Search operation for remaining 19 avalanche victims resumed in Gayari sector

he search operation for the remaining bodies of the victims of April 2012 avalanche in Gayari area near the Siachen glacier has resumed after opening of weather and melting of snow, according to...

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3 killed, 30 still missing in Indonesia's capsized boat

Rescuers managed to retrieve 3 dead bodies on Thursday from the capsized boat in East Kalimantan river of Mahakam as the search for 30 missing passengers continues, a senior official at Indonesia's...

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Chemical blast brings echoes from ship explosion disaster 66 years earlier

The deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant that ripped through the town of West, Texas, on Wednesday, stirred echoes of one of the worst industrial accidents in United States history, which struck...

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20 dead in car accident on Benin-Asaba highway

No fewer than 20 persons reportedly lost their lives along Benin-Asaba expressway yesterday in an auto-crash which occurred at about 5.30pm. Eyewitness said that apart from the 18-seater bus with...

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Team seeks to return Vietnam artifacts

During the Vietnam conflict, Australian soldiers souvenired personal items from the bodies of slain Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers. There's nothing especially unusual about this - soldiers...

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Many casualties in Texas Waco fertiliser plant blast

Scores of people are injured and an unknown number are dead after a huge explosion at a fertiliser plant near Waco in the US state of Texas. Dozens of homes and buildings have been destroyed, and...

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Planned mass burial for slain 12 policemen in Bayelsa rejected

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has turned down the proposed plan by the Bayelsa State Police Command to conduct a mass burial for the burnt and decomposed corpses of the 12 Policemen...

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Boat capsizes on river in central Indonesia; 2 confirmed dead and dozens missing

Officials say a boat carrying about 50 people has capsized while crossing a river in central Indonesia, leaving at least two people dead and dozens believed missing. Rescue official Mujiono, who...

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2 children die in Kenya landslide; 41 flood deaths

Kenya's Red Cross says two children buried in a landslide overnight have died, as the country's death toll from heavy flooding rose to 41. The Red Cross said Wednesday that the landslide in Narok...

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