Bangladesh ferry capsizes with 200 passengers aboard, 9 bodies found

A Bangladeshi ferry with around 200 passengers on board capsized in a storm on a river near the capital Dhaka on Thursday, with police reporting that at least nine bodies had been recovered, but there...

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Chronology: Major mining disasters

Severe mining accidents can happen anywhere people dig for coal or other resources underground. Chinese miners are particularly vulnerable because of inadequate security measures and poor training....

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Turkish families bury miners as toll rises to 282

Women sang songs about departed miners Thursday over the graves of relatives killed in Turkey's worst mining accident, even as more hearses pulled up and backhoes dug more graves around them. Rescue...

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