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Grenade attack at PPP office in Balochistan injures two
Quetta :: Pakistan | 29 days ago
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Two persons were injured on Thursday when militants hurled a hand grenade at the election office of Pakistan Peoples Party in Noshki area of Balochistan, police said. The motorcycle-riding-attackers managed to escape after the incident. Police said
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Epecuen, a ghost town near Buenos Aires has only one inhabitant
Epecuen, a vibrant lake country spa town near Buenos Aires, once boasted of a population of 1500 residents - it now has only one: an 81-year old man Pablo Novak who goes about on his bicycle surveying the ruins of the town which once used to be
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In Indonesia, at least three people killed by a landslide
At least three people were killed yesterday in a landslide in the capital of the eastern Indonesian province of Papua in Jayapura. "The bodies have extracted from the landslide, but the people were already dead," - said
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Jordan flood kills elderly man
Amman :: Jordan | 4 months ago
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Traffic policemen help push a stranded car along a flooded street in Amman January 8, 2013. A flash flood in southern Jordan killed an elderly man on Saturday as torrential rains and heavy snowfall swept the desert country, trapping 300 people who
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Take care of yourselves, Philippine Red Cross chair tells public
Manila :: Philippines | 10 months ago
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People who need rescuing may call their emergency line at 527-000 however, he said women, children, the sick and elderly are their priorities in their operations. Yung mga kailangan ang unang ire-rescue dapat Kung safe naman ay hindi naman ipa-
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Heavy rains kill at least 16 in China
Beijing :: China | 11 months ago
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Chinese state media say torrential rains have killed at least 16 people and affected 1 1/2 million people in southern and northern parts of the country. The official Xinhua News Agency said Monday that the heavy rains over the
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Heavy rains flood homes, jail in Fla. Panhandle
Miami :: FL :: USA | 12 months ago
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Officials in the Florida Panhandle are assessing the damage after floodwaters from torrential rains damaged homes and closed roads. A few hundred inmates at the Escambia County Jail were without power and air conditioning after
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Heavy rains flood homes, jail in Fla. Panhandle as residents flee to shelters, brace for more
Miami :: FL :: USA | 12 months ago
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Officials in the Florida Panhandle are assessing the damage after floodwaters from torrential rains damaged homes and closed roads. A few hundred inmates at the Escambia County Jail were without power and air conditioning after the rains left more
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Villagers rescued from the flooded area
Meizhou :: China | 12 months ago
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A villager and his family were moved to tears when he was brought to safety in Huangpo township in Xingning, a city in Guangdong province, on May 29. The villager, whose surname is Liu, initially refused to board a motorboat sent to rescue him after
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Massive landslide in Papua New Guinea kills over 60
A massive landslide of mud and stones has practically wiped out an entire village at the foothills of the southern mountains in Papua New Guinea. Initial death toll is put in excess of 60 and it is expected to increase. All the houses near
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