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New Delhi -
A court in India on Wednesday sentenced a headmistress and nine others to jail over a school fire that killed 94 children a decade ago, in the first convictions surrounding the tragedy.
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by AFP
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Conakry -
Police in Guinea launched an investigation Wednesday into a stampede at a seafront rap concert that left 33 people dead including 11 children in scenes of mass panic.
In the Media
by Mouctar Bah (AFP)
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Ansan -
Student survivors of South Korea's ferry disaster testified Tuesday how passengers, abandoned by the crew, improvised means of escape, using fire hoses to pull people to safety as the vessel sank.
In the Media
by Jung Ha-Won (AFP)
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Ansan -
Student survivors of South Korea's ferry disaster testified at the murder trial of the captain and crew on Monday how they were left to fend for themselves in the sinking vessel.
In the Media
by Ed Jones (AFP)
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Taipei -
International experts were examining the site of the fatal TransAsia Airways crash in Taiwan on Saturday, as new evidence surfaced that the plane may have collided with nearby trees before plunging to the ground.
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by AFP
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Sydney -
More than a week after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 came down in rebel-held eastern Ukraine human remains are still at the crash site, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Saturday.
In the Media
by AFP
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Paris -
After three major air disasters in one week, with planes coming down in Ukraine, Taiwan and then Mali without a single survivor, passengers can be forgiven for feeling a little pang of panic boarding their flights.
In the Media
by Pauline Froissart, Valentin Bontemps (AFP)
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Seoul -
South Korean forensic experts said Friday they were unable to determine a cause of death after examining the body of a fugitive tycoon at the heart of the inquiry into April's ferry disaster.
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by AFP
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Makung -
Taiwan's TransAsia Airways ran an apology on the front pages of five major newspapers Friday, pledging to shoulder the "utmost responsibility" after 48 people died when one of its planes crashed in stormy weather.
In the Media
by Benjamin Yeh (AFP)
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Hyderabad -
A passenger train rammed into a school bus in southern India on Thursday killing 20 people, mostly young children, officials said in the latest fatal accident on the country's rail network.
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by Vivek Nemana (AFP)
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Hyderabad -
A passenger train rammed into a school bus in southern India on Thursday killing at least 11 children, with fears the death toll could rise further, officials said.
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by AFP
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Makung -
Rescuers said Thursday they had recovered black boxes from the Taiwanese aircraft which crashed in torrential rain killing 48 people, as angry relatives blamed authorities for the worst air disaster in a decade.
In the Media
by Benjamin Yeh (AFP)
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Taipei -
At least 42 people were killed in a plane crash in Taiwan on Wednesday, officials said, with witnesses and local media reporting the flight came down in a storm after an aborted landing.
In the Media
by Amber Wang (AFP)
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Rome -
Italian police have arrested five migrants accused of the grisly murder of scores of fellow would-be refugees when fighting broke out on a boat making the treacherous crossing to Europe, local media reported.
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by AFP
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Giglio -
Italy's doomed cruise ship Costa Concordia left its wreckage site Wednesday in one of the largest-ever maritime salvage operations, two and a half years after the disaster left 32 people dead.
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by AFP
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Seoul -
South Korea's police force was pilloried as doltish and incompetent Wednesday after announcing that a body found six weeks ago was that of a fugitive tycoon at the heart of a months-long manhunt.
In the Media
by AFP
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Seoul -
South Korean police announced Tuesday that a badly-decomposed body found last month had been identified as that of the fugitive tycoon whose family owned the ferry which sank in April with the loss of 300 lives.
In the Media
by Park Chan-Kyong (AFP)
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Valletta -
The death toll from the latest Mediterranean migrant boat disaster rose to 30 on Sunday, as Malta said it had found 29 bodies in the vessel's hold and Italy said a Syrian baby had died.
In the Media
by AFP
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Kuala Lumpur -
Malaysia Airlines said it would offer full refunds to customers who want to cancel their tickets in the wake of the MH17 disaster, just months after the carrier suffered another blow when flight MH370 disappeared.
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by AFP
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Sydney -
Australians were Sunday remembering those killed on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 at church services, as stories emerged of parents losing children, and doctors, teachers and a nun among the dead.
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by AFP
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Dresden -
Nine people are confirmed dead and scores more are injured after three buses plow into each other on the German autobahn.
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Beijing -
At least 38 people were killed when a van carrying inflammable liquid hit a bus on a highway in central China early Saturday, state media reported.
In the Media
by AFP
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Kuala Lumpur -
The downing of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet with 298 people aboard heaped new distress on a nation still stung by the trauma and global stigma of flight MH370's disappearance four months ago.
In the Media
by Dan Martin (AFP)
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Seoul -
Divers retrieved another body Friday from the site of South Korea's ferry disaster -- the first to be recovered in nearly four weeks from the submerged vessel that sank three months ago.
In the Media
by AFP
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Distraught and sobbing relatives poured into Amsterdam's Schiphol airport as the nation reeled from the news 154 of its citizens were aboard a Malaysian plane believed to have been shot down in Ukraine.
In the Media
by Jan Hennop (AFP)
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Kuala Lumpur -
Malaysia's premier expressed "shock" at reports a Malaysia Airlines flight may have been shot down over troubled eastern Ukraine as his nation reeled from another wrenching air tragedy just months after MH370 disappeared.
In the Media
by Julia Zappei (AFP)
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Kiev -
A Malaysian passenger liner flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur has crashed in insurgency-wracked east Ukraine, regional officials said Thursday, as Ukraine's president said the jet may have been shot down.
In the Media
by Max Delany and Dmitry Zaks (AFP)
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Warsaw -
Seven people, all members of the same family, died in a freak accident Thursday after falling into an industrial-size septic tank on a pig farm in western Poland, firefighters said.
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Seoul -
A helicopter that had been searching for victims of South Korea's ferry disaster crashed Thursday in a residential district of Gwangju city, killing all five people on board, officials said.
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by AFP
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Seattle -
A man accidentally set his laundry room on fire while using a can of spray paint and a lighter to shoot flames at a spider.
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A bus crashed into a low overpass bridge in Boston injuring at least 30.
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A Boeing 737 skids off the runway in Bali
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A police officer at the scene of an accident in Toronto
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Johnathan Legear, Belgian Footballer, drives his Porsche into a convenience store.
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Hundreds of temporary storage tanks filled with contaminated water line the grounds of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant grounds.
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Van in ditch, driver gone, beer inside
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This wreck at Daytona International Speedway sprayed fans with debris, sending many to the hospital.
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Incidents such as this happened due to alcohol and cell phone use. Studies have proven that current bans on usage are not stopping further accidents.
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Accident in Toronto's Koreatown
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Police siren.
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An estimated 22 people were killed in a horrific accident on the M13 highway in Durban, South Africa.
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March 12, 2011
Halifax NS
Police scratches head as student driver car blocks major intersection.
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SUV plunged off Bronx River Parkway, seven family members were killed
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A660 Otley Bypass heading from Burley-in-Wharfedale.
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A monster truck lost control at the Extremo Aeroshow in Chihuahua, Mexico, running over spectators.
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A picture of the injured woman being pulled from what we can only guess was a very painful and embarrassing situation.
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Head-on collision
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Accident in Toronto's Koreatown
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60 year-old cyclist pronounced dead at scene of TTC accident.
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