At least 21 dead in Vietnam fireworks factory explosion

At least 21 people have died and scores more have been injured in an explosion at a fireworks factory in a military complex in northern Vietnam, an army official said Saturday. Plumes of black smoke...

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Rana Plaza building collapse: Family members of those missing still waiting for identification

Travel a year back. And you see in Rajbari a happy family having happy times with Taslima on the Eid day. Being the sole bread earner of the family, the garment worker brought home many gifts and with...

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Thai flood claims 39 lives

The flood, caused by monsoon and depression, has affected Thailand since mid September, killing 39 people and affecting 26 of 77 provinces, officials said Saturday. A total of 120 districts of 26...

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Egypt boat capsize: 12 migrants die off Alexandria

At least 12 migrants have drowned and some 116 were rescued after their boat capsized near the Egyptian port of Alexandria, security officials said. The boat sank early on Friday. The survivors,...

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Nigeria: Living, dying on the Niger

Two weeks ago, Alhaji Garba Mashaya of Tungar Na'illo in Kebbi State, his two wives and granddaughter set out for Malale village in Borgu Local Government Areaof Niger State via a boat on the River...

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439 victims of worst mining disaster in British history finally get fitting memorial after 100 years

At 8.10am on the morning of October 14, 1913, Evan James and Charles Brown were starting their mining shift 2,000ft beneath a green valley in South Wales. They were hauliers, directing the teams...

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Indonesia: Identification of Lebanese migrant boat victims underway

Caretaker Minister of State Ahmad Karami said Friday that the bodies of the Lebanese who drowned off the Indonesian coast last month were still awaiting the results of DNA tests to be identified. “For...

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