Ten killed in road accident in Prakasam

Ten people were killed and four others injured when a Puducherry-bound lorry overturned on the Chennai-Kolkata National Highway at Singarayakonda in Prakasam district in the wee hours of Monday. Singarayakonda...

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Bangladesh: Disaster ministry facing shortage of rescue equipment

The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief and the Department of Disaster Management are facing an acute shortage of sufficient equipment to operate a speedy rescue drive at the Savar building...

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New Zealand skydiving plane crash: Bereaved families urge changes

Pilot error or mechanical failure were the most likely causes of a 2010 tourist plane crash in New Zealand in which nine people died, a coroner found Monday. The Fletcher FU24 plunged to the ground...

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US citizens among those missing in Mexico

The drug war in Mexico has claimed at least 70,000 lives, but the full death toll may never be known because thousands are searching for relatives who have disappeared. Along the border, some of...

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Remains of helicopter crash casualties in Irkutsk region found

A Mi-8 helicopter that went missing in Russia's Irkutsk region was found crashed and destroyed, with ten people and about two tons of explosives aboard, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Monday....

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Missing plane wreck found in Russia's Urals Mountains

Hunters in the Ural Mountains of Russia have discovered the wreckage of a light aircraft that went missing with 13 people nearly a year ago. The two hunters spotted the debris in marshland near an...

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Military identifies KC-135 crash victims

The Department of Defense identified the victims of a deadly KC-135 crash on Sunday. Three airmen based out of Fairchild Air Force Base died on Friday while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom near...

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Bangladesh building collapse death toll passes 650: army

The death toll from Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster surpassed 650 Monday after dozens of bodies were pulled from the wreckage of a nine-storey building housing garment factories, the army said....

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