Canada train explosion: Bar-goers feared dead

Revellers at a bar close to where a runaway train carrying crude oil came off the rails and exploded are feared to be among the dead. Five people were killed and around 40 remain unaccounted for...

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Nine killed and 21 injured in Spain bus accident

Nine people have died and five are seriously injured after a bus careered off the road near the town of Avila, central Spain. Local news reports say the bus, which was carrying around 30 passengers,...

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Navy calls off search for cargo ship crew off Phuket

The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) has now called off the search for the six missing members of the crew of the Bangladesh-registered cargo ship MV Hope, four days after the crew abandoned the ship in heavy...

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Hyderabad hotel collapse: 20 more trapped under debris

There are over 20 people still trapped in the hotel building collapse in Hyderabad. The reported death in the building collapse has gone up to six. Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma said...

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Grim process identifying Lac-Megantic victims

As investigators begin to sift through the wreckage of downtown Lac-Mégantic, family and friends of the 40 people still missing after the spectacular blaze early Saturday morning might have to accept...

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Seven more bodies identified in Damauli bus accident

Seven more bodies of those killed in Saturday’s bus crash in Damauli have been identified. At least one was confirmed missing while the police say more might be disappearing in the flooded river. Eleven...

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Uttarakhand readying to release list of missing persons

After seeing the massive rescue operation to its completion, the Uttarakhand government, with the aid of disaster management authorities, is getting ready to release the final list of "missing" persons...

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10 reported dead in Soldotna plane crash

An air taxi crashed at the Soldotna Airport on Sunday morning, killing all 10 people onboard in the worst aviation accident in Alaska in at least 25 years. The de Havilland DHC-3 Otter airplane crashed...

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