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Monday, 16 February 2015

1928: The St. Francis Dam disaster

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It was just a few minutes before midnight on March 12, 1928, when the second worst disaster in California occurred in the Santa Clarita ...

Remembering the Bridge Hall mill disaster 100 years on

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It was one of the largest paper mills in the world and a powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution. But 100 years ago today Bridge Hall...
Sunday, 15 February 2015

India building collapse kills 13 in Uttar Pradesh

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A building in northern India has collapsed, killing 13 people believed to be from the same family. The three-storey building in Uttar ...

The Ikeja bomb explosions that killed over 1000 in 2002

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January 27, 2002, exactly 13 years ago, about a thousand people, most of them children perished while several thou­sands were injured in ...
Saturday, 14 February 2015

Mexico bus-train collision kills 20, injures 31

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At least 20 people were killed and 31 injured when a freight train slammed into a packed passenger bus in northeastern Mexico, authoritie...

Nearly 6,000 bodies found in Colombia's mass graves

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A total of 5,782 bodies have been found in 4,496 mass graves in several regions of Colombia over the past nine years, according to a join...

Bangladesh ferry capsizes, seven bodies found

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At least seven bodies were recovered after an overcrowded trawler sank in a river in Bangladesh Friday with about 150-200 people on board...

WHO: Up to 100 missing in DR Congo boat crash

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Dozens of people were missing on Saturday after a collision between two boats on the Congo River in western Democratic Republic of Congo, ...
Friday, 13 February 2015

DVI Team identifies eight more bodies of AirAsia QZ8501 passengers

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The Disaster Identification Team of the East Java Police on Friday identified the bodies of eight more passengers of AirAsia flight QZ850...

Bangalore train mishap: 12 dead in Bangalore-Ernakulam Express accident

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Up to 12 passengers were killed and 25 injured when nine coaches of the Bengaluru-Eranakulam Inter-City Express derailed in Karnataka ear...

Chinese relatives protest declaration all perished on missing flight MH370

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Chinese relatives of passengers on a missing Malaysia Airlines flight protested Thursday outside the carrier's office, urging Malays...

Death toll of explosion on Brazilian oil ship rises to 5, 4 missing

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Two bodies were found inside an oil ship that exploded off Brazil's coast, increasing the death toll to five, the oil workers union ...

Search teams find last TransAsia Airways crash victim

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Search teams in Taipei on Thursday found the body of a passenger who'd been missing for nine days after TransAsia Airways flight GE2...
Thursday, 12 February 2015

Hundreds of migrants killed in new Mediterranean tragedy

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At least 300 migrants are feared to have drowned after attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa this week in rough sea...
Tuesday, 10 February 2015

Investigators complete survey of sunken Cemfjord

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Investigators have released the first full image of the carrier vessel which sank in the Pentland Firth that claimed the lives of all eigh...

AirAsia flight QZ8501: DVI still working on identifying AirAsia pilot, search continues

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The Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team from the East Java Police is still working to identify a body presumed to be the pilot or c...

At least 29 migrants die of hypothermia after Italian coastguard rescue

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At least 29 African migrants have lost their lives while crossing the Mediterranean in a small boat in icy weather. Most of the victims d...

Tragic accident or mass murder? The sinking of the White Ship leads to disaster for England

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Many year ago, before modern air travel, the only way to travel across large bodies of water was by ship. Many passengers would crowd ont...
Monday, 9 February 2015

Religious rites to honour dead in Taiwan plane crash; three bodies repatriated to China

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Bereaved families of 40 people killed in last week’s TransAsia Airways plane crash in Taiwan will hold a religious ceremony tonight to ho...

10 killed in Vietnam road accident

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A severe accident between two buses occurred on early Monday morning in a south central Vietnamese province, killing 10 passengers – incl...