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Leftover land mine explodes, kills 6 in Iran
An Iranian semi-official news agency reports an explosion from a land mine left over from the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s has killed six people and ...
Fuel tanker explosion kills 22 in Saudi capital
A fuel truck exploded after hitting portions of a bridge Thursday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, engulfing buildings and cars in flames and killing at ...
NYC utility prepped for big storm, got bigger one
They planned big for Superstorm Sandy, but not big enough. Consolidated Edison figured any surge would not surpass the 11-foot record set nearly two ...
South Africa police: Blast kills 3 prisoners
A blast outside a prison in central Johannesburg Monday killed three prisoners and seriously wounded four others, a police official said.
Jordan police say ceiling collapsed at Amman mall
A ceiling collapsed at a mall in the Jordanian capital Friday, prompting a false alarm about an explosion as a panicked crowd ran from the area, ...
Bahrain policeman dies from blast injuries
Bahrain's Interior Ministry says a policeman has died after a bomb attack during clashes with anti-government protesters in the violence-wracked Gulf ...
Anti-tank mine explodes, kills 6 Cambodian farmers
Six farmers were killed when their tractor ran over an anti-tank mine left over from Cambodia's 1980s civil war. District police chief Khum Soy said ...
Work resumes at Okla. refinery after deadly blast
An oil refinery employee remained in critical condition Sunday at an Oklahoma City hospital as work resumed at the facility where an explosion earlier ...
Court convicts in deadly 2001 French factory blast
A court in southwestern France on Monday convicted a factory chief and a subsidiary of oil giant Total of manslaughter for an explosion at a chemical ...
Chavez's record: an oil bonanza squandered?
On the streets of Caracas, vast slums blanket the hillsides while squatters hang laundry in the windows of abandoned buildings. Trash-strewn alleys ...
Mexico blast a blow to Pemex's improving safety
An enormous blast that killed 30 workers at a pipeline facility in northern Mexico was a big setback for the state-owned oil company, which up to this ...
29 dead, 46 injured in Mexico pipeline fire
The death toll in a pipeline fire at a distribution plant near the U.S. border has risen to 29, Mexico's state-owned oil company said Wednesday.
Common type of rail car has dangerous design flaw
For two decades, one of the most commonly used types of rail tanker has been allowed to haul hazardous liquids from coast to coast even though ...
Venezuela says refinery hit by explosion restarts
Operations resumed Friday at the Amuay refinery where an explosion set off a raging fire and killed 42 people and injured more than 150 others, ...
Court mistakenly posts secret pipeline settlement
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. agreed to pay more than $2 million to a teenager burned in the 2010 San Bruno gas pipeline explosion that killed eight ...
Analysts: Financial impacts after Venezuela blast
The deadly blast and fire at Venezuela's biggest refinery are prompting critics to question whether the state oil company has been neglecting ...
Families sue over Kansas grain elevator blast
Family members of four people killed in a grain elevator explosion last year in northeast Kansas are suing employees of Bartlett Grain Co., including ...
Fire extinguished at Venezuela refinery
Venezuela's biggest oil refinery remained offline Tuesday after firefighters extinguished a blaze that raged for more than three days following an ...
Fire spreads at Venezuela refinery, 41 dead
An intense fire at a Venezuelan refinery spread to a third fuel tank on Monday nearly three days after an explosion killed at least 41 people and ...
Oil spill fouls Curacao shore, threatens flamingos
An extensive fuel spill has fouled a stretch of shoreline and oiled pink flamingos and other wildlife in a nature preserve in Curacao, ...
Death toll rises to 48 in Venezuela refinery blast
The death toll has risen to 48 at Venezuela's biggest oil refinery, where fires were still raging on Monday nearly three days after a powerful ...
Refinery blast kills 39 in Venezuela, dozens hurt
A huge explosion rocked Venezuela's biggest oil refinery and unleashed a ferocious fire on Saturday, killing at least 39 people and injuring more than ...
Refinery blast kills 26 in Venezuela, dozens hurt
A huge explosion rocked Venezuela's biggest oil refinery and unleashed a ferocious fire on Saturday, killing at least 26 people and injuring more than ...
Refinery blast kills 19 in Venezuela, dozens hurt
A state governor in Venezuela says the death toll from an explosion at the country's biggest oil refinery has risen to 19. Falcon state Gov.