Airplane Debris Found Near World Trade Center Site

Land surveyors working just north of the former World Trade Center site have discovered a piece of an airplane’s landing gear, apparently from one of the two planes that crashed into the twin towers...

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Afghanistan bus accident: Taliban insurgents cause fiery collision that kills 45 passengers

A bus collided on Friday with the wreckage of a truck that had been attacked by Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, killing 45 people aboard the bus in a fiery crash, officials said. The...

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Grim Greek fate for Syrians fleeing civil war

For most people, it was yet another Aegean Sea tragedy in which a group of would-be migrants in a small boat drowned while trying to reach Greece. But for Husam Hashash, who lost his brother, his...

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Search and rescue operations for fishing vessel Sea Messiah

At about 4.30am on 25 April, a fishing vessel Sea Messiah collided with an unknown vessel off the Karwar coast. Whilst 23 out of 29 crew were rescued by other fishing vessels in vicinity, two bodies...

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Training local communities for air disaster rescue operations

Over the years, aviation stakeholders, particularly sundry experts, have tried to ensure that victims of air accident in Nigeria are responded to rapidly to enhance the survival rate. Despite these...

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Dozens found alive as Bangladesh tragedy toll hits 250

Dozens of workers were found alive on Thursday as they huddled in the wreckage of a collapsed garment factory bloc in Bangladesh, a rare success for rescuers who have pulled out 250 bodies. In an...

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Thirty-eight feared dead in Russian psychiatric hospital fire

A fire raged through a psychiatric hospital north of Moscow on Friday and 38 people were feared dead, Russian officials and media reports said. There were believed to have been 41 people in the building...

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