Canada runaway train: Lac-Megantic death toll rises to five, 40 still missing

Another two bodies have been found after a runaway train carrying crude oil exploded in the Canadian town of Lac-Megantic, police say. The death toll from Saturday's blast stands at five; there are...

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Drone to take part in Uttarakhand search operation

As the fate of several hundreds of people remains unknown in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Saturday decided to deploy drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles...

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Road accidents: Thieves' paradise

On August 25, 2012, Felix Osike, an editor with New Vision, left Kampala for his home village in Tororo. But before they could reach Iganga town, they had an accident. “It was approaching 9:30am...

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Despite exhaustive efforts, some bodies never get identified

They are not caskets, just plain brown cardboard boxes. There were no flowers. No eulogies. They were not lowered into the earth. They are stacked in neat, tight rows on gray metal shelves at the University...

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At least 80 missing in Canada train blaze: firefighter

At least 80 people are missing after a driverless oil tanker train derailed and exploded in the small Canadian town of Lac-Megantic, destroying dozens of buildings, a firefighter back from the scene...

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In U’khand, ‘100 Nepalis still missing’

As the Uttarakhand government of India wrapped up rescue work in the flood -ravaged Badrinath-Kedarnath areas, the New Delhi-based Nepali Embassy has said around 100 Nepalis are still missing in the...

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Train hits rickshaw in Pakistan, killing 14

A train travelling through central Pakistan hit an overloaded motorcycle rickshaw at an unmanned railway crossing, killing up to 14 people, a senior police officer says. Himayun Tarar said the crash...

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