Saturday, 14 February 2015

Mexico bus-train collision kills 20, injures 31

February 14

At least 20 people were killed and 31 injured when a freight train slammed into a packed passenger bus in northeastern Mexico, authorities said Saturday after rescue crews worked through the night...

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Nearly 6,000 bodies found in Colombia's mass graves

February 14

A total of 5,782 bodies have been found in 4,496 mass graves in several regions of Colombia over the past nine years, according to a joint report by the country's National Transitional Justice Unit...

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Bangladesh ferry capsizes, seven bodies found

February 14

At least seven bodies were recovered after an overcrowded trawler sank in a river in Bangladesh Friday with about 150-200 people on board, a fire brigade official said. The ferry capsized in Payra...

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WHO: Up to 100 missing in DR Congo boat crash

February 14

Dozens of people were missing on Saturday after a collision between two boats on the Congo River in western Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) and a local official said....

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