Mexico train accident toll rises to 11

The number of confirmed fatalities in last weekend's train derailment in the southeastern state of Tabasco stands at 11, but the search for additional victims continues, Mexican authorities said. "Civil...

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One more body of Lac-Megantic train disaster victim ID'd

The Quebec coroner's office announced Thursday that it has identified the body of four-year-old Alyssa Charest Begnoche, who died in the July 6 Lac-Megantic train disaster. Begnoche was the 39th...

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Sao Paulo building collapse kills at least 8 and injures dozens

At least eight people were killed and 25 injured when a building collapsed in Sao Paulo, officials said. Firefighters worked through the night and into today searching with sniffer dogs to rescue...

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Three more bodies recovered; Cebu ferry disaster toll rises to 94

The number of fatalities from the collision of a passenger vessel and a cargo ship in Cebu last Aug. 16 further rose to 94 as of Thursday morning, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. n a post...

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Enumclaw service honors 32 Marines killed in 1946 Rainier crash

The annual memorial service honoring military men who died on Mount Rainier more than 66 years ago will take place Saturday. The event, hosted by Pierce County Detachment 504 of the Marine Corps...

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41 dead in Kenya bus disaster

At least 41 people were killed Thursday in a bus crash west of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, the Kenyan Red Cross said. "It is a horrible scene. Bodies are strewn all over," traffic police official...

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50,000 missing children reports investigated in past decade

An average of 18 reports on missing children were filed in the State each day last year, more than double the figure recorded 10 years earlier. Garda statistics reveal that 51,193 reports on missing...

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