Many dead in DR Congo blast caused by lightning

An explosion at an arms depot in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed at least 20 people, UN officials say. The explosion happened on Friday after a bolt of lightning caused a fire at an...

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4 Russian Coast Guard officers die, 6 missing in boat wreck

As many as 10 people drowned after a Russian border patrol vessel capsized off the coast of Kunashir, a Russia—controlled island north of Japan, officials confirmed on Saturday. Russian officials...

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3 bodies a day still being found in Tacloban

More than two months after a super typhoon devastated Tacloban City, authorities continued to find an average of three bodies a day, Mayor Alfred Romualdez said on Thursday. After earlier tangling...

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11 killed, four injured as jeep plunges into ravine in Chitral

At least 11 people were killed and four others injured when a Chitral-bound jeep fell into a ravine in the Marwai area of the district here on Saturday. According to District Police Officer (DPO),...

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Rumors about zeolite miracles spark after Fukushima disaster

Rumors that zeolites allegedly can work miracles in fighting against radiation do not die off in Russia. Some people are saying fantastic things that, allegedly, zeolites were used to “egest radiation”...

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Mudslide sweeps through Argentina

A mudslide that swept through parts of northwestern Argentina has killed three people and left eight others missing, authorities said today. It happened last night in the Catamarca region, nearly...

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8 confirmed dead in Quebec fire, about 30 missing as rescuers battle through ice in search for bodies

The painstaking search through the iced-over remains of a burned-out Quebec retirement home resumes Saturday morning, with friends and relatives of some 30 missing people awaiting word. Eight people...

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