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149 die, more cry for help at Bangladesh collapse
Workers trapped in the wreckage of a collapsed factory building in Bangladesh cried out for help Thursday, as rescuers struggled to reach survivors ...
Chile says burned Chinese ship sinks in Antarctic
A Chinese factory fishing ship that burned last week off Antarctica has sunk without anyone on board, Chile's navy said Monday. The vessel Kai Xin ...
Egypt resumes hot air balloon sightseeing
Egypt resumed hot air balloon sightseeing in the ancient city of Luxor on Sunday, weeks after a fiery accident led authorities to halt the flights.
Reptiles, insects, otter die in Scotland zoo fire
A fire has claimed the lives of reptiles, insects and a male otter at the Five Sisters Zoo in Scotland. Officials said Sunday the blaze started in the ...
UK judge jails parents for deaths of 6 children
A judge sentenced the father of six British children who died in a house fire to life, with a minimum of 15 years in prison, describing him Thursday ...
Argentina: flooding from torrential rains kill 52
At least 52 people drowned in their homes and cars, were electrocuted or died in other accidents as flooding from days of torrential rains swamped ...
UK couple face jail for killing 6 children in fire
Mick Philpott presented himself as an amiable rascal with an unorthodox lifestyle and a rambunctious brood of children — 17 in all, with five women.
5 young siblings die in house fire in France
Authorities say five young siblings have died after a fire erupted in a home in northern France. Rescue team official Thierry Oberlin told France-2 ...
Assailants try to set fire to Cyprus bank branch
Cyprus' state-run news agency says a powerful firecracker went off inside a branch of the country's largest lender, the Bank of Cyprus. The Cyprus ...
Jordanian force cordons off Syrian refugee camp
Jordan has set up a security cordon around a sprawling Syrian refugee camp in the country's north in an effort to curb rising crime and lawlessness ...
Desperate Bulgarian man sets himself ablaze
A Bulgarian man set himself on fire Wednesday to protest poverty in his country, becoming the sixth citizen to do that in a month. The dramatic ...
Call for justice opens Guatemala ex-leader trial
The first witness in the trial of Guatemala's former U.S.-backed dictator testified Tuesday that soldiers razed his village in 1982, killing dozens ...
3 students set fire to themselves in Senegal
Three students set themselves on fire on the campus of Senegal's largest university on Friday to protest changes in the way credits are being counted ...
Bulgaria experiencing spate of self-immolations
Security cameras captured the moment when a Bulgarian man disgusted by corruption in his provincial hometown quietly doused himself in gasoline and ...
Bulgaria: 4th man sets himself on fire
A Bulgarian man set himself on fire in front of the presidency in the capital, Sofia, and was taken to the hospital with severe burns. The man's ...
German police: no evidence of arson in fatal fire
German investigators say there is no evidence to indicate arson in a weekend fire that killed a woman of Turkish background and seven of her children ...
Jordan says fire at refugee camp killed Syrian man
A Jordanian official says a fire that broke out over the weekend in a refugee camp near the Syrian border killed a 40-year-old Syrian man and injured ...
Germany: Fire at apartment building kills 8
A fire broke out early Sunday at an apartment building in southwestern Germany, killing eight people — a woman and seven of her children, authorities ...
Mob torches dozens of Pakistani Christian homes
Hundreds of people in eastern Pakistan rampaged through a Christian neighborhood Saturday, torching dozens of homes after hearing reports that a ...
Fire breaks out at hospital holding Spain's king
Spain's royal palace says a small fire broke out at a Madrid hospital where King Juan Carlos is being treated but that the monarch is fine and does ...