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Saturday, 21 July 2012

18 die as bus plunges into gorge in India

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A government official in India says 18 people are dead after a bus fell into a deep gorge after being hit by hurtling boulders during a la...

At least 21 killed, 29 injured in Mexico bus crash

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A bus accident early Friday in the western Mexican state of Nayarit left 24 dead and 14 injured, authorities said. The original casualty r...

Four dead, 36 injured in Egypt tour bus accident

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Egypt’s official news agency says a bus crash in the south has killed four Egyptians and injured 35 others, including some tourists. The...
Friday, 20 July 2012

At least 68 dead in Zanzibar ferry disaster

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STONE TOWN, Zanzibar - Rescue workers fought rough seas on Thursday to search for survivors after an overcrowded ferry sank near the India...
Thursday, 19 July 2012

ZAKA Disaster Victim Identification Team Boards Bombed Bulgaria Bus

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Bulgarian authorities allowed members of Israelis ZAKA voluntary emergency response team that specialize in disaster victim identificatio...

More than 100 missing after Zanzibar ferry sinks

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(Reuters) - Rescue workers fought rough seas on Thursday to search for more than 100 people missing after an overcrowded ferry sank near ...
Wednesday, 18 July 2012

Skin, bones and tissue for sale: How the dead are being used for grisly trade in human body parts

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On Feb. 24, Ukrainian authorities made an alarming discovery: bones and other human tissues crammed into coolers in a grimy white minibus. ...

Death toll rises to 10 in Brazil bus accident

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The death toll from the bus accident in the southern Brazilian state of Parana has risen to at least 10, with 26 other people injured, the h...

Nine passengers die in a bus crash near Kahuta

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At least nine passengers perished in yet another road accident near Kahuta on Tuesday morning when a bus fell into a ditch, the third majo...

Trishuli bus plunge: 11 missing

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At least 11 persons went missing in Monday’s bus crash at Krishnabhir along Prithvi Highway, Dhading. A total of 16 people were killed an...

Fire at suspected mass grave site

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PRISTINA, Kosovo, July 17 (UPI) -- A fire broke out at a burial site suspected of containing the remains of Serb civilians kidnapped and kil...
Tuesday, 17 July 2012

Train derails in Egyptian capital Cairo: 'many dead'

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An Egyptian passenger train has derailed and caught fire in a suburb of Cairo, reportedly leaving many people dead. Five of its cars overtur...

Death toll from Japan's heavy rain rises to 28

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The death toll from record rainfall on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu rose to 28 on Monday and rescue workers searched for four miss...

Okobe petrol fire disaster death toll rises to 124

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Abuja – The death toll from Okobe petrol tanker disaster rose to 124 on Monday, up from 95, the Rivers Sector Commander of the Federal Ro...
Monday, 16 July 2012

Nepal bus crash kills at least 39

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At least 39 people are dead after an overcrowded bus carrying Hindu pilgrims skidded off a wet road in southern Nepal. The driver lost c...

9 die in Nepal's 2nd bus disaster in 2 days

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KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Police in Nepal say a bus veered off a highway and plunged into a river, killing at least nine people and injurin...

32 dead or missing as flood victims begin clean-up

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TOKYO - Flood victims in Japan began a full-scale clean-up operation Monday after record rainfall forced hundreds of thousands to flee and l...

Hope lost in death, leaving nothing but a number

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WITH their hopes for a better life snatched by a ferocious ocean, the bodies of 18 asylum-seekers who drowned in last month's two boat...
Friday, 13 July 2012

Kinross chartered plane crashes in Mauritania, 7 dead

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(Reuters) - A plane chartered by Canada's Kinross Gold Corp crashed shortly after take-off in the North African country of Mauritania on...

Private jet crash kills three Americans in France

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A private jet has crashed in flames at the end of a runway in the south of France a police source told AFP. Three Americans were killed ...