauler, leaving two dead on the spot and injuring another passenger of the human hauler. All the victims were passengers of human hauler nasimon. ...
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Flooding in Thailand kills 11, strands tourists
TVNZ
Severe flooding in southern Thailand has killed 11 people and stranded thousands of ... others who live in areas at risk of a mudslide," Satit Wongnongtoey, ...
NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 29/03/2011
Fatal fire kills 110 at bullet plant
The Standard
The death toll was estimated at 110 as doctors said arriving at an exact figure was difficult because the charred remains were hard to count. Scores were also wounded, many suffering from burns. The accident came a day after clashes broke out between ... See all stories on this topic »
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Bangalore: 5  of Family Killed in a Gory Accident
Daijiworld.com
The cremation took place 6 pm. Police have arrested Gangadhar, driver of the KSRTC bus, on charges of rash and negligent driving. The KSRTC has provided an immediate relief of Rs 15000 to the kin of the dead.
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17 dead in yet another road accident
The Citizen Daily
Coast regional police commander, Absalom Mwakyoma said the first accident occurred at Mbala near Chalinze at 10 pm where 14 people died on the spot, leaving 12 others seriously injured. The mishap, according to Mr Mwakyoma, took place when a min-bus ... See all stories on this topic »
News Bus crash leaves 10 dead, 12 wounded
Colombia Reports
The bus reportedly departed from Bogota at 9PM Thursday evening, before the bus driver made a detour from the usual route due to an apparent road collapse that had impeded any possible passage in the department of Cundinamarca. The crash occurred on ... See all stories on this topic »
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Fire kills family of 9 
Sowetan
POLICE are investigating a fire in Cape Town that left a house in ruins and nine people dead. It was not immediately known how the fire in Macassar, near Khayelitsha, started. Three adults aged between 25 and 50 as well as six children from the age of ...
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Altoona fire kills 5
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
By Richard Gazarik Juniper Robbins was driving his cab in Altoona on Tuesday morning when his mother sent him a text message telling him that the apartment building where two of his cousins lived was on fire. By the time he arrived at 1607 18th Ave., ...
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Japan earthquake toll rises to 15500
Hindustan Times
The toll from the magnitude-9 earthquake and ensuing tsunami which struck north-east Japan March 11 has risen to 15500, police said Sunday. Another 7306 people remain missing after the twin disasters which destroyed infrastructure and triggered a major ... See all stories on this topic »
Death toll from Japan earthquake reaches 14435
DigitalJournal.com
The death toll from the recent devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan last March 11 has reached 14, 435 as of April 26 while more than 11000 are still missing. "In Miyagi Prefecture, 8793 people were killed, while the figure for ...
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With 12000 still missing, Japan keeps searching
Albany Times Union
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members search for missing people in their third major recovery operation since the March 11 earthquake in Shichigahamamachi, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday, April 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) Japan ... See all stories on this topic »
Myanmar Earthquake Death Toll Reaches 74
By The Huffington Post News Editors
MAE SAI, Thailand (Reuters) - At least 74 people were killed in a strong earthquake that struck Myanmar, state media said on Friday, while a series of aftershocks have caused panic but only limited damage in Thailand and Laos.
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Burma earthquake kills 50, injures 40
CBC.ca
Patients at Chiang Rai hospital in northern Thailand are treated on the ground after they were evacuated from a hospital building following an earthquake centred in nearby Burma on Thursday night. Associated Press At least 50 people died and 40 were ...
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Magnitude 7 earthquake strikes northeastern Myanmar - 10 dead
Xinhua
At least 10 people have been killed in a landslide and building collapse in northeast Myanmar, following the earthquake. Thai media are reporting that one woman was killed in the northern province of Chiang Rai, with some buildings reported to have ...
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16 Killed As Cargo Plane Crashes In Congo Republic
RTT News
Though some reports speculated that more than 19 people were killed in the crash, only 16 deaths have been confirmed so far. Officials said those on board the plane included pilots, mechanics, other crew members and several passengers who had illegally ... See all stories on this topic »
10 killed, more than 100 injured in vehicle collision
Frontier Post
According to police the accident took place in Shah Latif Town near Bin Qasim turn on National Highway where three buses and a trailer collided with each other. The heavy duty trailer turned over the bus owned by NED University resultantly killing 10 ...
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5 killed in Holi revelry
Times of India
The accident occurred near Shahdulla Nagar crossing. The police said the deceased took the lift from the car occupants near Kannikheda village. The police were trying to ascertain the identity of the deceased.
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Fire kills 16 Reang refugees
Fire kills 16 Reang refugees - At least 16 persons were killed when a massive fire gutted as many as 300 houses in a cluster of Reang refugee camps in ...
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7 killed in Tacloban City mudslide
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15 Die in Bus Accident in Colombia
Latin American Herald Tribune
BOGOTA – Fifteen people were killed and 16 others injured in a bus accident in Meta, a province in central Colombia, police said Sunday. The accident, which left several children dead, occurred on Saturday, highway patrol commander Gen. ...
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8 mineworkers killed in bus crash: News24: South Africa: News
8 mineworkers killed in bus crash: News24: South Africa: News. Mining company DRD Gold says eight of its mineworkers were killed and 38 injured when a bus ...
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Fire kills 16 Reang refugees
Indian Express
In March last year too, a similar fire had engulfed several houses in the Naishingpara refugee camps, but there was no loss of human lives. The fire broke out at a time when a plan to send the displaced Reang tribals back to Mizoram was stuck midway ...
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Massive helicopter crash in Teruel kills 6 fire-fighters
The Reader
SIX crew-members of a fire-fighting helicopter have perished after crashing in the province of Teruel whilst fighting a blaze this morning, says the government of Aragón. Only one of the crew-members survived the devastating crash to and from the ...
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Cyclone claims 8 lives in Sialkot
Online - International News Network
SIALKOT: 8 persons have been killed and several injured after a cyclone has hit the several villages of Sialkot. Severe windstorm and cyclone wrecked havoc at noon Saturday in the nearby villages of Sialkot including Machrala, Nazir Pura, ...
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18 dead as bus plunges into river on Benin-Ore road
Nigerian Tribune
Eighteen persons may have died in an accident on Saturday following the plunging of an 18-seater bus conveying them into Ogbese River, Ugbogi, along the Benin-Ore highway. The bus was said to be conveying passengers from the east when the driver lost ... See all stories on this topic »
Firefighting helicopter crashes killing 6 in Teruel
The Reader
The accident, the most important of the last 20 years of this kind, brings to 17 the number of victims in this type of disaster in two decades, according to Efe. The Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, has expressed, on behalf of the ...
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Fire kills 21 in Tripura refugee camp
Hindustan Times
Atleast 21 inmates of Mizoram Reang refugee camp in north Tripura district were killed in a devastating fire on Saturday. The death toll could be more as search is underway in the debris at Naishingpara camp in Kanchanpur subdivision, 170km northeast ...
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Crews remove bodies of 2 firefighters killed in Listowel fire
Hamilton Spectator
Premier Dalton McGuinty released a statement Thursday night expressing condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the firefighters. “I was saddened to learn today of the death of two volunteer firefighters in Listowel,” McGuinty said. ...
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17 Hindu pilgrims killed in India as bus plunges from bridge
People's Daily Online
The driver and conductor of the bus were among the dead. Other deceased, including two couples and eight men, have not been identified yet. Police sources informed that the injured pilgrims, mostly women, have been admitted to the district hospital in ...
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Uganda: City House Fire Kills 5 People
AllAfrica.com
Detectives are still investigating the cause of the fire that gutted a single-room house, killing five family members in Kisenyi II Parish, a Kampala suburb, on Tuesday. The fire that started at 1am, claimed the lives of Hajj Mahmud Kibengo, ...
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 17/03/2011  
5 dead as plane crashes during takeoff
OCRegister
BY EUGENE W. FIELDS LONG BEACH — Five people aboard a twin-engine plane bound for Salt Lake City were killed Wednesday in the crash at Long Beach Municipal Airport, the Long Beach Fire Department said. The plane, a twin-engine Beechcraft King Air, ...
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Kampala fire kills 5 
New Vision
By Vision Reporter A MAN, his three children and a house help died in the city when a fire engulfed their house yesterday morning. Hajji Mohamood Kibengo, his children namely, Sarah Nakintu, 13, Yakoub Kibengo, 12, Abdu Kibengo and an unidentified ... See all stories on this topic »
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16 killed, 21 injured in road accident in Tibet
Channel 6 News Online
The fatal event involved a passenger bus. Authorities did not inform how the accident involving the coach occurred. It was not disclosed as well how many passengers the bus registered in Nyingchi Prefecture had on board. Nine people died at the scene ...
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Fire kills 2 doctors, 4 others in Philippines home
msnbc.com
AP MANILA, Philippines — Firefighters say a fire razed a home in Manila, killing a family of four and their two helpers. Fire officer Albert Flores said the victims were two medical doctors who owned the house, their daughters, aged 17 and 21, ...
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 14/03/2011
14 people killed in casino bus accident in Bronx - CTV News
Fourteen people are dead and 18 others are seriously injured after an accident involving a tour bus returning to New York City early Saturday morning from a ...
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21 Dead after Bus Plunges into River in Northeast China
CRIENGLISH.com
The accident occurred at about 9:50 am in Wanliang Township of Fusong County when a heavy-duty semi-trailer rammed into a bus in front of it and knocked it down into a river, witnesses said. Twenty passengers died at the scene and one died later after ...
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7 killed in bus-truck collision
The Daily Star
The accident occurred at about 9:30am when a Manikganj-bound bus of Palli Sheba Paribahan collided head-on with a sand-laden truck on the highway, he said. Five people died on the spot while one on way to Manikganj Sadar Hospital and the other after ...
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26 dead in Brazilian bus crash | AHN
Up to 26 dead in Brazilian bus crash. ... The bus passengers were heading to bocce tournament in the Parana state. Syndicator Republish flickr ...
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Radiation found in sea, 27000 believed dead
Toledo Blade
Mourners attend a mass funeral in Yamamoto in northeastern Japan for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the coastal region. Officials say at least 27000 people are dead or missing and thousands were left homeless. ...
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Japan quake leaves 22000 dead, missing
Fox News
Tokyo – The confirmed death toll in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan rose to 8649 people on Monday while another 12877 are still missing. Ten days after the magnitude-9.0 temblor on Japan's northeastern coast, the country's worst disaster ...
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More than 9000 dead in Japan earthquake
Fox News
Tokyo – The number of deaths from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan rose Tuesday to 9079, while another 12645 are still missing. Eleven days after the magnitude-9.0 temblor on the northeast coast, Japan's worst disaster since World War II, ...
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Japan earthquake death toll tops 8000
RIA Novosti
The confirmed death toll from last week's 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan has risen to 8133, police told Kyodo news agency on Sunday. As many as 12272 people remain missing. About 360000 people have been evacuated from the ... See all stories on this topic »
Japan Volcano Eruption 2011 – Earthquake, Tsunami Death Total Over 10000 ...
Police official, said more than 10000 people may have been killed as the wall of .... Japan's nuclear, earthquake, tsunami, volcanic disasters - Dear . ...
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Japan Tries to Contain Nuclear Leak as Earthquake Death Toll Tops 1400
Bloomberg
March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, US President Barack Obama and Nouriel Roubini, founder of Roubini Global Economics, speak about the 8.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Japan and unleashed a seven-meter-high tsunami that ...
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China earthquake kills 24, injures 200 - World - CBC News
An earthquake toppled more than 1000 houses and apartment buildings in China's southwest, killing at least 24 people and injuring more than 200, ...
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Sorsogon bus crash: 6 dead - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for ...
Sorsogon bus crash: 6 dead. By Mar S. Arguelles, Joey Gois Inquirer Southern Luzon First Posted 19:53:00 03/10/2011. Filed Under: Road Accidents, ...
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Dyeing factory fire kills 8
The Daily Star
Photo: Palash KhanStaff Correspondent Eight people died early yesterday when a raging fire swept through five rooms of a roof-top shed of a garment-dyeing factory. Deputy Commissioner Mohibul Haque of Dhaka said the fire intensified after it came in ... See all stories on this topic »
NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 10/03/2011  
7 killed in Himachal accident
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One of the dead was from Muzaffarabad in Uttar Pradesh. 'The injured also include four from Muzaffarabad,' Kullu Deputy Commissioner BM Nanta told IANS over phone. Police say mechanical failure seemed to be the cause for the accident. ...
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13 dead, 15 hurt in a road mishap
Times of India
The bus collided head on with a speeding truck. The accident happened between Desalpar and Manjirai at around 11:45. The private luxury bus was going from Bhuj to Nakhatrana. Nine passengers died on the spot. While four others died in the hospital ...
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Farmhouse fire kills 7 kids in Pa. Amish country
Houston Chronicle
The fire gutted the farmhouse, leaving a blackened shell in the rolling hills of central Pennsylvania, about 25 miles west of Harrisburg. A car parked beside the house was burned to the bare metal, its windows shattered. In the morning, school bus ...
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14 die in Benin-Ore road accident
Vanguard
... Mr. Olatunji Henry Sunday in a telephone interview with Vanguard confirmed the incident and attributed the cause of the accident to either over speeding or overtaking wrongly on the part of the driver of the bus and revealed that both the dead and ...
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5 dead, nine hurt in accident on expressway
Times of India
The impact of the collision was such that the last three rows of seats of bus were damaged completely. The 36-year-old driver and people sitting in the trailing rows took the maximum blow," said RK Modiya, sub-inspector of Mehmdabad police. The dead ...
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Fire kills 6 in Athens
Southeast European Times
ATHENS, Greece -- Six people, including two children, died in a fire that broke out early Tuesday (March 8th) in an Athens clothing store. The victims have not been identified yet, but all are believed to be Chinese nationals. ...
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Texas mobile home fire kills 6, injures 3 after birthday party
Channel 6 News Online
GRANBURY, TEXAS (BNO NEWS) -- Six people were killed and several others were injured on early Sunday morning when a fire broke out at a mobile home in Texas, officials said. Hood County Fire Marshal Brian Fine said Dispatch received a 911 call at ...
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4 vehicle crashes kill 6 in Puget Sound region Sunday
Seattle Times
No other injuries were reported in the 7 pm accident. Further details were unavailable. Early Sunday morning in Mason County, three men died after their vehicle struck a tree near the town of Allyn. A 20-year-old Port Orchard man was driving a 1990 ...
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Major Accident During Carnival in Brazil Leaves 26 Dead
Hispanically Speaking News
A major accident occurred in Santa Catarina in Brazil during Carnival celebrations, when a truck crashed into a bus with Carnival passengers leaving half of them dead. The accident occurred Saturday morning around 3:30 am local time when a truck ...
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6 die in Russian plane crash
Examiner.com
The crash of the Antonov An-148 earlier today was the first incident involving the aircraft which resulted in fatalities, and a major setback to the production and sale of the plane. Tell us your thoughts. Please leave comments below or by email and ...
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Death Toll Rises to 10 in Dominican Republic Crash
Latin American Herald Tribune
None of the dead or injured – four men and a woman who were taken to a trauma hospital in Santo Domingo – have been identified, officials said. All those hurt or killed in the accident were passengers on the bus, but no information was released about ... See all stories on this topic »
Night club fire kills 9 in central Taiwan
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, March 6 (CNA) A fire performance that went awry at a night club in central Taiwan caused a blaze that killed nine people in the early hours of Sunday morning, one of the deadliest in recent years in Taiwan. A dancer at the "ALA" bar in Taichung ...
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6 killed in truck-bus crash
Indian Express
A head-on collision between an overloaded truck and a mini bus on Friday resulted in the death of six persons on the spot while 25 more were injured. The accident took place near Jang village on Ferozepur-Fazilka road around 9 am. ...
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15 party supporters dead in Jos road crash
The Nation Newspaper
TWENTY persons, all supporters of the Labour Party (LP) from Bokkos Local Government of Plateau State, died in an accident on the Barkin Ladi-Jos road yesterday. The crash involved a bus carrying supporters of the party from Daho, Hottom and Kombur ...
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India truck crash kills 33 wedding guests
CNN International
Nine people were injured in the crash, he said. Emergency crews at the scene Thursday afternoon trying to pull out the truck from the 300-foot gorge. Thursday's accident came hours after a van plunged into a ditch in the same district, Sharma said. ...
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Forest fire kills 9 people, injures 7 more in southwest China
Island Crisis
YUNNAN, CHINA (BNO NEWS) — Chinese authorities on Thursday informed that a forest fire killed at least 9 people and injured 7 more in southwest China's Yunnan Province, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The forest fire first started on ...
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5 killed, 34 hurt in Dodoma road carnage
IPPmedia
By Sharon Sauwa Five people were killed and 34 others were seriously injured after the bus they were travelling in collided with another passenger bus at Mbwanga area in Dodoma Region. According to eyewitness reports, the accident occurred yesterday at ... See all stories on this topic »
Severed power cable kills 15 carnival revellers in Brazil
Irish Times
The cable instantly electrocuted many of those on board before setting the float on fire and then ricocheting onto the ground striking more bystanders who were surrounding the vehicle. The tragedy happened during the annual pre-carnival festivities in ... See all stories on this topic »
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Vehicle collision leaves 7 dead in SW China province
People's Daily Online
All of the casualties were from the mini-bus, which had eight people aboard when the accident happened at about 9 am. Six of them died on the spot, and one of the two injured died on the way to the hospital, according to rescuers sent by the city's ...
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Death Toll rises to 5 in Rawlings' Accident 
Modern Ghana
Two more people have died from Sunday's fatal road accident involving the Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings on a high-speed motorway, hospital sources said Monday. This brings to five, the death toll from the multiple crash in which three people had ...
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Death Toll from Peru Bus Accident  27 Dead
Latin American Herald Tribune
LIMA – The death toll from a bus accident in central Peru has climbed to at least 27, although rescue teams were continuing to search for more victims. Police confirmed the death toll Saturday and said 49 other people were injured, ...
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It was a total carnage along the Douala-Yaounde highway in Cameroon on at about 9:30 am when thirty people lost their lives to a ghastly car accident. It was an ugly scene; once again thirty Cameroonians were dragged in to their graves ...
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Accident claims 17 lives, injures 66 on Suleja-Minna road
Nigerian Tribune
It was learnt that the accident occurred at a slope on the Suleja-Minna road, when the brake system of the vehicle suddenly became faulty. The driver of the vehicle, who was yet to be identified, but was suspected to be among the dead, was reported to ... See all stories on this topic »
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5 charred to death in highway accident
Indian Express
The upper bridge was one-way and the dumper coming from the other end rammed into their car. MM Malek, DSP, Ahmedabad district, said: “Some eyewitnesses have told us that the accident happened when both the car and dumper suddenly came in front of each ...
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Plane crash in Venezuela kills 6
Times of India
CARACAS: Six people were killed when their small plane crashed in Venezuela's Tachira state, the transportation ministry said on Wednesday. "The six people who were aboard a Cessna 340 A, with tag YV 2402, which crashed near the town of San Pedro del ...
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New Zealand earthquake death toll rises to 166
The Associated Press
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A powerful aftershock has rocked the devastated New Zealand city of Christchurch and the confirmed death toll from last month's magnitude 6.3 earthquake has risen by one to 166. The GNS Science monitoring agency says the ... See all stories on this topic »
Christchurch quake - official death toll to date -123
3News NZ
Find more info at http://www.facebook.com/ChristchurchTelethon 7.42am: Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker has told 3 News that there has been some minor collapse of the old Christchurch Girls' High School building. 7.37am: The grid search of the central ...
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New Zealand Earthquake Kills 65
Voice of America
People walk past rubble as they help the injured evacuate after an earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, in this February 22, 2011 image taken from video footage. New Zealand's prime minister says at least 65 people are dead in an earthquake that ...
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7 die in DG Khan accident
The News International
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Seven passengers, including a woman, were killed and 14 others sustained injuries Monday in a road accident in Dera Ghazi Khan district of Punjab, sources said. The sources said that a Peshawar-bound bus (TLA-5240) coming from Karachi ...
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11 dead in Salvador bus crash
Press TV
The death toll may rise as many of the 79 injured are in critical condition, police said after the crash. The accident is blamed on the actions of the driver of a separate private vehicle. It is unclear if the private car was also caught up in the ...
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Bus crash kills at least 13 in northern Thailand (Roundup)
Monsters and Critics.com
'We suspect the driver was going too fast and was unfamiliar with the road,' Kiatthiyot said. The driver was among the dead. 'The injured suffered broken legs and arms and head wounds,' Kiatthiyot said. The bus was taking the teachers from Mae Sai in ...
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10 Die in Bus Accident in Colombia
Latin American Herald Tribune
BOGOTA – At least 10 people were killed and 10 others injured when a bus plunged into a ravine in a town in the Colombian province of Cundinamarca, police said Sunday. “The death toll from the accident is approximately 10 people dead,” police transit ... ee all stories on this topic »
Orphanage fire kills 10 kids in Estonia
Press TV
Smoke rises from the ashes of the orphanage in Haapsalu, Estonia, after a fire raged through the building on Sunday. At least 10 children have lost their lives after a fire swept through an orphanage for disabled children in western Estonia, ...
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Los Angeles firefighter dies of injuries
Los Angeles Times
"I don't think any of us as firefighters would expect such a catastrophic failure of ceiling," city Fire Chief Millage Peaks said after announcing the death of Glenn Allen, 61, an LA firefighter for more than 36 years. Allen, who was less than two ...
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Firefighter duty Death: Larry Gressett, Sr. - [Toomsuba, Mississippi]
FireRescue1
A firefighter died Thursday while attempting to rescue a man at a lake in Mississippi. The man had been in a boat with his grandson when he fell into the water, prompting Toomsuba Volunteer Fire Department Firefighter Larry Gressett, Sr., 33, ...
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Firefighter's Death: Donald R. Lam - [Livingston County, Kentucky]
FireRescue1
A firefighter working for the Kentucky Division of Forestry died Thursday after sustaining a serious head injury. Firefighter and Forest Ranger Technician Donald R. Lam, 58, was clearing a fire break for containment when a burning snag uphill broke ...
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Trains hit buses: 13 killed
Financial Express Bangladesh
In another accident, five people were killed and 15 others injured as a train rammed into a bus at Rajar Hat rail crossing in Jessore Sadar Upazila early in the morning. Two of the deceased were identified as Mamtaj Begum (28) of Monirampur and Al ...
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11 Tourists Drown as Boat Sinks in Vietnam
Wall Street Journal
In 2009, a tour boat sank during a storm, killing five, including three foreign vacationers. In 2006, a powerful wind storm capsized several boats, ...
Cyclone Bingiza Kills 5 in Madagascar
Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet
Category-3 Cyclone Bingiza slammed ashore on northeastern Madagascar's Masoala penisula, killing five people and destroying most buildings in a small village surrounded by some of the island's densest tropical forests and greatest biological diversity. ...
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9 school kids, 6 others perish in 2 accidents
Myjoyonline.com
But the driver ignored the signal, causing the bus to crash into the mid portion of the stationary Blue Bird bus. Supt Hlordzi said the impact of the crash was so great that four of the passengers in the Blue Bird bus died on the spot, with many more ...
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Plane crash in Honduras kills all 14 aboard
CNN International
(CNN) -- A small passenger plane crashed Monday into a hill outside the capital of Honduras, killing all 14 people aboard, officials said. ... See all stories on this topic »
Nigeria: 11 Killed in Port Harcourt Presidential Campaign Tragedy
AllAfrica.com
The driver of the bus and a lady passenger in front, were reported to have died instantly. Two soldiers said to be in another vehicle that The injured were ...
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Jhelum bus fire kills 13
Central Asia Online
RAWALPINDI – Thirteen people, including six women and four children, burned to death when a passenger bus caught fire on the Grand Trunk Road in Sohawa, Jhelum District, February 13, police said. The bus, which carried 90 members of a wedding party, ...
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Accident: 5 dead and 60 injured in Kitale
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
Head of Traffic, Trans Nzoia County, Justus Ondimu said two students and tthree passengers in the ill-fated matatu died in the accident. The bus was ...
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Plane crash 5 people killed in Bintan air crash
Jakarta Post
Yohannes Widodo said residents close to the crash site reported the accident, adding that the crew was found dead in the wreckage. ...
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5 dead after coach overturns in northwest China
Trading Markets (press release)
The accident happened around 7:20 am in Yultuzbag Township, Xinhe County, said a spokesman for the administrative office of Aksu prefecture. The coach ...
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6 die in Anambra auto crash
Nigerian Compass (blog)
Among those dead were the motorcyclist, three women and two men. The driver of the bus was also reported dead while those with various degrees of injury ...
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Ireland: Plane Crash Kills 6
New York Times
Four of the survivors were seriously injured, the police said, while two walked out of the crash with minor scrapes. A version of this brief appeared in ... See all stories on this topic »
5 dead after bus crash in Quebec
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Fire Kills 8 at Russian Warehouse
CRIENGLISH.com
Eight people were killed and three others were injured after a fire broke out at a warehouse in the Russian city of Perm early Friday morning, ...
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14 dead as technical failure causes bus crash in Sudan
Gulf Times
The accident was attributed to a technical failure that caused the driver to lose control of the bus, which was travelling from the northern city of Abu ...  ee all stories on this topic »
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By Matt Molnar
The CEO of the South African retailer Italtile and eight others were killed in a plane crash in the Western Cape Province of South Africa late Tuesday afternoon.
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17 killed as bus falls into ravine in Indonesia
Straits Times
Semarang Precinct Police Chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Haryanta confirmed at least 17 people were killed in the accident and others were injured. -- JAKARTA POST/ANN.
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7 Dead in Road Accident in Argentina
Latin American Herald Tribune
Among the dead are the drivers of both vehicles and three elderly Paraguayans. About 50 people were injured in the crash and about 20 are still receiving ...
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6 of a family die in e-way mishap
Times of India
PUNE: The recent spate of fatal mishaps on the Pune-Mumbai expressway continued on Monday when six members of a family were killed in a ghastly accident ...
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Fireworks blamed for E China forest fire that kills 6 My Baidu ...
By China - People's Daily Online
Fireworks are suspected as the cause of Saturday's forest fire that left six dead and three injured in east China's Zhejiang Province, a local official said Sunday. The blaze was likely started around noon Saturday when people set off ...
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7 Dead In Irak Private Plane Crash news | Breaking Latest ...
A clannish plane crashed meet after takeoff from an airfield in Sulaimaniya Friday, ending heptad people, airfield officials said. Baghdad, Iraq -- A private.
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Death toll rises to 17 as second explosion hits Ankara industrial park
Hurriyet Daily News
... scene of a fatal blast that killed six workers in Ankara. According to daily Hürriyet's website, the second explosion resulted from a vehicle fire that ...
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Factory fire kills at least 12, cops called it minor
Times of India
The police say 12 people have died of burns suffered in the January 25 fire, allegedly triggered by a chemical leak that knocked out workers before a blast ...
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Dormitory fire kills 5 people in southwest China
Oneindia
GUIYANG, CHINA: A fire at a company dormitory in southwest China killed five people on early Wednesday morning, state-run media reported firefighters as ...
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Navotas fire kills 7 kids, 5 others
Manila Standard Today
TWELVE people were killed, including seven children, when fire swept through a neighborhood in Navotas City before midnight Saturday and destroyed 100 homes ...
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10 dead in German train collision: rescuers
AFP - Up to 20 other people were seriously injured in the accident which happened at Hordorf near Oschersleben, in Saxony-Anhalt, late on Saturday, ...
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11 dead in China bus accident - Beijing, Jan 29 : At least 11 people were killed when a bus plunged into a ravine Saturday in northwest China, ...
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Fire kills 12 people in Navotas City
GulfNews
By Gilbert P. Felongco, Correspondent Manila: Twelve residents died after a fire broke out in an urban residential area in suburban Navotas City just before ...
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Indonesian ferry fire kills 11
AFP
MERAK, Indonesia — At least 11 people were killed when a fire broke out overnight on an Indonesian ferry with more than 400 people on board, the transport ... See all stories on this topic »
Car Crash Kills 9 in West Java
Jakarta Globe
Nine people died and five injured in a car crash in Cirebon district, West Java on Thursday. The accident happened at Jalan Arjawinangun when a van, ...
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5 killed in Ecuador plane crash - ABC News (Australian ...
Five Ecuadoran military personnel were killed when a small air force plane crashed in the Amazon jungle, officials said.
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9 dead, 30 injured in Gorkha bus accident
Republica
TANAHUN, Jan 25: Nine passengers died and another 30 injured after a bus met with an accident at Taple of Gorkha district on Tuesday. ...
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Accident kills 9 in SW China
CRIENGLISH.com
A bus collision had left nine people dead and 29 injured in southwest China' s Yunnan Province, local authorities said Tuesday. A bus and a minibus collided ...
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32 killed in Pakistan bus crash
The Press Association
Local police chief Mohammad Farooq said the accident occurred before dawn near Nooriabad town. The bus driver reportedly fell asleep and lost control. ...
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Gaaga bus accident kills 10
Daily Monitor
By press time only Joseph Mutumba, Colin Ikii and Keneth Kamugisha had been identified among the dead. “The Gaagaa Bus that was speeding knocked a cow and ...
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Lutherville Volunteer Firefighter Killed in Last Night's Four ...
By Copy Desk - Towson, Md. (January 20, 2011) -- The Baltimore County fire community today mourns the loss of Mark G. Falkenhan, the Lutherville volunteer firefighter who died in last night's four-alarm blaze at a Hillendale apartment complex. ... in firefighting operations in Baltimore County since the Shiller's furniture store fire in Dundalk 26 years ago, where three firefighters were lost. Standard Fire Department procedures call for a full investigation of any line of duty death. ...
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killed in Ecuador plane crash
ABC Online
Five Ecuadoran military personnel were killed when a small air force plane crashed in the Amazon jungle, officials said. The Twin Otter aircraft was flying ...
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18 dead in road accident
The Nation Newspaper
Sixteen others were injured in the accident involving an 18-seater bus, several other vehicles and a truck. Sources said the accident occurred when an ...
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9 killed in Rangpur road crash
The Daily Star
Our Gaibandha correspondent reports quoting sub-inspector Durul Huda of Boro Darga Highway Police Station that two speeding buses hit a Dhaka-bound bus, ...
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10 killed, 13 injured in accident on Apam-Winneba road
Ghana News Agency
19, GNA - Ten people were killed on the spot and 13 others received various degrees of injuries when a 207 passenger bus and a Cargo truck were involved in ...
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Fire Kills 10 Family Members in Gabon
CRIENGLISH.com
A fire broke out on Tuesday night burning down 20 houses and killing 10 members of a family in the Gabonese capital Libreville. ...  See all stories on this topic »
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Bus crash leaves 6 dead and 28 injured
Colombia Reports
The bus crashed into a ravine at 5:00 am Tuesday. Six of the 36 passengers are reported dead and 28 were injured in the crash. Reports from news agencies ...
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Building fire kills 9 in central China city
People's Daily Online
18, 2011 shows the site where a fire occurred in a building, which is owned by Hongkang Industry Co. in Qiaokou District, Wuhan City, capital of central ...
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India: 100 people dead in Kerela bus accident
At least 100 people are feared dead after a bus overturned and fell into a ditch near Sabarimala temple in the Kerela state of India. The accident happened ...
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6 Die in Brazil Small Plane Crash Latin American Herald Tribune - ‎7 hours ago‎   RIO DE JANEIRO – A small plane crashed in a mountainous region of central Brazil, killing all six people on board, officials said Saturday. ...   See all stories on this topic » 

19 die in Free State bus crash
Independent Online
He said the bus had been travelling from the Bloemfontein areas towards Bethlehem when the accident occurred. The injured were stabilised at the scene ...
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Bus plunge kills 14
Himalayan Times
Eight others who were injured in the crash were taken to hospital, he added. India has the highest annual road death toll in the world, according to the ...
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sabarimala stampede accident 104 Dead
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As some of the doctors were busy conducting autopsies, pilgrims tried to identify their near and dear ones among the dead. Several other doctors treated the scores of injured also being rushed to the hospital. ... Dayna Kempson Schacht video shows horrible crash Dayna Kempson Schacht video shows horrible crash: In the car accident death of Dayna Kempson-Schacht,... Pak Pop star Ali Zafar rescues Katrina Kaif from major accident Ali Zafar has rescued Bollywood actress ...
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Road crash kills 10 policemen in Bangladesh
Monsters and Critics.com
Six others succumbed to their injures at a hospital. More than 2500 people died in road crashes in the South Asian country in...
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Tunisia prison fire kills at least 42
Sky News Australia
Saturday's fire comes as Tunisia reels from the ousting of President Zine Abidine Ben Ali after weeks of violent protests against his rule.
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6  dead, eight injured in bus van collision
Ceylon Daily News
Six persons were killed and eight injured when a van and a bus collided yesterday in Kosgama. The accident had taken place on the Colombo-Avissawella road, ...
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China hotel fire kills 10
UPI.com
13 (UPI) -- A fire broke out early Thursday in a hotel in China's Hunan province, killing at least 10 people, officials said. The blaze was reported about 1 ...
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Death toll reaches 500+ in Brazil flooding and mudslide disaster
AHN | All Headline News
Continued rainfall in the region is complicated the efforts by rescue teams to search for the missing or rescue survivors trapped in isolated areas. ...
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100's killed in Brazil flooding
Aljazeera.net
... anyone who might be trapped under the mud," Al Jazeera's Gabriel elizondo, ... four fireman were missing after being buried by a mudslide while they ...
Bus-car collision kills 16 in China
Gulf Today
BEIJING: Sixteen people were killed and 23 others injured when a coach crashed on an ... in the latest fatal crash on the country's dangerous roads. ...
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Egypt: 30 dead, 28 injured in two road accidents
Ennahar
In another accident in the same province, ten people were killed and twenty-four others were injured when a van struck a vehicle carrying gas cylinders, ...
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15 perish in fatal motor accident on Kumasi-Techiman highway
Ghana News Agency
The badly mutilated dead bodies, some with the limbs severed, had been deposited at the Nkenkaasu hospital. The large crowd of people that gathered at the ...
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 11/01/2011 
16 Burnt to Death in Car Crash – Thisday | Nigerian Bulletin
By Bunmi Awolusi
Sixteen persons were burnt beyond recognition in an auto crash yesterday evening along the Abeokuta-Ibadan road while four persons, including a three- year old.
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14 dead in Guatemala accident
Hindustan Times
The accident took place on Saturday between the towns of Tejutla and Concepcion Tutuapa, some 280 km west of the Guatemalan The victims, both dead and ...
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Roof collapse kills 5 in Mirpur Khas | AAJ News
By Umair Anwar
Bollywood actor Imran Khan's wedding is the first high profile wedding of. Cargo ship fire kills four Chinese off S. Korea. January 8, 2011 (45 minutes ago). Four Chinese sailors died Friday after a fire gutted a Cambodia-flagged cargo ...
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At least 70 killed when passenger plane crashes in NW Iran
WireUpdate
The heavy snowfall was said to be heavily hampering rescue efforts, although media reports said at least 32 people had survived the accident and were ...
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13 die in horrific bus crash in Masvingo
Zim Diaspora
He said 11 people died on the spot while two were pronounced dead on admission at Masvingo General Hospital. Chief Supt Mandipaka said well-wishers assisted ...
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Fire Kills 5 in Moscow Residence Building
CRIENGLISH.com
Five people died early Saturday after a fire broke out in a deserted downtown residence building in Moscow, police said. Firefighters received an emergency ...
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 8/01/2011
5 dead, 4 injured in Norwegian traffic accident involving bus with teenage ...
Winnipeg Free Press
By: AP OSLO - Police say that at least five people were killed and four others injured in an accident involving a bus carrying a teenage handball team. ...
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12 killed in Zim bus crash
Independent Online
Twelve people died and several others were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck about 90 kilometres from Beitbridge border gate. ...
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Floods and storms kill 39 in rural South Africa
WBAY
In neighboring KwaZulu-Natal province, police say six people drowned as a result of flooding last week, in addition to seven people killed in a lightning ...
NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 7/01/2011
24 tourists die in Uttarakhand bus accident
indiablooms
The accident happened when the packed to the capacity bus, speeding downhill towards Haridwar from Mussoorie, veered off the road near a temple and rolled ...
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 5/01/2011
Bus fire in Guatemala kills 5, injures 16
msnbc.com (blog)
Rodrigo Abd / AP A woman holds her hands to her mouth while looking at firefighters after they had extinguished a fire inside a bus where five people died ...
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NEWS ITEMS of interest around the Globe - Google search 2/01/2011  
10 dead, 30 hurt in Kenya bus crash
Sify  ---  Broadcaster KBC said the bus overturned several times after the collision near the town of Limuru. A similar accident a week ago claimed seven lives. ...
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7 killed in Batangas road accident, police say
GMANews.TV
He said initial investigation showed the bus was at fault for the incident. “Nag-overtake yung bus sa isang kotse tapos habang overtake ay may nakasalubong ...
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5 Dead: Seattle area fire kills 4 children, 1 man
Reuters
Redmond police spokesman office Matt Peringer said the fire's cause remained under investigation. "There's nothing suspicious that indicates foul play. ...
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6 killed in tornado outbreak in Midwest | San Francisco Examiner
Three people died in the northwestern Arkansas hamlet of Cincinnati when a tornado touched down just before sunrise Friday, and three others died when a storm spawned by the same weather system ripped up the Missouri countryside near ...
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Airline Crash Deaths Rose 13% to 828 Last Year, Worse Than Decade Average
Bloomberg
Fatal incidents last year included the crash of an Airbus SAS A321 operated by Pakistan's Airblue, which hit an Islamabad hillside in July killing the 146 ...
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