31 killed in Doti bus mishap

31 people were killed when a passenger bus met with an accident at Rupskada, Chatiban VDC-9 of Doti in an early Saturday morning. Meanwhile, 11 are reported to be injured. The ill-fated bus (Na...

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Haiti quietly marks quake's 3rd anniversary

President Michel Martelly urged Haitians to recall the tens of thousands of people who lost their lives in a devastating earthquake three years ago, marking the disaster's anniversary yesterday with...

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10 Bangladeshis killed in Bahrain fire

Ten Bangladeshis along with three other foreign workers were killed when a fire swept through a three-storey labour camp in the Bahraini capital Manama on Friday. Counselor and Head of Chancery...

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Plane crash victims identified

The four people who died in a plane crash near Maxwell on Friday have been identified. They include Mark Bottorff, the pilot of the plane and owner of Bottorff Construction in Atchison, Kan. That’s...

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Searching Lake Garda for WWII missing

In the final hours of World War II in northern Italy, a group of US soldiers set off across Lake Garda hoping to outflank German troops. But the Americans never reached the shore. Their amphibious...

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Eight workers killed in Turkish mining disaster

On January 7, eight coal miners were killed as the result of a methane gas leak in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Zonguldak. Rescue teams have managed to recover only five of the bodies from the mine....

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A generation wiped out: Nineteen children among 46 bodies recovered from landslide which swept away entire village in southern China

Nineteen children were among 46 people killed in a devastating landslide that swept through a mountain village in China. Mud and rocks smothered 16 homes in the village of Zhaojiagou area of Gaopo...

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Survivors of Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster mark first anniversary of sinking

A mass will be held in a church on the tiny island and 32 illuminated lanterns – one for each person who lost their lives in the accident – will be released into the sky at 9.45pm local time, marking...

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