6 dead in Magura boat tragedy

At least six passengers -- including three of a family-- were drowned when a boat capsized mid-river in Magura on Saturday. "The accident occurred on the Nabaganga River near sadar upazila's Buzruk...

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Five Dead in House Fire in Central Russia

Five people, including two children died in a fire that broke out in a residential house in Tambov in central Russia, the local police reported on Sunday. The fire erupted on Saturday in a one-storey...

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Despair sweeps Philippine storm survivors

Weeks after Typhoon Bopha tore through the southern Philippines leaving more than 1,000 dead and hundreds missing, residents of this town are still adrift on a sea of hopelessness. Anna Jane Saigod,...

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Mexico Drug War: List Of Missing Raises Doubts In Mexico

Federal police officer Luis Angel Leon Rodriguez disappeared in 2009 along with six fellow police as they headed to the western state of Michoacan to fight drug traffickers. Since then, his mother,...

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Tragedy at Tissa Wewa

Five people died after a boat carrying 22 people capsized in the Tissa Wewa around 3.30 pm yesterday. Police have recovered five bodies. Police and people of the area rescued the others, police said. According...

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Slain migrants: Bodies shifted to morgue in Karachi

The bodies of 11 would-be migrants were shifted to Edhi Morgue in Karachi for identification, said the deputy commissioner of Gwadar on Saturday. The men were trying to reach Europe via Iran but...

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'No Christmas' for Philippine typhoon victims

Survivors of a typhoon that ravaged the southern Philippines will bypass Christmas this year as they hole up in evacuation centres and continue to bury their dead, officials said. Instead of presents...

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7 dead, 19 injured in C China's road accident

Seven people were dead and another 19 injured in a road accident Sunday morning in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, local police said. The accident happened at about 9:45 a.m....

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5 motor banca crew missing in Palawan

Authorities have launched search and rescue operations for five missing crew members of a passenger motor banca, which sank off Palawan, the Coast Guard said today. The unregistered motor banca carrying...

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Traditions in Chad harm, kill underfed children

On the day of their son's surgery, the family woke before dawn. They saddled their horses and set out across the 12-mile-long carpet of sand to the nearest town, where they hoped the reputed doctor...

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