10 killed, 53 injured as bus, trailer truck collide in the Philippines

Ten people were killed while 53 others were injured last Wednesday afternoon when a trailer rammed a commuter bus on the national highway here. The fatalities were identified as Lyle Carmita, 15,...

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3 dead migrants found off Greek island

Greece's coast guard says the bodies of three male would-be migrants have been retrieved in the waters off the eastern Aegean island of Chios. Two bodies were found Sunday morning by fishermen and...

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Granville train disaster remembered

The 83 victims of Australia's worst train disaster have been remembered in a moving ceremony that also honoured the victims of the Sandy Hook school massacre in the US. The packed 6.09am train from...

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Eleven dead in Jakarta floods, 18,000 evacuated: Disaster agency

Eleven people have died in flood-related incidents in Jakarta, and more than 18,000 people were forced to leave their homes, Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency said on Friday. "Floods...

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Foreigners still caught in Sahara hostage crisis

More than 20 foreigners were still either being held hostage or missing inside a gas plant on Friday after Algerian forces stormed the desert complex to free hundreds of captives taken by Islamist...

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Seven dead in Foxconn bus accident

Seven people were killed after two company buses collided in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, on Jan 17. Both buses were owned by Foxconn Technology Group, a PR manager surnamed Cai from the...

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The Modern Magic in Africa's Witchcraft Industry

Witchcraft beliefs in Africa returned to the news cycle towards the end of 2012 following reports of mass exhumations in Benin. In the dead of night, over 100 corpses were dug up from a cemetery...

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11 killed, scores injured as bus collide with truck

Eleven people died and scores seriously injured in a road accident along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway on Thursday night. Police and witnesses said eight passengers died on the spot while three others...

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Dana Air Crash: Bodies Of Pilot and Co-Pilot Not Found

The bodies of the two pilots of the crashed Dana Air’s MD-83 Plane which crashed and claimed the lives of 153 passengers were not found at the site of the crash as they were completely incinerated...

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