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US train derails, flips, tears open; 5 dead, 140 hospitalised
Associated Press, Published on 13/05/2015
» PHILADELPHIA — An Amtrak passenger train headed to New York City derailed and tipped over in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, tearing the cars apart and killing at least five people. Scores of passengers were injured, and some climbed out of windows to get away.
Islamic State group 'bulldozes' historic Assyrian ruins
Associated Press, Published on 06/03/2015
» BAGHDAD — Islamic State group militants “bulldozed” the renowned archaeological site of the ancient city of Nimrud in northern Iraq on Thursday using heavy military vehicles, the government said.
At least 8 dead in TransAsia crash
Associated Press, Published on 04/02/2015
» TAIPEI — A Taiwanese commercial flight with 53 passengers aboard clipped a bridge shortly after takeoff and crashed into a river in the island's capital of Taipei on Wednesday morning.
Fire razes 100s of Manila shanties
Associated Press, Published on 01/01/2015
» MANILA – A huge fire, believed to have been ignited by firecrackers, razed hundreds of shanties in a creek-side slum in metropolitan Manila Thursday in one of more than a dozen fires reported across the country as Filipinos welcomed the New Year.
'Irrawaddy' told to go with river's flow
Associated Press, Published on 18/12/2014
» YANGON — It was easy for Myanmar's former military government to change the name of the country's mightiest river, but a magazine ordered to make the same change is putting up a fight.
Driver crawls for 3 days after accident
Associated Press, Published on 24/10/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian man seriously injured in a car accident crawled through jungle for three days before happening upon an isolated village, authorities said Friday.
Cambodia floods kill 45 in Aug
Associated Press, Published on 21/08/2014
» PHNOM PENH — Officials say floods in Cambodia have killed at least 45 people since last month.
Hunt on for huge bell in Myanmar river
Associated Press, Published on 14/08/2014
» YANGON — A team of divers is trying to retrieve a bronze bell that has been lying for centuries at the confluence of three rivers south of Myanmar's old capital, Yangon.
7 dead in Indonesia boat sinking
Associated Press, Published on 31/07/2014
» JAKARTA — An official says a boat carrying villagers sank after hitting a stump in a river in western Indonesia, leaving a woman and six children dead and at least 13 others missing.
Ex-Hmong leader deported to Laos
Associated Press, Published on 02/07/2014
» Thailand deported a former ethnic Hmong resistance leader whose group fought for the United States in Laos in the 1960s, officials and rights groups said Wednesday, raising concerns that he will face persecution in his homeland.