Accidents and disasters

Accidents and disasters

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  Indian police search for evidence in bomb attack

  Indian police are investigating whether a shadowy Islamic militant group was responsible for a dual bomb attack that killed 16 people outside a movie ... 

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  Twin bombings kill 14, wound more in south India

  A day after two bicycle bombs killed 14 people and wounded more than 100, investigators into India's worst bombing in more than a year searched Friday ... 

• Christchurch marks 2nd anniversary of deadly quake

  The New Zealand city of Christchurch is commemorating the second anniversary of an earthquake that destroyed thousands of homes and killed 185 people. 

• Leader of Palestinian group injured in Syria bomb

  Palestinian officials say the leader of a Palestinian group based in Damascus is among those injured by a car bomb that killed more than 30 people in ... 

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  Russia offers to broker Syria talks

  Russia and the Arab League proposed Wednesday to broker talks between the Syrian opposition and President Bashar Assad's regime to try to resolve the ... 

• Belgian prince injured in skiing accident

  Belgium's Prince Laurent was injured during a skiing holiday in Austria and remained under observation on Wednesday in a local hospital to monitor ... 

• Judge approves Transocean's $1B spill settlement

  A U.S. judge on Tuesday approved Swiss-based Transocean Ltd.'s agreement with the Justice Department to pay $1 billion in civil penalties for its role ... 

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  Military plane crashes in Yemen, kills 10

  A Yemeni military plane crashed Tuesday into a residential neighborhood in the country's capital, Sanaa, killing 10 people and injuring 17, the ... 

• Czech police suspect victim set off deadly blast

  Czech police suspect that a man who died in a powerful gas blast that killed four others deliberately set off the explosion. The blast destroyed a ... 

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  Round-the-world UK cyclists killed in Thailand

  A British couple's round-the-world cycling odyssey ended in tragedy when both of them were killed in a road accident in Thailand. Peter Root and Mary ... 

• Official: Chernobyl safe after structure collapse

  An official says a recent roof collapse at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant has posed no danger and that work on building a new, safer shelter over ... 

• Death toll rises to 5 in Czech gas explosion

  Officials say the death toll after a powerful gas explosion that destroyed a three-story apartment building in eastern Czech Republic has risen to ... 

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  Series of bombings in Baghdad area kill dozens

  Car bombs tore through shopping areas within minutes of each other in mainly Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital on Sunday, killing at least 37 ... 

• Explosion kills 1 in Czech Republic

  A powerful explosion in a three-story apartment building in the Czech Republic killed at least one resident and left five people missing on Sunday, ... 

• 2 magnitude 5 quakes shake southwestern Greece

  Seismologists say two earthquakes have struck southwestern Greece, both with preliminary magnitudes 5 but with different epicenters. No injuries or ... 

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  Death toll in Pakistani bombing climbs to 81

  The death toll from a horrific bombing that tore through a crowded vegetable market in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhood of southwestern Pakistan ... 

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  Russian region begins recovery from meteor fall

  As a small army of people worked to replace acres of windows shattered by the enormous explosion from a meteor, many joked on Saturday about what had ... 

• Quake hits rural area south of Rome

  A strong earthquake has rocked a rural area about 80 kilometers (50 miles) southeast of Rome, but authorities say reports from residents indicate no ... 

• US man arrested in ex-wife's Italian cruise death

  A California man has been arrested in southwest Florida on an outstanding murder warrant in the death of his ex-wife, who went overboard from an ... 

• 4 convicted in Italy for dorm collapse in quake

  A court in L'Aquila, Italy, has convicted four people in the collapse of a university dormitory during the 2009 earthquake in that Apennine mountain ... 

• Bus accident in Turkey; 16 injured

  An official says a tour bus carrying tourists from China has skidded and flipped while traveling on a wet road, injuring 14 of the passengers, their ... 

• UK police: 3rd victim of Scottish avalanche dies

  Two of the three people who died following an avalanche in the Scottish Highlands were Royal Air Force personnel, Britain's defense ministry said ...