Egypt mini-bus crash kills at least 13

A truck carrying petrol in northern Egypt has crashed into a mini-bus and exploded into a ball of fire, killing at least 13 people, authorities said. Officials told the AFP news agency that Monday's...

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NBI identifies only 11% of recovered typhoon victims

Only 11% of the fatalities from typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) in this city have been identified so far. "We can only examine up to 40 bodies everyday, but there are many remains...

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Agonising wait for the missing in Philippine wastelands

In the grieving, grey wastelands that were once bustling towns on tropical Philippine islands, thousands of typhoon survivors are enduring an agonising wait of hope and denial for news of loved ones....

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