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At least 7 killed in China's latest industrial accident
Associated Press, Published on 31/03/2019
» BEIJING: At least seven people were killed and five injured on Sunday when a container containing scrap metal exploded in the latest in a series of industrial accidents in eastern China.
Myanmar government under Suu Kyi silences journalists
Associated Press, Published on 15/02/2018
» When five Myanmar journalists were sentenced to decade-long prison terms for reporting the alleged existence of a military-run chemical weapons factory in Myanmar a few years ago, Aung San Suu Kyi -- then an opposition lawmaker -- condemned the harsh punishments as "very excessive".
Two explosions reported at flooded Texas chemical plant
Associated Press, Published on 31/08/2017
» DALLAS -- Two explosions were reported at a flooded chemical plant in Crosby, outside Houston, Texas, according to the plant's operator, Arkema Inc.
Eight killed in China chemical plant explosion
Associated Press, Published on 05/06/2017
» BEIJING -- Eight people have been killed and five injured in an explosion and fire at a chemical plant in eastern China's Shandong province.
Over 100 killed during Syria population transfer
Associated Press, Published on 16/04/2017
» BEIRUT - A stalled population transfer resumed Saturday after a deadly explosion killed at least 100, including children, government supporters and opposition fighters, at an evacuation point, adding new urgency to the widely criticised operation.
3 killed in blast at Mexico petrochemical plant
Associated Press, Published on 21/04/2016
» MEXICO CITY -- An explosion rocked a petrochemical plant on Mexico's southern Gulf coast, causing evacuations in the area as a fire billowed a toxin-filled cloud into the air. Officials said three workers died and more than 100 people were injured.
At least 44 dead as warehouse blasts hit Tianjin
Associated Press, Published on 13/08/2015
» TIANJIN — Huge explosions in a warehouse district sent up massive fireballs that turned the night sky into day, killing at least 44 people and injuring hundreds in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, officials and witnesses said Thursday.
Lebanese man jailed for 2.8 tonnes of bomb-making chemical
Associated Press, Published on 18/09/2013
» The Criminal Court on Wednesday convicted and imprisoned a Lebanese man with alleged links to Hezbollah militants of illegal possession of bomb-making materials that he was storing in a warehouse just outside Bangkok.
Huge fertiliser plant explosion kills, maims in Texas
Associated Press, Published on 18/04/2013
» Rescue workers searched rubble that witnesses compared to a war zone early Thursday for survivors of a fertiliser plant explosion in a small Texas town that killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160 others.