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What a tail: whale sculpture saves runaway Dutch train
AFP, Published on 02/11/2020
» SPIJKENISSE (NETHERLANDS) - A runaway Dutch metro train was saved from disaster on Monday after it smashed through a stop barrier but then came to rest on a giant sculpture of a whale's tail.
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Taiwan probes worst rail disaster in 27 years
AFP, Published on 22/10/2018
» YILAN, Taiwan: Taiwan's president pushed for a swift investigation Monday after an express train derailed on a coastal tourist route, killing 18 people as it sent sleeping passengers flying from their seats.
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Footbridge collapses in Miami, leaving 'multiple victims'
AFP, Published on 16/03/2018
» MIAMI - A newly installed pedestrian bridge over a major road in Miami on a college campus collapsed Thursday, trapping at least eight cars below and leaving "multiple victims," local officials said.
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Footbridge collapses over Miami highway, fatalities reported
AFP, Published on 16/03/2018
» MIAMI - A newly installed pedestrian bridge over a six-lane highway in Miami on a college campus collapsed Thursday, crushing a number of cars below and reportedly leaving several people dead.
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Pain lingers one year after hajj tragedy in Saudi
AFP, Published on 07/09/2016
» MECCA - Despite being emotionally scarred by the death of two childhood friends during last year's hajj stampede, Muhammad Sani has still returned to Saudi Arabia for another pilgrimage.
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Mourners identify dead after head-on Italy train crash
AFP, Published on 13/07/2016
» ANDRIA (ITALY) - Relatives of victims of one of Italy's worst rail accidents gathered Wednesday to identify their dead, as rescuers searched for missing bodies from the wreckage of a head-on collision that claimed at least 25 lives.
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Super typhoon kills two, injures hundreds in Taiwan
AFP, Published on 29/09/2015
» TAIPEI - Super typhoon Dujuan has killed two people and left more than 300 injured in Taiwan, authorities said Tuesday after it swept across the island before making landfall in eastern China.
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Crane collapse kills 107 at Mecca's Grand Mosque
AFP, Published on 12/09/2015
» MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA — At least 107 people died when a massive construction crane crashed into Mecca's Grand Mosque, with scores more injured, Saudi authorities said, days before the annual hajj pilgrimage.
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Philippine ferry may have been overloaded, death toll rises to 61
AFP, Published on 05/07/2015
» ORMOC CITY, PHILIPPINES - The death toll from a ferry that capsized in the central Philippines has risen to 61, the coast guard said Sunday, indicating that the vessel was overloaded.
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Murder charges in Philippine ferry tragedy
AFP, Published on 04/07/2015
» MANILA — Philippine police have filed murder charges against the owner and crew of a passenger ferry that capsized and left 56 dead, an official said Saturday.
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