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Friday, 6 July 2012

In the Aftermath of the "Himalayan Tsunami"

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During the months of May and June pilgrim-tourists in the millions make their way up into the mountains of the north Indian state of Uttarak...

108 corpses abandoned in Lagos mortuaries

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A mortuary consultant to the Lagos State government, Mrs Taiwo Ogunsola, on Thursday, disclosed that no fewer than 108 corpses were abandone...

Assam Flood Situation Still Grim, Death Toll Reaches 117

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The situation in flood-ravaged Assam remains grim with the toll rising to 117 and the water level of Brahmaputra river and its tributaries f...

Uganda: Two More Bodies Found in Bududa Landslide Rubble

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Rescue workers have recovered two more bodies buried in the mud after a landslide roared down rain-saturated hills and engulfed homes in ...
Wednesday, 4 July 2012

Overpopulation on Uganda’s Mount Elgon Kills Hundreds

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BUDUDA, Uganda, Jul 4 2012 (IPS) - The Ugandan government says it will forcibly remove people settling on the steep slopes of Mount Elgon...
Tuesday, 3 July 2012

Monsoon floods kill 81 in India, force 2M to flee

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The worst monsoon floods in a decade to hit a remote northeastern Indian state have killed more than 80 people and forced around 2 million t...

10 Died, 17 Injured After Bus Accident

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SURAT THANI, Thailand, July 3 (Bernama) -- Ten people, including an Indian, died and 17 injured early Tuesday after a tour bus hit a high-po...
Thursday, 28 June 2012

Heavy rains and landslides in Bangladesh kill 90

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Heavy rains causing multiple landslides over the past three days have killed at least 90 people in south-east Bangladesh, officials say. ...

Mass funeral proposed for bus crash victims

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SEVENTEEN of the 19 people killed during the horrific bus crash in Meyerton on Monday have been positively identified and will be buried in ...

Four dead and 130 rescued as asylum seeker boat capsizes off Australian island

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Four people are believed to have died and 130 others were rescued after a crowded boat carrying asylum seekers to Australia capsized and san...
Wednesday, 27 June 2012

Dana air crash: Victims’ families plan burial rites

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Notwithstanding on-going DNA tests being conducted on victims of Sunday June 3rd Dana plane crash, some families of the deceased have deci...

Anxious relatives are trying to contact Australian authorities

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TEENAGE boys desperate to escape persecution in Afghanistan and Pakistan probably made up most of the 90-plus asylum-seekers who drowned off...

Putco crash - 11 bus victims identified

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At least 11 of the 19 people, who died in the Putco horror smash on Monday, have been identified. Relatives of the deceased yesterday id...

Uganda abandons landslide rescue bid for buried

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Rescue workers in Uganda have abandoned efforts to find an estimated 70 people believed to be buried in a landslide. Eighteen people have ...
Tuesday, 26 June 2012

Ten killed in Nepal van plunge

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At least 10 people were killed and another six injured when a passenger van crashed off a mountain road in north-western Nepal today, a poli...

Uganda Begins Search for Landslide Victims

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Uganda has sent a rescue team to eastern Bududa district where more than a 100 people may have been killed Monday by a landslide caused by ...
Monday, 25 June 2012

Uganda landslides destroy three villages

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Massive landslides induced by torrential rains destroyed three villages in the mountainous district of Bududa in eastern Uganda, killing sco...

Iraq faces painful legacy of mass graves

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Iraq wants to put the legacy of murderous dictator Saddam Hussein behind it, but faces a huge need for specialists to excavate mass grave...

Heavy Rains Kill at Least 16 in China

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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say torrential rains have killed at least 16 people and affected 1 1/2 million people in southern and nor...

Identification of boat victims 'long and complex'

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Police say the grim task of identifying victims of the Christmas Island boat tragedy will be long and complex. Twenty officers have been se...