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Monday, 26 December 2016

Fukushima dad finds remains of daughter, but no closure for 3/11

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A man’s painstaking search over nearly six years has finally uncovered remains of his 7-year-old daughter who disappeared in the 2011 tsun...

Up to 30 drown after Christmas ferry accident in Uganda

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At least 30 people reportedly drowned Christmas Day when their boat overturned on Lake Albert in western Uganda. The victims included memb...

Russia plane crash: more fragments and bodies pulled from Black Sea

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Amid a huge search for Russian military plane which crashed on Sunday, several large fragments and bodies from the jet have been pulled f...

12 years after Asia tsunami, 400 bodies still unidentified in Thailand

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At least 400 victims of Asia’s 2004 tsunami that killed 226,000 people remain unidentified in Thailand 12 years after one of the worst na...
Sunday, 18 December 2016

Indonesia air force plane crashes, killing all 13 on board

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An Indonesian air force Hercules C-130 aeroplane has crashed in remote Papua province in the east of the country, killing everyone on bo...
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...