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15 die in Brazil bus plunge
dpa, Published on 23/12/2013
» RIO DE JANEIRO - A bus failed to make a curve and plunged 10 metres down a hill Sunday in southern Brazil, killing 15 people.
UN urges more aid for Haiyan victims
dpa, Published on 22/12/2013
» MANILA - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday urged international donors to increase aid for typhoon victims in the Philippines amid shortages in food, water and shelter.
Australia-bound refugee boat capsizes off Java, 3 killed
dpa, Published on 10/12/2013
» JAKARTA - A boat carrying undocumented migrants bound for Australia capsized off Indonesia's Java island, killing three people, police said Tuesday.
Train hits fuel truck, 5 killed
dpa, Published on 09/12/2013
» JAKARTA - A commuter train ploughed into a truck carrying petrol in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Monday, killing at least five people and injuring more than 30, police said.
Philippines charges 'turtle poachers'
dpa, Published on 22/10/2013
» MANILA – Nearly 300 apparently poached sea turtles were seized from a Vietnamese fishing boat off the western Philippines, the Philippine government said on Tuesday.
UPDATE: 20 dead in Philippines quake
dpa, Published on 15/10/2013
» MANILA - A magnitude-7.2 earthquake struck the central Philippines Tuesday, killing 20 people and causing roads to crack and buildings to collapse, the national disaster risk management agency said.
Vietnam bear bile trade slumps
dpa, Published on 28/08/2013
» HANOI - Nguyen Thanh Son opens a freezer for a potential customer, revealing the ears and feet of a bear packed in ice.
Man and son found in jungle after 40yrs
dpa, Published on 09/08/2013
» Hanoi - An 82-year-old man and his 41-year-old son were found living in a jungle in central Vietnam after they went missing during the country's war with the United States, relatives and local officials said Thursday.
'Dozens dead' in Rohingya boat tragedy
dpa, Published on 14/05/2013
» Yangon - Dozens of people were missing after boats sank off western Myanmar as they were carrying already destitute Rohingya refugees trying to flee an incoming cyclone, aid groups and the government said Tuesday.
6.1 earthquake jolts Taiwan, kills one
dpa, Published on 27/03/2013
» A strong earthquake struck central Taiwan Wednesday, killing one person and causing minor damage to buildings throughout the island.