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56 killed as ferry sinks in Bangladesh
Sinking of overcrowded ferries continues – after the sinking of the Indonesian ferry last week, it is now the turn of a Bangladesh ferry. Most passengers were going home to celebrate the festival of Eid but ended up on the river bed. The sad incident...
Tags: overcrowded ferry boat, festival of Eid, wreckage, rescue teams, allnews, Dhāka, Disaster Accident, Bangladesh
Quake wipes out villages
Padang :: Indonesia | 2 months ago
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Some Indonesian villages in the Sumatra earthquake zone have been completely wiped out, the Red Cross said on Friday, estimating that the biggest damage occurred 80km around the epicentre. "From the aerial assessments carried out yesterday, the feedback...
Tags: Indonesian Island of Sumatra, Padang Pariaman, port city, power earthquake, rescue teams, Indonesia, Padang
Search resumes for boy swept off pier
Porthcawl :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
Credibility The search for a 13-year-old boy who was swept into the sea at a popular holiday resort was resumed today. Coastguards last night scaled down their operation to find the youngster, who was taken off Porthcawl pier, south Wales, by a wave. A lifeboat...
Tags: South Wales, Porthcawl, old boy, boy swept, rescue teams, porthcawl pier
Ministerial Committee Rejects Internet Censorship
Jerusalem :: Israel | 4 months ago
Credibility The ministerial committee on legislation rejected on Sunday a measure that would have required internet customers to ask their providers to allow them access to inapproprate sites. Under the "Internet Censorship Law" proposed by Knesset member Amnon Cohen...
Tags: Israeli, Ministerial Committee for Legislation, Peruvian, internet censorship, rescue teams
Pakistani army helps in quake rescue
Islamabad :: Pakistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Pakistani military contingents joined rescue teams Thursday in earthquake-hit Baluchistan province, where the death toll from the disaster has risen to 236. Army helicopters and medical teams also were dispatched from Quetta to assist in the rescue effort...
Tags: Pakistan, rescue teams
Bihar floods: RJD fixes blame on govt
Bihār :: India | about 1 year ago
Credibility The blame game on fixing responsibility over the breach in Kosi embankment, causing largescale devastation in Bihar, rose to a pitch on Saturday as the main opposition RJD called for booking Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and members of his government for...
Tags: northeast India, Bihar, india flooding, rescue effort, flooding survivors, rescue teams
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