Cargo plane crashes in the Republic of Congo; number of people killed still unclear

A cargo plane owned by a private company crashed Friday near the airport in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, killing at least three people, officials said. There are conflicting...

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The whole valley smells of death

For the inhabitants of the Ejido Jesus Carranza, the discovery of 20 skeletal remains buried in clandestine graves on private property came as no surprise. Years back, they witnessed suspicious activities,...

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Identifying bodies only consolation now

Mohammad Raju has been racked with guilt at losing the grip on her mother's hand while trying to escape Saturday night's blaze at Tazreen Fashions in Ashulia. They were walking downstairs from the...

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Death Toll in China Fishing Boat Accident Climbs to 11

Eleven people have died and five remain missing after a fishing boat sank off the coast of the northeastern Chinese seaport of Dalian, maritime authorities said Thursday. Following the latest rescue...

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'Voodoo link' as graves desecrated in Porto-Novo

More than 100 graves have been desecrated in a cemetery near Benin's capital, Porto-Novo, police say. The grave robbers cut the heads off the bodies and also stole some internal organs. The BBC's...

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Giving new life to vultures to restore a human ritual of death

Fifteen years after vultures disappeared from Mumbai's skies, the Parsi community here intends to build two aviaries at one of its most sacred sites so that the giant scavengers can once again devour...

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11 dead, 5 missing in boat tragedy

At least 11 people are dead and five remain missing after a fishing boat sank in coastal waters early on Wednesday near Dalian, Liaoning province, Xinhua News Agency reported. The boat with 17 fishermen...

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Wreckage of missing MI-8 discovered; 8 crew members found dead

All 8 members of MI-8 crew that has been discovered several hours ago today, November 29, in Almaty oblast were found dead near the wreckage of the missing helicopter, Tengrinews.kz reports citing the...

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There Are Over 200 Bodies on Mount Everest, And They’re Used as Landmarks

More than 200 people have died in their attempt to scale Mount Everest. The mountain offers seemingly endless options for kicking the bucket, from falling into the abyss to suffocating from lack of...

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Six killed as three wheeler crashes into Yal Devi train

Six persons including two children were killed when an overloaded three wheeler they were travelling in collided with the Yal Devi Express train bound for Vavuniya from Colombo, at an unprotected railway...

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Trial over junta's `death flights' starts in Argentina

A major trial for crimes, including the so-called "death flights," during Argentina's 1976-83 dictatorship started Wednesday in Buenos Aires. Several pilots involved in the death flights - in which...

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Kishoreganj farmer first to try DNA test

A farmer from Kishoreganj, who lost his daughter in the Tazreen Fashions disaster, went to the National DNA Profiling Laboratory at Dhaka Medical College yesterday to give his blood sample in the hope...

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Update: Five women, four children among 15 drown in Kirthar Canal

As many as 15 people, including five women and four children, were drowned in Kirthar Canal near Amrote Shareef after a passenger van fell into canal on Wednesday. According to detail, the passenger...

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Workplaces that are death traps

One of the most disposable items in our country is human life. Abroad we read about loss of hundreds of lives from sinking of overloaded motor launches in rivers, from runaway buses driven by half-trained...

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Migrant deaths highlight rural tension in Italy

Even dead migrant workers are exploitable. Or so it would seem from the hardly edifying scenes that followed the deaths last Saturday of six Romanian farm workers killed in a horrific train accident...

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9 Dead, 7 missing after fishing boat sinks off northeast China

Nine people have died and seven remain missing after a fishing boat sank off the coast of the northeastern Chinese seaport of Dalian, maritime authorities said. The boat with 17 people on board sank...

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15 killed as van falls into canal in S. Pakistan

At least 15 people were killed and eight others went missing on Wednesday evening when a passenger van fell into a canal in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, local media reported. According to...

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52 unclaimed fire victims buried after DNA tests

No-one showed up over the past two days to claim them. Their bodies charred beyond recognition. And so, unidentified bodies of 53 workers who had died from the fire at Tazreeen Fashions Ltd were buried...

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Decomposing bodies of five men found in Korean-marked boat off Japan’s coast

Police revealed Wednesday that a boat with Korean (Hangul) language writing on the side washed ashore on Sado Island with five rotting bodies inside. The island is located just off Niigata Prefecture...

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Unclaimed bodies buried

There was none to claim them. Fifty-three unidentified bodies from the fire at Tazreeen Fashions Ltd were buried at the Jurain Graveyard in the capital on Tuesday afternoon after two days of wait...

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5 killed in expressway crash near Slim River

Five people were killed and six injured in a crash involving an MPV and a lorry at the Km372 of the North-South Expressway near Slim River early today. The dead and injured in the 7.30am incident...

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An agonising wait outside

“I am going to die… Please pray for me!” These are Lipi's last words to her husband from the burning factory in Ashulia, where fire killed at least 111 workers Saturday night. As far as Akram, 30-year-old...

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'Impossible' Tsunami Film Will Bring Memories and Tears

Eight years on from the tsunami, resorts in and around Khao Lak, north of Phuket, are enjoying the benefits of achieving what some people thought might be impossible. By coincidence, the film, 'The...

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16 killed in bus accident in Udhampur

At least 16 people were killed and 44 others injured when a bus carrying a marriage party rolled down into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district Saturday evening, police said. The...

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Train slams into vehicle in southern Italy, killing 6

Six people died after a train slammed into a vehicle early Saturday evening in southern Italy, the nation's official news agency reported, citing investigative and other sources. Photos taken in Rossano...

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Bus-Truck Crash Kills 8, Injures 25 in Venezuela

Eight people were killed and 25 others injured in a crash involving a cargo truck and a bus carrying about 50 people on a highway in northeastern Venezuela, emergency services officials said Sunday....

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Why fires in south Asia kill more than blazes elsewhere

Blazes like the one in Dhaka on Saturday, which killed at least 120 in a garment factory, are sadly all too frequent occurrences around south Asia. In September, in one of the worst incidents of its...

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Tragedy of errors

With 1,760 beds, the Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH) is Bihar's biggest hospital. And it arguably produces the best doctors in the state. But when it came to a real crisis test, all claims fell...

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Removal of last Tasikmalaya landslide victim halted

The process of removing the remains of the last victim of a landslide in Curug Cipalasari village in Tasikmalaya, West Java, has been halted due to technical difficulties. “We got out the bodies of...

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Bodies found in northern Mexico

Eight bodies and the remains of others were found in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua over the weekend, sources and state news said. The eight bodies showed signs of torture, according to sources...

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Seven killed as bus falls into 100-ft gorge near Pollachi, narrow escape for 50

Seven people were killed and 50 injured when a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) bus swerved off the road and fell into a 100-feet gorge near Aliyar dam in Pollachi late on Saturday. While...

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Road crash in Dormaa claims eleven lives

A fatal motor accident which involved three vehicles near Dormaa Ahenkro last Saturday has claimed eleven lives and injured sixteen others. Drivers of two of the vehicles and eight other passengers...

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Kin of 'Kuber' crew members still awaiting aid from Maharashtra

The kin of the four fishermen of the boat, which was hijacked by 26/11 attackers to reach the Mumbai coast, have expressed anguish over the 'missing' crew members not being counted as victims entitled...

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Ashulia tragedy: DNA tests underway

Forensic officials on Monday collected sample for DNA test of 59 workers who were charred beyond recognition in Ashulia garment factory fire on Saturday. Hospital sources said officials of forensic...

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Desperate search for Ashulia fire victims

Akram Hossain searched every corner of the fire-devastated factory of Tazreen Fashions Ltd in Ashulia for his wife Lipi Begum. "Oh, god where do I search for her, now," said a helpless Akram. It...

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Unclaimed body burial pushed to Tuesday

The Dhaka district administration on Monday decided to wait one more day to bury the 58 unclaimed bodies of garment workers burned alive in the worst-ever factory fire at Ashulia. The bodies were...

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14 killed in fire at German workshop

Fourteen people have been killed after a fire broke out at a workshop for disabled people in Germany, according to local news reports. Seven people were also injured in the fire, which occurred in...

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