Monday, 19 November 2012

Pike families remember their dead two years on

November 19

Ceremonies marking the second anniversary of the Pike River Coal Mine disaster have ended with songs and the placing of flowers on a special memorial in Blackball, the closest town to the mine. Twenty-nine...

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Eighteen persons killed in stampede in Patna during Chhath puja

November 19

In a tragic incident, 18 people died when a makeshift bridge collapsed during the Chhath festivities in Patna. Most of those killed were women and children. Scores others were injured as the brigde...

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Anger mounts over Assiut killer train crash

November 19

Egypt's Transport Minister Rashad El-Metini has been called for interrogation by the public prosecution, and banned from leaving the country after announcing his resignation following the deaths of...

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Already Desperate, Haitian Farmers Are Left Hopeless After Storm

November 19

A woman who lost just about everything now gives her children coffee for meals because it quiets their stomachs a bit. Another despondent mother relives the awful moment when her 18-month-old baby was...

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Family presented with Vietnam veteran's dog tags after 4 decades

November 19

The family of an airman who was killed in action is getting some closure after more than four decades. On Saturday, the wife and children of Cpt. Walter Burke were presented with his dog tags at a...

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31 Perish In Tamale

November 19

A motor accident involving a fully loaded Metro Mass Transit (MMT) Neoplan bus, travelling from Kumasi to Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region and a Benz 207 bus from the opposite direction, claimed...

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11 killed in Hazaribagh slum fire

November 19

At least 11 people were burnt to death and 15 injured when a devastating fire raged through a slum and its adjoining tin-shed buildings in the capital’s Hazaribagh area early Sunday. Of the deceased,...

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