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10 bodies found after landslide buries scores in China
Associated Press, Published on 25/06/2017
» MAO COUNTY, China -- Rescuers recovered 10 bodies and were still searching for 93 other people on Sunday, a day after a massive landslide buried a picturesque mountain village in southwestern China.
12 dead in eastern China bus-truck collision
Associated Press, Published on 16/05/2017
» BEIJING (AP) A head-on collision between a bus and truck in eastern China has left 12 people dead and dozens injured.
Vietnam arrests anti-polluter activist
Associated Press, Published on 16/05/2017
» HANOI -- In Vietnam's latest crackdown on dissent, police have arrested an activist who organised a protest against a polluting steel plant, saying he instigated demonstrators to attack and injure several police officers.
Severe weather creates havoc across Germany
Associated Press, Published on 20/05/2017
» BERLIN - Thunderstorms have created havoc across Germany leading to the derailment of a train with seven people injured, flight cancellations at Hamburg's airport and a mudslide on a highway in the eastern part of the country.
Police stop 12-year-old boy from driving across Australia
Associated Press, Published on 24/04/2017
» SYDNEY - Outback police have arrested a 12-year-old boy who was almost a third of his way toward driving solo across Australia.
China's 'Silk Road' stirs unease over its strategic goals
Associated Press, Published on 11/05/2017
» BEIJING -- In a mountain valley in Kashmir, plans are under way for Chinese engineers guarded by Pakistani forces to expand the lofty Karakoram Highway in a project that is stirring diplomatic friction with India.
8 dead, 20 injured after moderate quake in far western China
Associated Press, Published on 11/05/2017
» BEIJING -- A moderate earthquake that struck close to the earth's surface killed eight people and injured more than 20 others in far western China on Thursday, the region's earthquake administration said.
Helicopter crashes in outskirts of Istanbul, five killed
Associated Press, Published on 10/03/2017
» ISTANBUL - A helicopter crashed on a highway in the outskirts of Istanbul on Friday, after apparently hitting a television tower in dense fog, reports said. At least five people were killed, the governor said.
California evacuates 200,000 but dam threat eases
Associated Press, Published on 14/02/2017
» OROVILLE, California - The water level dropped Monday behind the nation's tallest dam, reducing the risk of a catastrophic spillway collapse and easing fears that prompted the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream.
4 marines, gunman die in attack on 2 US military sites
Associated Press, Published on 17/07/2015
» CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE — A gunman unleashed a barrage of fire at a recruiting centre and another US military site a few miles apart in Chattanooga on Thursday, killing at least four marines, officials said. The attacker was also killed.