10 die in Jaipur of rain-triggered disasters

Jaipur, Aug 22 (IANS) Rains continued to create havoc as the death toll rose to eight in this Rajasthan capital in incidents of wall collapses and electrocution, an official said Wednesday. Two more...

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Most Fukushima quake deaths were elderly

TOKYO, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Most of the people who died in the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis were elderly, an agency report says. The Reconstruction Agency study found...

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Heavy rain, floods kill 14 in Pakistan: Officials

ISLAMABAD: Flash floods triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 14 people and destroyed dozens of houses in northern Pakistan, officials said on Thursday. Irshad Bhatti, a spokesman for the...

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Mass grave raises ghosts from the past

DO DONTREI, Cambodia — It was four grey skulls resting on a bed of jumbled bones that again triggered Chea Nouen's memories: breast-feeding her baby with her hands and feet shackled; her husband thrown...

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One body retrieved Nine feared drowned in Chenab

MUZAFFARGARH - Nine people were feared drowned in the River Chenab at Head Punjnad on Tuesday. Rescue 1122 officials said on Wednesday that a boat carrying 13 people capsized due to strong river...

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10 pupils feared dead in dormitory inferno

At least ten pupils of Asumbi Boarding Primary School, in Homa Bay County, are feared dead after a fire razed their dormitory on Wednesday night. Initial reports indicate that the ten were among...

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DNA Test Results Identify Phuket Fire Victims

BANGKOK – Authorities are awaiting DNA test results to confirm the identity of a third victim who died in an August 17 fire at a Phuket discotheque. At the Office of the National Police Bureau, Pol....

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