Remains of 21 of the 72 Valenzuela fire fatalities temporarily buried

The remains of 21 of the 72 people killed in the fire that hit a warehouse in Valenzuela City last Wednesday were temporarily buried Thursday night, a television report said Friday morning. A report...

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Over 181 people died in Victoria Day disaster of 1881

For the past two weeks we have been looking at the terrible tragedy that occurred on May 24, 1881 in the usually placid waters of the Thames River between downtown London and Springbank Park. It is...

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How the mountains hid the disaster – reaching the remote communities after the earthquake in Nepal

Kathmandu had already hit the headlines worldwide. ‘Whole streets and squares in the capital of more than one million people were covered in rubble. Stunned residents stared at temples that were once...

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