Nepal says civilians were on crashed US copter, toll now 13

A U.S. military helicopter that crashed in Nepal last month on an earthquake relief mission was carrying five more passengers than first thought, raising the death toll to 13, Nepal's army said Friday....

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11 dead, 8 missing on Malaysian peak after earthquake of 6.0 magnitude

The strong earthquake that jolted Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu left at least 11 people dead and another eight missing on Southeast Asia's highest peak, a government official said on Saturday. "As at...

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Ghana: 28 days to claim bodies of floods, GOIL fire victims

Families of persons who died as a result of last Wednesday’s flood and the fire at the GOIL fuel station have up to July 2, 2015 to claim the bodies. According to the Manager of the Korle-Bu Mortuary...

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Accra floods and fire disaster: Identification of the dead begins

Relatives and friends of people who died in the flood and fire disaster at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle have trooped to various hospitals in Accra to identify their loved ones. According to reports,...

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Stricken Chinese cruise ship lifted from Yangtze River; hundreds of bodies recovered

The death toll from China ferry disaster has risen to almost 400, making it China’s worst maritime disaster in more than 60 years. The Eastern Star Cruise ship that capsized and plunged to the bottom...

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