Thursday, 12 March 2015

At least 50 Sudanese drown in the Mediterranean

March 12

At least 50 Sudanese nationals have drowned when the boat they were travelling on from Libya to Europe sank in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, multiple sources disclosed.The spokesman of the Sudanese...

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Kenya: Boat tragedies rise due with bad weather

March 12

Fishermen in Lake Victoria, Kenya’s biggest fresh water body, are worried about their lives as erratic weather caused by climate change has led to increased boats tragedies due to strong winds. The...

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Japan marks 4th anniversary of tsunami

March 12

Japan yesterday observed the fourth anniversary of the quake-tsunami disaster that swept away thousands of people and sparked a nuclear crisis, a tragedy that has left visible scars on the landscape...

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Bangladesh Mongla cement factory collapse kills eight

March 12

At least eight people have died after a cement factory partially collapsed in Bangladesh, police say. About 70 people were in the building in the port town of Mongla, 200km (125 miles) south-west...

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Five killed, 25 feared dead in Russian mall fire

March 12

Russian rescue workers on Thursday combed through the incinerated rubble of a shopping mall for the bodies of 25 people still missing a day after a fire ripped through the centre, leaving five dead,...

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QZ8501: Hunt for bodies drawing to close, but AirAsia still not giving up

March 12

AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes said Thursday he was not giving up on finding more bodies from one of the airline's jets that crashed in the Java Sea last year, but flagged the hunt will draw to a close...

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