Proposed mass burial of Baldia fire victims slammed

Speaking at the press conference, organised by the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (Piler) at the press club on Thursday, they demanded that the payments be made through a commission...

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Six people Killed in Landslide in Tibet Autonomous Region

Six people, part of a rescue team, were killed in an avalanche in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Friday. The six victims were members of...

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Chibombo Tragedy bodies await Identification

37 out of the 47 brought in dead (BID) cases from the Chibombo tragedy lying at Kabwe general hospital mortuary have been identified and efforts are being made for relatives to collect the bodies,...

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At least 15 dead in Chile bus accident

At least 15 people were killed and 19 injured on Saturday when a bus carrying soccer fans plunged into a ravine in central Chile, a local official said. The accident occurred near the town of Tome,...

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Floods wash up bodies from the killing fields

Local people who've recently travelled into Sri Lanka's killing fields, where an estimated 40,000 people perished in 2009, say skulls and human bones have risen to the surface after this year's flooding...

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How debris buried Compostela village; Lessons of Typhoon ‘Pablo’

On December 4, 2012, Typhoon “Pablo” (international name “Bopha”) made landfall in Mindanao. Classified as a Category 5 typhoon by US meteorological experts, Pablo packed winds with an average speed...

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Five killed in plane crash in Belgium

Belgian media say that a small tourist plane has crashed near Brussels, killing five people, three of them children. The plane had a problem on takeoff, immediately tried to return to the airport...

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14 bodies recovered after ferry capsizes in Bangladesh, 5 still missing

At least 14 people died and five were still missing after a ferry carrying 50 people collided with a sand barge and sank on Bangladesh's giant Meghna River on Friday, officials said on Saturday. "Rescuers...

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AIB wanted Dana crash’s autopsy restricted to pilot, co-pilot, pathology tells coroner

The Consultant Pathologist and Chief Medical Examiner of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Friday, said that the Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, had insisted that post mortem...

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