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The peak of the mountain 'Aoraki' takes life of Japanese climber:New ...

Auckland :: New Zealand | about 9 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

Mountain guide Kiyoshi Ikenouchi, 49, died on the 3,754m high Mount Cook early today, while his client Hideaki Nara, 51, was rescued several hours later. A Japanese climber died just hours before a helicopter came to rescue him and a...

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Rescuers agonisingly close to saving climber

Wellington :: New Zealand | about 18 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Wellington Dominion

The Japanese climbers stranded for days in horrific conditions on Mt Cook, with one perishing overnight, did not know a survival pack had been dropped by their tent yesterday. Japanese mountain guide Kiyoshi Ikenouchi, 49, died just hours before rescuers reached him on Aoraki/Mt...

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Bolante files habeas corpus plea at SC

Manila :: Philippines | about 8 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Inquirer.net

Former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn Joc-Joc Bolante, through his lawyer, has filed a petition for habeas corpus before the Supreme Court and asked that he be released at the soonest possible time. In a 22-page petition submitted by his counsel Antonio...

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Police reveal chilling account of stalker's fatal pursuit

San Mateo :: Philippines | about 11 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

That was the picture painted by San Mateo police Thursday when they revealed the findings of their probe into what led Raymond Gee, 22, to take the former beauty pageant contestant and her children hostage in their house on Nov....

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5 killed in bomb, shootings in Thai south

Narathiwat :: Thailand | about 7 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: The Daily Star (Bangladesh)

Thai south AFP, Narathiwat Shootings and a bomb attack carried out by suspected separatist insurgents have killed five people including a policeman in Thailand's far south, police said Friday. Three villagers were killed instantly when a bomb exploded at a...

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Trio arrested over chef's murder

Ulladulla :: Australia | about 13 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Police have arrested a man and two women over the death of Danny Ralph, a chef and father of five, whose body was found on the bed of the Queanbeyan River earlier this year. Mr Ralph's body was recovered from...

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Police: Road accidents kill 7,276 people in China in November

Beijing :: China | about 17 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Xinhuanet.com

Road accidents in China killed 7,276 people and injured 23,844 others in November, police said on Thursday, as they warned motorists against risky road conditions during the winter. There were 22,087 accidents last month, down 20 percent year-on-year, said the...

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Home-made bombs found at PM office,Bangkok,Thailand.

Bangkok :: Thailand | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

The three cars and jewellery had disappeared from Government House during the occupation by the People's Alliance for Democracy, although one anonymous donor paid off a big water bill. The home-made bombs and molotov cocktails received at the Prime Minister's...

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Youths attack karaoke bar with molotov cocktails

Sandakan :: Malaysia | about 23 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Detectives are now at the scene and police are still searching for the attackers.

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China and India to hold joint anti-terror exercise

Beijing :: China | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Gulf News

The joint drill, named "Hand in Hand 2008", will be held in Belgaum in south India from Saturday and continue until 14 Dec., a spokesman from China's Ministry of Defence told the official Xinhua news agency on Thursday. The exercise...

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