Sunday, 15 March 2015

Strong currents hamper search for Myanmar ferry victims

March 15

Strong currents on Sunday hampered efforts to retrieve the bodies of victims of a ferry accident which killed at least 34 people off western Myanmar, as hopes dimmed for the missing. The "Aung Takon...

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Uganda: Govt praised for quick fire victims' DNA results

March 15

Government has been praised for expeditiously releasing the DNA results for the six bodies of the workers that perished in the fire that gutted Crest Foam mattress factory on Monday morning. The...

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Brazil bus crash: at least 40 dead after plunge off cliff

March 15

At least 49 people were killed Saturday, March 14, when a tour bus plunged hundreds of meters into a densely wooded ravine in southern Brazil, authorities said. Among the dead were 8 children and...

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13 killed, 25 injured in Nagaland bus accident

March 15

In a tragic road accident, 13 persons died while many were injured when a bus carrying more than 25 passengers fell into a narrow steep gorge at Phek town, Nagaland. The incident occurred today...

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Huge Pacific cyclone devastates Vanuatu, at least eight dead

March 15

One of the Pacific Ocean's most powerful ever storms devastated the island nation of Vanuatu on Saturday, tearing off roofs, uprooting trees and killing at least eight people with the toll set to rise,...

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