Hailstorms in southern China kill 12, injure hundreds

Hailstorms that hit southern China this week have killed 12 people, injured hundreds more and caused tens of millions of dollars in damage. The official Xinhua News Agency says nine people were killed...

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Kano bombings: Igbo reject mass burial

Senate yesterday pleaded with the presidency to end the recurring loss of lives to bomb blasts even as it urged President Jonathan to consider other security options in tackling insecurity. This is...

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‘How We Survived Calabar Boat Mishap’

For almost two days (last Friday and Saturday), two survivors of the boat mishap which occurred off the coast of Calabar, Cross River State clung to an oil installation without food but later on the...

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45 dead in refugee camp fire: Thai official

The toll from a blaze that swept through a camp in northern Thailand has risen to 45, authorities said Saturday, after hundreds of shelters for refugees from Myanmar were reduced to ashes. Over 100...

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Update: Bihar racket in bodies comes to light

The Araria district police have stumbled upon a case in which a group of persons is suspected to be involved in a racket of bodies, particularly of those struck dead by lightning. Two instances where...

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Army base in Peru yields secrets, galvanizes advocates for the disappeared

Forensic scientists have identified the bodies of three Peruvians who disappeared thirty years ago at a notorious army base in Southern Peru, breathing new life into efforts to account for over 15,000...

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Will El Salvador end amnesty?

March 15 marks the 20th anniversary of the release of the findings of a truth commission that investigated human rights abuses committed during the 12-year civil war in El Salvador. Five days after...

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Passenger bus collide with electric pole on Faisalabad road, 20 killed

At least 20 people have been killed and more than 40 others injured after a passenger bus collided with an electricity pole on Faisalabad road on Saturday night. According to sources, the passenger...

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