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Stockholm -
The headless torso of a woman found floating in Danish waters could be that of a Swedish journalist who authorities believe died aboard an inventor's homemade submarine, police said Tuesday.
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Stockholm -
A Danish inventor accused of killing a Swedish journalist on board his homemade submarine claims she died in an accident before he dumped her body in the sea, Danish police said Monday.
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Stockholm -
The Danish inventor of a do-it-yourself submarine has said that a Swedish journalist missing since August 11 died in an accident on board the vessel, and that he dumped her body in the sea, Danish police said Monday.
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New Delhi -
Emergency crews searched mangled carriages Sunday for any further victims after a train crash in northern India killed 23 passengers, the fourth major accident this year on the crumbling network.
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New Delhi -
At least 23 people were killed and dozens injured after an express train derailed in north India Saturday, officials said, as rescuers clambered across mangled carriages to pull passengers from the wreckage.
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Grenoble -
A Ukrainian climber was found dead on Mont Blanc on Saturday, a day after setting off to scale western Europe's highest peak, rescuers said. The 42-year-old became trapped in an overnight storm on the 4,810-metre (15,780-foot) mountain.
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New Delhi -
Ten people were killed and dozens injured when an express train derailed in north India on Saturday, an official said.
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Seoul -
A South Korean soldier was killed Friday and six others injured in an explosion during an artillery firing drill, reports said.
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Washington -
The commander of a US Navy ship that collided with a Philippine-flagged cargo ship off Japan, killing seven American seamen, will be relieved of duty and several other sailors face punishment, a senior admiral said Thursday.
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Lisbon -
Twelve people were crushed to death and around 50 injured Tuesday when a 200-year-old oak tree fell on them at a religious festival on the Portuguese island of Madeira.
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Varsovia -
Five people including two teenage Girl Guides at a campground died in freak accidents on Saturday when violent storms hit Poland in the grip of a heatwave, fire officials and police said.
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Alexandria -
The death toll from Egypt's latest train disaster rose to 40 as cranes worked Saturday to clear the stricken railway line between Cairo and the Mediterranean city of Alexandria.
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Alexandria -
At least 37 people were killed as two trains collided Friday outside the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, in one of the deadliest in a string of such accidents in Egypt, the health ministry said.
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Cairo -
At least 36 people were killed as two trains collided Friday outside the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, in one of the deadliest in a string of such accidents in Egypt, the health ministry said.
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Toukyo -
Japan on Friday said it would allow Osprey tilt-rotor aircrafts to continue to operate in the country, accepting US assurances that the flights are safe following a fatal crash off Australia.
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Bejing -
At least 36 people were killed and 13 injured when a packed bus slammed into a wall at the mouth of an expressway tunnel in northern China, authorities said Friday.
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New Delhi -
An elephant that has killed 15 people in eastern India over a months-long rampage could be shot within days if it is not brought under control, an official said Wednesday.
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Washington -
The US Marine Corps may ground its entire air fleet for a safety review following the crash of an Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft in Australia that killed three Marines, a defense official said Monday.
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Moscow -
Rescuers on Monday desperately tried to contact eight miners missing in a flooded Siberian diamond mine as investigators opened a probe into suspected violations of safety rules.
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Sydney -
An Australian teenager emerged from a night-time dip in the ocean with blood streaming from his feet and ankles in a gruesome mystery that doctors have struggled to explain.
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Sydney -
The US Marine Corps Sunday ended efforts to rescue three missing service members after an American military aircraft crashed during an exercise off Australia.
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Sydney -
The US Marine Corps Sunday ended efforts to rescue three missing service members after an American military aircraft crashed during an exercise off Australia.
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Sydney -
The US Marine Corps Sunday ended efforts to rescue three missing service members after an American military aircraft crashed during an exercise off Australia.
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Sydney -
The US Marine Corps said Saturday that a major search and rescue operation was underway for three missing service members following a "mishap" involving an American military aircraft off the Australian coast.
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Moscow -
Rescuers Saturday helped an injured worker out of a flooded Russian diamond mine but the search continued for eight other still missing in the disaster, mine owners Alrosa said.
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Moscow -
Rescuers at one of Russia's largest diamond mines were searching late into the night on Friday for nine miners still unaccounted for after water leaked into an underground shaft with more than 100 workers inside.
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Geneva -
A plane crash at a Swiss summer camp on Friday killed two 14-year-old campers and the pilot, while leaving a third teenager seriously injured, police said.
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Moscow -
Rescuers at one of Russia's largest diamond mines were searching Friday for 9 miners still unaccounted for after water leaked into an underground shaft with more than 100 workers inside.
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Moscow -
Russia's diamond giant Alrosa said that rescuers were searching for 16 miners still unaccounted for after one of its mines in eastern Siberia suffered flooding on Friday with 151 workers inside.
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Varsovia -
EU President Donald Tusk on Thursday said he was being targeted in a Polish probe into the 2010 jet crash in Russia that killed Poland's then president and 95 others, following a marathon eight hours of questioning by prosecutors in Warsaw.
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Accident Image
Lion Air plane crashes in Bali Twitter / @liatoriana
A picture of the injured woman being pulled from what we can only guess was a very painful and embarrassing situation. YouTube
Sign in park in Fukushima City expresses apologies from city for declaring one-hour park-usage time limit due to radiation level on soil and equipment. Shin-Kenji
This wreck at Daytona International Speedway sprayed fans with debris, sending many to the hospital. Screen Capture
File photo: The aftermath of a car accident. chrisyarzab
DRIVERLESS: A Google self-driving car is seen parked in Mountain View. Mark Doliner/Wikimedia Commons
A660 Otley Bypass heading from Burley-in-Wharfedale. David Spencer [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
A police officer at the scene of an accident in Toronto
Two drivers post-accident Morgan
Accident during filming of Transformers 3. YouTube screen capture
60 year-old cyclist pronounced dead at scene of TTC accident.
CRASH: The tour bus involved in Friday's accident in San Francisco came to rest alongside an under-construction Apple Computer store at Post and Stockton streets, near Union Square. LTSLTS/Wikimedia Commons
An accident scene in Lagos
5 killed in routine safety drill on cruise ship in Canary Islands (MS Thomson Majesty) YouTube
A bus crashed into a low overpass bridge in Boston injuring at least 30. YouTube
The rescue operation underway on the Costa Concordia cruise ship ilfattoquotidiano
Two were rescued with only minor injuries from an SUV that fell 60 feet from the Hackensack River bridge, landing upright. North Jersey.com
SUV plunged off Bronx River Parkway, seven family members were killed Screengrab / NY1
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