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Bus Runs Into Escaped Circus Elephant

Nārowāl :: Pakistan | Sep 24, 3:00 AM | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by Peter Gill

By Peter Gill: A five-ton elephant escaped from a circus and wandered onto a busy highway, where it was hit by a bus and died on Tuesday. State officials say bus driver Tomas Lopez, 49, also was killed and at...

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Latest Breaking News: Most Iftar parties being cancelled in Pakistan after shock bombing

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Most Iftar parties being cancelled in Pakistan after shock bombing

Rāwalpindi :: Pakistan | Sep 23, 6:57 AM | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by maverick

People in Pakistan’s cultural capital Lahore have started to avoid eating Iftar at hotels and restaurants, while most organisations have also cancelled their Iftar parties after the shock bombing of an upscale hotel in Islamabad over the weekend. The Water...

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Current News: Czech envoy’s body flown home with sorrow

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Czech envoy’s body flown home with sorrow

Peshawar :: Pakistan | Sep 23, 9:21 AM | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by Ashrafuddin Pirzada

The body of the late Ambassador of the Czech Republic Ivo Zdarek was flown to Prague on Monday where he was given military honours, and was seen off by amongst others Advisor to the PM on Interior Rehman Malik. Ivo...

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Current World News: 'I'll never stop looking for him,' wife of vanished ex-FBI agent says

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'I'll never stop looking for him,' wife of vanished ex-FBI agent says

Arāk :: Iran | Sep 23, 7:13 AM | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by Fernando

Christine Levinson went to the United Nations on Monday to ask questions about her husband, Bob, a former FBI agent who vanished in Iran last year. She didn't get any answers. "I'm disappointed," she says. Levinson flew to New York...

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Latest World News: Europeans kidnapped in Egyptian desert near Sudan

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Europeans kidnapped in Egyptian desert near Sudan

Cairo :: Egypt | Sep 23, 3:18 AM | Conflict & Tragedy

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Kidnappers seized 11 European tourists and eight Egyptians during a Sahara desert safari to Gilf al-Kebir, a plateau famed for its prehistoric cave paintings. Egypt's foreign minister said Monday the tourists had been freed unharmed. Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit...

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Current Event: 150 kidnapped, 15 killed in Afghanistan

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150 kidnapped, 15 killed in Afghanistan

Peshawar :: Pakistan | Sep 23, 11:34 AM | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by Ashrafuddin Pirzada

Suspected Taliban militants kidnapped more than 150 civilian labourers as they travelled by bus in Afghanistan while a bomb blast on Monday killed six civilians, authorities said. Meanwhile, a missile attack on a military base manned by a special Nato...

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Latest World Event: A Monster Pig of 11 feet killed by an 11 years old boy.

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A Monster Pig of 11 feet killed by an 11 years old boy.

Anderson :: AL :: USA | Sep 23, 11:54 AM | Conflict & Tragedy

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Step aside Hogzilla, meet Monster Pig and the eleven-year-old boy who bagged a pig the size of a buffalo. If the claims are true, Jamison Stone's trophy boar would be much bigger than Hogzilla, the legendary wild hog that was...

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Breaking News Event: Finland School Shooting - Nine Students Feared Dead

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Finland School Shooting - Nine Students Feared Dead

Helsinki :: Finland | Sep 23, 6:50 AM | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by wikiboy

A 20 year old gunman went on a shooting rampage in a Finnish vocational school near Helsinki and up to 9 are feared dead. Police eventually managed to disarm him, but not before her turned the gun on himself and...

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Latest News Event: Blink 182 drummer plane crash audio recording

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Blink 182 drummer plane crash audio recording

West Columbia :: SC :: USA | Sep 22, 11:38 PM | Conflict & Tragedy

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Audio detailing the shocking scenes at a plane crash which killed 4 people has emerged, and former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker can be heard on the tape. Police recorded their arrival at the scene and can be heard asking...

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Breaking World News: Afghan ambassador abducted while his driver killed

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Afghan ambassador abducted while his driver killed

Peshawar :: Pakistan | Sep 22, 6:37 PM | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by Ashrafuddin Pirzada

Unknown armed men kidnapped Afghanistan ’s ambassador-designate to Pakistan Abdul Khaliq Farahi from the posh Hayatabad locality after killing his driver on Monday afternoon. The diplomat’s driver, Khalid, was his by bullets in his eye, throat and chest as attackers...

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