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Friday, 4 January 2013

Temporary ID documents for Khayelitsha fire disaster survivors

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Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor will visit survivors of the Khayelitsha fire disaster in Cape Town today. She will lead a team of gov...

4 killed in Nigeria canoe mishap

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Four passengers were killed on Thursday when a canoe capsized at the Hadejia River in Kirikasamma local government area of northern Niger...

16 killed as minibus taxi and truck collide

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Sixteen people were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a minibus taxi outside Bronkhorstspruit in Gauteng this week. Thi...

At least 7 children killed in China orphanage fire

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At least 10 people, including seven children were killed in two separate fire accidents in China. Seven children died when fire engulfe...

Comilla crash death toll 6

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Six people were killed and at least 20 others injured when a bus carrying picnickers and a truck collided head on in the district's C...

Police operation identifies body of man missing for 24 years

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The body of a man killed by a train nearly 24 years ago was finally identified in 2012 as part of the national drive to bring closure to...

Police launch website to identify 1,000 mystery bodies

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The body of an unidentified man recovered from the sea off North Wales 30 years ago will be exhumed later this month in the hope that it ...

2012 in Bangladesh marked by disasters, political confrontations

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Along with confrontational politics, Bangladesh witnessed thousands of casualties from natural and man- made disasters in 2012, casting a...

Nutts Corner air crash: A forgotten tragedy

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Sometimes, Stephen Auld takes a drive north into County Antrim, and spends some time standing quietly by the side of the busy road, a few...

Photo retoucher restores memories to disaster survivors

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Behind every photograph is a story, and New York-based photo retoucher Becci Manson wants to make sure the stories of disaster survivors ...

University of Copenhagen opens Center for Disaster Research

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With climate change increasingly wreaking havoc the world over, besides traditional natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis, m...

60 year ago: Princess Victoria ferry disaster

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Sixty years ago this month 133 people lost their lives when the Princess Victoria sank off Northern Ireland’s coast. It was one of the UK...

China's ghost brides

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A single man will always cause trouble. Even after he’s dead. “A man who dies unmarried will be restless, he’ll move around haunting, m...

Mudslide deaths rise to 13, two unaccounted for

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The death toll of last week’s mudslide in Keiyo South District has risen to 13. This is after one more body was yesterday found in the ...
Thursday, 3 January 2013

Update: Death toll in Cote d'Ivoire's stadium accident rises to 63 people

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Cote d'Ivoire's Health Minister Raymond Goudou Coffie said on Wednesday that the death toll from the stampede that occurred in Ab...

5 boat tragedy victims buried at their villages

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Five out of six people, who drowned after a boat capsized in the Meghna in Chandpur on Tuesday, were buried at their respective villages ...

Slow process of identifying Srebrenica victims

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In July 1995, Nura Mustafić lost her husband, Hasan, and their adult children Mirsad, Alija, Fuad, and many relatives in the Srebrenica m...

More than 100 dead as cold snap hits India

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Police say more than 100 people have died of exposure as northern India deals with historically cold temperatures. Police spokesman Sur...

Rangers pay tribute paid to disaster victims

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RANGERS remembered the victims of the 1971 Ibrox Disaster with a poignant service at the statue of John Greig outside the Bill Struth Sta...

Paisley remembers tragic victims of Black Hogmanay

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Paisley paused on Hogmanay to remember the children who lost their lives in the Glen Cinema disaster. Members of the Paisley Developmen...