Sichuan 2008: A disaster on an immense scale

Sunday 12 May 2013 marks the fifth anniversary of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In terms of the energy released, the Magnitude 7.9 earthquake that struck Sichuan province in China in May 2008 was...

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Himachal bus accident toll rises to 40, govt orders probe

The death toll in Wednesday’s bus accident on the Kullu-Mandi national highway climbed to 40 on Thursday with the recovery of four more bodies while another four persons succumbed to their injuries....

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5 bodies found on Mayon; Thai climber rescued

Search and recovery teams retrieved yesterday the remains of four European tourists and their Filipino guide killed in the Mayon volcano explosion last Wednesday, but treacherous terrain and erratic...

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Eight dead in Bangladeshi garment factory fire

A fire at a garment factory killed at least eight people Thursday in the latest disaster to hit Bangladesh's textile industry, still reeling from the deaths of more than 900 people in a building collapse....

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Bodies of Serbs exhumed from Croatian cemetery

The work of finding Serbian victims of the Croatian War of Independence continues, with 56 bodies exhumed in a Zadar cemetery. The effort began more than a decade ago, the Serbian news agency Tanjug...

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