Five electricity workers die after boat capsizes in eastern Turkey

ASKALE, TURKEY (BNO NEWS) — Rescue workers in eastern Turkey have found the bodies of five electricity workers who went missing earlier this week when their boat capsized on a lake during a repair job, officials said on Thursday. The incident occurred late Tuesday night at the Karasu 2 dam reservoir in the Aşkale district of Turkey’s eastern province of Erzurum when the five Turkish Electricity Distribution Company (TEDAŞ) workers were aboard a pedal boat to repair a power line on the reservoir. The workers were crossing the ice-covered lake when the boat reportedly hit a large piece of ice, ultimately causing the boat to capsize. The five workers grasped on to pieces of ice desperately as they awaited for rescue teams, but they eventually disappeared before emergency teams reached the scene. Aşkale District Governor Asalet Karabulut told the Hurriyet Daily News that emergency teams consisting of a helicopters and seven divers were deployed...

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Unidentified disaster victims have devoted guardian

ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi--A mortuary employee has pledged to take care of the remains of 117 unidentified people killed by the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami until all of them are returned...

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Pakistani troops buried in Kashmir avalanche

Rescue mission under way near Siachen glacier where at least 117 soldiers and personnel are reported to be trapped. Rescue operations are under way after an avalanche hit a Pakistani army base in the disputed Kashmir region, burying more than 100 soldiers under the Himalayan snow. The soldiers were operating near the Siachen glacier in the northern tip of Kashmir when the avalanche hit in the early morning hours of Saturday. "At six o'clock this morning this avalanche hit a [military] headquarters," Major-General Athar Abbas, the Pakistan military spokesman, said. "Over 100 soldiers and personnel are trapped." Speaking to Al Jazeera, Abbas said a rescue operation using helicopters, search dogs and soldiers is under way but warned "it will take days to complete the rescue operations" due to the climate and the difficulty of terrain. Despite describing the slide as "a massive scale avalanche", Abbas said Pakistani forces remain hopeful. A...

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