Rescue efforts in 14th day after Ermenek mine disaster

Search and rescue efforts are continuing on their 14th day in a flooded mine in the Emernek district of Karaman province, with little hope of finding trapped miners alive. Rescue units last week...

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21 miners confirmed dead from August mine explosion in China

The search for 21 miners trapped in a collapsed mine in east China's Anhui Province was concluded and all the missing were confirmed dead, authorities said. An explosion ripped through the Dongfang...

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57 die as bus collides with truck near Khairpur

Fifty-seven people, 17 women and 19 children among them, were killed when a Karachi-bound bus collided head-on with a coal-laden truck near the Therhi bypass on Gambhir Road a little before dawn on...

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South Korea ends Sewol ferry wreckage searches

South Korea on Tuesday ended underwater searches for nine bodies still missing from April's ferry disaster that killed more than 300 people in one of the country's deadliest disasters in decades. The...

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