China, Philippines on top of Asian countries worst hit by disasters in 2012

The Philippines is placed second only to China in the list of countries in Asia worst hit by disasters during the year, according to a report released recently by the United Nations Office for Disaster...

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Czech investigation of post-war violent events in Dobronin closed

The Czech police have closed their more than two-year enquiry into the alleged post-war violence of Czechs against local Germans in the Dobronin village near Jihlava, the police told CTK today, adding...

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Gipuzkoa wants to exhume Basque fighters killed in Spain´s Civil War

The city of Donosita-San Sebastian and the Diputacion (provincial government) of Guipuzkoa want to exhume the bodies of around 100 gudaris, or Basque fighters, who were killed in the Spanish province...

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Dead bodies of 100 tsunami victims still in Karapitiya hospital

Dead bodies of 100 tsunami victims are still in the mortuary of the Karapitiya hospital, said its director DR Shelton Perera. These are bodies hitherto unidentified and have been deposited in the...

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Storm leaves 6 dead in central Philippines

A late season storm has left at least six people dead in separate incidents in the central Philippines but has spared a southern region that was devastated by a typhoon that killed more than 1,000...

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Bodies of 8 victims of fireworks unit blast cremated

Bodies of eight victims of Parakkallur fireworks unit explosion were cremated separately in their villages on Wednesday with high police security to avoid any untoward incidents. "While bodies of...

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Kabul confirms deaths of 21 Afghan immigrants near Greece

Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry December 25 confirmed that 21 Afghans died when a ship capsized off the Greek coast earlier this month, Radio Free Europe reported. The boat, which was carrying illegal...

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Siachen disaster: Soldiers body recovered in Gayari

The body of one of the soldiers buried in the Siachen glacier following a massive avalanche on April 7 has been recovered. On April 7, a total of 137 Pakistani soldiers and civilians were buried...

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Seven killed in Embu accident

At least seven people died instantly and scores others were injured when a lorry rammed into a matatu (Slang for a 14 sitter passenger service bus) along Embu-Nairobi road a short distance from Embu...

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Thirteen dead in Ecuador bus accident

Thirteen people are dead and 37 others injured after a bus plunged into a ravine in a mountainous area of central Ecuador, officials say. The governor of Tungurahua province, Lira Villalba, told...

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