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Santa Maria mourns its dead, calls for justice
The young law student sat alone in a pew, clutching a shirt on which she'd written the names of friends she'd lost in a weekend nightclub fire in this ...
Underworld boss shot outside Bulgarian courthouse
A convicted underworld boss was shot and seriously wounded in broad daylight outside a courthouse in Bulgaria's capital on Tuesday, sending panicked ...
No alarm, only 1 exit in Brazil nightclub fire
The nightclub Kiss was hot, steamy from the press of beer-fueled bodies dancing close. The Brazilian country band on stage was whipping the young ...
Neglect, errors to blame in Brazil nightclub fire
There was no fire alarm. There were no sprinklers or fire escapes. And when a band member tried to put out a fire that had been started by ...
AP PHOTOS: Shock, mourning after Brazil club fire
Family and friends are gathering to bury and remember their loved ones after a fatal nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Brazil. The club was hosting a ...
Arrests made in Brazil fire, funerals begin
Brazilian police say they've made three arrests and are seeking a fourth person in connection with a nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people.
Brazil nightclub fire kills more than 230 people
The bodies of the young college students were found piled up just inside the entrance of the Kiss nightclub, among more than 230 people who died in ...
Bangladesh probing if factory's 1 exit was locked
Bangladesh's government is investigating allegations that the sole emergency exit was locked at a garment factory where a fire killed seven women.
Officials: 10 workers die in Russia building fire
A fire ripped through a new Moscow building's underground parking lot on Saturday, killing 10 migrant workers and injuring 13 others who had been ...
Car accident triggers unrest in Azerbaijan town
It began late at night with a minor car accident. By midday Thursday, a hotel had been burned to the ground, several expensive vehicles torched and ...
Wal-Mart warns suppliers on stricter measures
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has alerted its global suppliers that it will immediately drop them if they subcontract their work to factories that haven't been ...
Fire rages through historic Istanbul building
A fire tore through a former Ottoman mansion along the Bosporus for hours on Tuesday, badly damaging the historic building before firefighters brought ...
Jordan: 7-member Syrian family killed in fire
A fire in a center for refugees who fled the Syrian civil war killed seven members of a family, a civil defense spokesman said Wednesday, the latest ...
Kenya: Coffins set on fire to protest outgoing MPs
Hundreds of demonstrators angered at the conduct of outgoing Kenyan legislators doused 221 coffins with gasoline and set them on fire Wednesday, ...
Correction: Philippines-Fatal Fire story
In a story Jan. 12 about a hotel fire that killed seven people in Olongapo, Philippines, The Associated Press misspelled a victim's surname based on ...
Bahrain opens probe into deadly labor camp fire
Officials in Bahrain have opened an investigation into the cause of fire that killed 13 people in a labor camp. The official Bahrain News Agency says ...
Milder temperatures ease Australian wildfire fears
Record temperatures across southern Australia cooled Wednesday, reducing the danger from scores of raging wildfires but likely bringing only a brief ...
Massive fire rips through slum in Nigeria megacity
A massive fire tore through a waterfront slum in Nigeria's megacity of Lagos on Tuesday, burning down dozens of shack workshops and homes.
Fire in Syrian refugee camp kills 2 children
Officials say a fire at a camp for Syrian refugees in Turkey has killed two children and injured four other people. The state-run Anadolu Agency said ...
China fires 6 officials after fatal orphanage fire
A fire that killed six children and one young adult at an illegally run orphanage in central China has prompted the suspensions of six local ...
Police investigate fire that killed 2 children
Police are investigating the cause of a blaze that killed two young children and injured their mother in the southern Dutch city of Maastricht.