Accidents

Accidents

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  33 die in Mexico oil company office building blast

  A blast that collapsed the lower floors of a building in the headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company, crushing at least 33 people beneath ... 

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  4 detained after deadly highway collapse in China

  Chinese authorities have detained four people, state media said Saturday, a day after at least 11 people died when a truck loaded with fireworks for ... 

• Denmark school sentenced for fatal boat accident

  A Danish boarding school has been fined 250,000 kroner ($45,500) and its principal given a suspended 60-day prison sentence for a tragic rowing trip ... 

• Correction: Nigeria-Plane Graveyard story

  In a story Feb. 2 about Nigeria dismantling abandoned airplanes at airports around the country, The Associated Press reported erroneously what ... 

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  Body of US pilot of missing F-16 found in Adriatic

  The body of a U.S. Air Force pilot whose F-16 fighter jet went missing Monday during a nighttime training mission has been found in the Adriatic Sea. 

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  Dutch court rejects most of Shell spill case

  A Dutch court has ruled that a subsidiary of international oil giant Royal Dutch Shell should be held responsible for a pipeline leak poisoning ... 

• Captain of wrecked Costa ship contests firing

  The captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia has returned to court to contest his firing, and says he'll "certainly" take command of a ship again. 

• Air Force identifies missing F-16 pilot

  The U.S. Air Force has identified the pilot of an F-16 fighter jet that went missing Monday on a training mission over the Adriatic Sea. It said he ... 

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  Humble nickel from 1913 likely to fetch millions

  A humble 5-cent coin with a storied past is headed to auction and bidding is expected to top $2 million a century after it was mysteriously minted. 

• Debris of missing Missoni plane found in Curacao

  The first sign of debris from a missing plane that was carrying the CEO of Italian fashion house Missoni has surfaced in the Dutch Caribbean island ... 

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  Judge OKs $4B BP oil spill criminal settlement

  BP PLC closed the book on the Justice Department's criminal probe of its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and Gulf oil spill Tuesday, when a U.S 

• At least 20 killed in Kazakhstan plane crash

  A passenger jet carrying at least 20 people crashed Tuesday in heavy fog near Kazakhstan's principal city, Almaty, killing all on board, the airline ... 

• US fighter jet missing on training mission

  U.S. and Italian aircraft on Monday searched the Adriatic Sea after losing contact with a U.S. fighter jet believed to have crashed during a training ... 

• Italian court: Missile caused 1980 plane crash

  Italy's top criminal court has ruled there is "abundantly" clear evidence that a stray missile caused an Italian passenger jet to crash into the ... 

• 5 more sailors rescued from sunken Russian ship

  Five more sailors were rescued Monday from a Russian crab boat that capsized in the Sea of Japan with a crew of 30 Russians and Indonesians on board, ... 

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  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. 

• Russian fishing ship capsizes, 20 sailors missing

  A Russian fishing vessel has capsized in the Sea of Japan, and emergency officials say 20 Russian and Indonesian crew members are missing. The far ... 

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  Bus crashes in eastern Portugal; 10 dead, 33 hurt

  A bus crashed and fell into a ravine near the eastern Portuguese town of Serta, killing 11 people and injuring 32, officials said Sunday. 

• Wind, snow thwart search for plane in Antarctica

  Hurricane-force winds and snow were preventing searchers Friday from reaching a plane believed to have crashed in an Antarctic mountain range while ... 

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  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 ... 

• Russian plane crash caused by equipment failure

  Investigators say equipment failure caused a Russian airliner to crash in Moscow last month, killing five people. The Russian-made Tupolev Tu-204 ...