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Sunday, 11 December 2016

At Least 60 killed as church collapses in Nigeria

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The roof of the Reigners Bible Church in Uyo, capital of the Akwa Ibom state in Nigeria, collapsed Saturday, killing at least 60 people, a...

Hyderabad building collapse: toll touches 11

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The death toll in the under-construction building collapse incident rose to 11 on Saturday with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF...

ATR-42 crash: Nine victims identified, bodies handed over to heirs

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Nine more dead bodies of the victims of the ill-fated PIA plane crash have been identified and handed over to the heirs on Saturday while ...

Oil truck fireball kills at least 42 in central Kenya

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A fireball from an oil lorry engulfed vehicles on one of Kenya's main highways, killing at least 42 people late on Saturday, a rescu...
Sunday, 4 December 2016

At Least 9 Dead, More Missing After Fire During California Warehouse Party

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Anxious families were awaiting word Saturday on whether their loved ones had escaped a raging inferno in Oakland, California, after at l...

Body remains recovered after Indonesia police plane with 13 disappears

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Rescuers in Indonesia have recovered body parts in the sea where a police plane with 13 people aboard is believed to have crashed after t...

Toll in China's mine blast rises to 32

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Thirty-two miners have died in the second coal mine explosion in a week in China, state-run media reports. The gas explosion hit the min...
Wednesday, 16 November 2016

At least 240 refugees drown in boat disasters in Mediterranean Sea as 2016 death toll passes 4,500

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At least 240 refugees have died in 48 hours of boat disasters in the Mediterranean Sea as asylum seekers continue desperate attempts to re...
Friday, 4 November 2016

240 migrants feared dead after boats capsize in the Mediterranean in new refugee disaster

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SURVIVORS say as many as 240 people have died in two shipwrecks off Libya, the UN refugee agency reported Thursday, bringing this year’s ...

30 more bodies pulled from sea in Batam

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Rescuers have recovered 30 more bodies from waters around Nongsa Point Marina in Batam, Riau Islands, on Friday morning, bringing the tot...

Shipyard disaster: Rescuers spot four more bodies on tanker deck

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Rescue workers have spotted three to four bodies lying on the deck of a burning tanker on Thursday as firefighters continued their battle...
Saturday, 22 October 2016

Death toll reaches 73 in Myanmar ferry disaster

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The death toll in a Myanmar ferry sinking has reached 73 as authorities wrap up a week-long search and rescue operation for survivors. T...

Cameroon train disaster toll rises to at least 60

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At least 60 people were killed and nearly 600 injured when a packed train derailed between Cameroon's two main cities, officials said...
Sunday, 11 September 2016

Fears of more bodies inside Tongi factory

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Bangladesh firefighters were struggling Sunday to search a packaging factory following a major blaze that killed 25 people amid fears m...
Saturday, 30 July 2016

20 killed as floods hit van carrying wedding party in Pakistan

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At least 20 people, including children and women, were killed on Saturday when flash floods swept away a van carrying a marriage party in...
Friday, 25 March 2016

Relatives' agonising wait to identify Brussels dead

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Forensic experts were on Thursday still going through the grisly and complex process of identifying victims of the Brussels bomb attacks...
Monday, 21 March 2016

Central Sulawesi DVI Team Identifies Chopper Crash Victims

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Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) Team of Central Sulawesi Police is currently identifying the 13 bodies of the National Armed Force (T...

Great East Japan Earthquake: Hunt for missing disaster victims still confounds rescuers

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Five years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, police in Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate prefectures are still searching for and identifyi...

Two bodies recovered, nine still missing after Chitral avalanche

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Rescuers on Sunday found the bodies of two schoolchildren hit by an avalanche in the mountainous northwest, while nine more remain buried...
Sunday, 20 March 2016

Flydubai plane crash

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Flydubai said on Saturday that it will organise a "programme of hardship payments" of $20,000 to each victims' families to a...