Ivory Coast stampede death toll rises

The death toll following a stampede at a New Year's Eve celebration in Ivory Coast has risen to 62, as scores of injured people continue to arrive in hospital in the commercial capital Abidjan. Witnesses...

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Ivory Coast stampede survivors blame barricades

Survivors of a stampede in Ivory Coast that killed 61 people, most of them children and teenagers, after a New Year's Eve fireworks display said Wednesday that barricades stopped them from moving along...

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Four die, five go missing as passenger jeep falls in river in Chitral

At least four persons died and five others went missing when a passenger jeep plunged into a river here on Tuesday. According to details, a passenger jeep with 13 persons on board while on its way...

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Nazi grave robbers stealing medals, equipment and body parts to sell

Grave robbers are plundering the burial sites of thousands of German soldiers to feed the demand in Britain for Nazi memorabilia. Tens of thousands of troops from the Third Reich were killed in battlefields...

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'Flames of hope' from Tohoku disaster memorials destined for Kobe

Continuously burning flames paying tribute to victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster will be carried to Kobe for a Jan. 17 ceremony to remember the Great Hanshin Earthquake,...

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Japan's emperor expresses sympathy for disaster victims

b Japan's Emperor Akihito delivered his traditional New Year address on Wednesday, reiterating his sympathy for victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. "I was encouraged to see many people...

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Migrant Found Dead after Italy Boat Landings

An immigrant's body washed up on a beach in Sicily on Tuesday after two boat landings from North Africa in two days, including one in which dozens of migrants were forced to swim ashore by the crew....

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Bodies of Five Drowned Indonesians Repatriated from Malaysia

The Foreign Affairs Ministry on Wednesday said that it has helped repatriate the bodies of five migrant workers who died in a boat mishap in Malaysia and it is working to return five other unidentified...

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11 People killed In Salgaa Accident, Nakuru

Four hours into the New Year 11 road crash victims lay dead in and out of their squashed 14-seater matatu. They died as they travelled to their loved ones, confident they would see them just before...

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13 killed in Angola stampede

At least 13 people, including four children, have died and 120 others were injured in a stampede at a stadium used for evangelical vigil in the Angolan capital Luanda on New Year's Eve, local media...

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Paris fire kills 5, injures 18 people

Five victims including a kid were found dead following a blaze in Gennevilliers city in Paris Suburbs that broke out early on Wednesday, according to local report. Two flats in a six-storey building...

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