Colombia building collapse: Search for missing continues

Rescue workers in Colombia continue to search for nine people missing after a luxury apartment complex collapsed on Saturday night. Two bodies have been found in the rubble of the 24-storey tower. The...

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70 years after revolt, Sobibor secrets are yet to be unearthed

It was the most successful prisoner revolt during World War II, but the Sobibor uprising never became a primary symbol of the Holocaust. Seventy years later, archeologists at the former death camp...

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Red Cross Syria kidnap underscores risks in war zones

The kidnapping in Syria of seven aid workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross and Syrian Red Crescent on Sunday underscores the stark daily risks faced by those helping victims of...

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Odisha toll 21 as cyclone Phailin triggers flood (update)

The death toll in Odisha today mounted to 21 after 14 more people perished while one was missing in four districts of the state in the aftermath of Cyclone Phailin that also triggered a flood in some...

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Uttarakhand tragedy: DNA testing of bodies runs into rough weather

A few months before Phailin struck India’s East Coast pulverising everything that came its way, the trail of another natural disaster in Uttarakhand would show you how such calamities can turn a tragedy...

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Stampede on bridge leading to Ratangarh temple in Madhya Pradesh, death toll rises to 109 pilgrims (update)

The Navratra festivities ended in tragedy when 109 pilgrims including women and children were killed and more than 100 injured in a stampede on a bridge leading to the historic Ratangarh temple in...

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Death toll rises to 32 in Mali river boat disaster (update)

The death toll from one of the worst ever river boat sinkings in Mali has jumped to 32, including many young children, local officials and survivors said Sunday. Rescuers were still hunting along...

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