Facebook adds emergency check-in feature for natural disasters

In 2011, when a deadly tsunami set off 30-foot tidal waves that crashed into the shores of Japan, flooding entire cities and damaging nuclear power plants, Facebook became an instrumental tool in connecting...

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Truck crashes into shop in Cameroon killing 17

A truck crashed into a shop in Cameroon's capital Yaounde, killing 17 students, national radio reported on Friday. The building in the neighbourhood of Monte des Soeurs was destroyed in the late...

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Tragedy at the Cambrian Colliery disaster of 1965

May 17, 1965. A day forever etched on the memory of the coalmining community of the South Wales valleys. Next year, on the 50th anniversary, there will be a special event in Clydach Vale near Tonypandy...

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