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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