Wednesday, 31 December 2014

Tropical Storm Jangmi: 53 Dead In Philippines As Rains Bring Flooding, Landslides To Islands

December 31

The death toll from flooding and landslides in the Philippines wrought by tropical storm Jangmi rose to 53 on Wednesday, officials said, with some regions saying they were caught off guard by the deluge....

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Liberia Ebola victims can be buried after cremation decree relaxed

December 31

Liberia's government has purchased a plot of land to form a graveyard for Ebola victims, relaxing a much-contested order that all Ebola victims' bodies must be cremated. Ciatta Bishop, head of the...

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AirAsia QZ8501: Bad weather hampers recovery of bodies

December 31

Efforts to locate victims and wreckage of AirAsia flight QZ8501 which crashed into the Java Sea in Indonesia on Sunday are being hampered by stormy weather and strong tides. Indonesian officials...

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China factory explosions kill 17 workers

December 31

A gas explosion at an auto parts factory in southern China killed 17 people and injured 33 others on Wednesday, state media reported. Three of the injured were in critical condition, the official...

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How will the AirAsia QZ8501 victims be identified? Indonesian Police begin search for DNA evidence

December 31

Hospitals in Surabaya, Indonesia, were preparing Tuesday to receive and identify bodies recovered in the Java Sea that Indonesian officials said may have come from the wreckage of the missing AirAsia...

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