Death toll rises in East Burma mining accident

Rescuers are continuing to find victims after heavy rains and landslides earlier this month caused a mine to collapse in east Burma’s Shan State, with the death toll surpassing 30 last week, according...

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Bangladesh army to end search for disaster bodies

Bangladesh's army will wrap up its search on Tuesday for bodies in the ruins of a collapsed garment factory complex in which 1,127 people were killed, the head of the recovery operation said. "The...

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Meghalaya landslide toll reaches 13, more bodies likely to be extricated

With the recovery of two more bodies since last night, 13 bodies have been found from the debris following a landslide which swept away an abandoned government building and nine houses in the northern...

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15 killed in gas cylinder blast in NW Pakistan

At least 15 people were killed and four others injured when the CNG cylinder of a passenger van exploded in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of Nouth Waziristan on Sunday evening, local media reported....

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At least 8 killed, 20 injured in bus accident in Mexico

At least eight people died and 20 others were injured Sunday when a bus fell in a ravine while traveling in Mexico's central state of San Luis Potosi, the local Public Security Secretary (SSPE) said....

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Rwanda genocide 20 years on: 'We live with those who killed our families. We are told they're sorry, but are they?'

Lucie Niyigena's seven-year-old mind was a jumble of panic and confusion as she stepped over the brutalised, bleeding corpse of her grandfather and fled through the back door of her town's Catholic...

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11 dead in landslide, work on to extricate other bodies

The death toll in the landslide which hit Laipuitlang area here has risen to 11 with the recovery of one more body from the debris. Three more bodies have been sighted and the rescue team is engaged...

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