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He Spotted Faulty Pillar Before Bangkok Skyscraper Collapse: Victim's Partner
On Monday, rescuers were desperately searching for 76 people feared trapped under the rubble of the unfinished tower in Chatuchak district of Bangkok.
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Pompeii Newly Uncovered Skeletons Reveal Agonising Final Moments
Archaeologists have uncovered the skeletons of a man and a woman in Pompeii, offering new insights into the tragic events of the city's destruction during the Mount Vesuvius eruption in A.D. 79. The skeletons were found in a small room, with the woman's remains discovered near valuable items including gold coins and a pair of gold-and-pearl earring...
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19 Killed, Dozens Injured In Hotel Casino Fire At Cambodia-Thailand Border
At least 19 people were killed and many others are feared dead in a fire at a Cambodian casino, with a rescuer describing how victims hurled themselves from a ledge in a desperate bid to escape the flames.
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"Must Update Family": Relatives Desperate For News On Plane Crash Victims
With four family members onboard Indonesia's ill-fated Lion Air jet, Febby Mellysa knows there will be no good news as she and scores of distraught relatives await the results of DNA tests on remains recovered from the crash.
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Mass Burials In Indonesia With Over 800 Dead In Earthquake, Tsunami
The death toll in Indonesia's quake-tsunami disaster nearly doubled to more than 800 Sunday, as ill-equipped rescuers struggled to reach scores of trapped victims, health officials resorted to mass burials and desperate residents looted shops for food and water.
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Woman Says She Flushed 'Emotional Support' Hamster In Desperation After Bad Advice From Spirit Airlines
A dwarf hamster named Pebbles is the latest victim in the ongoing battle between airlines and passengers who want to travel with their "emotional support" animals.
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Bihar Flood Victims Loot Fodder To Save Cattle
Angry and desperate flood victims in Bihar's Darbhanga district on Thursday looted cattle-feed from a truck on the road to save their cattle, many of which have died of hunger, police said.
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Victims Of West Bengal's Baby Trafficking Racket Want Their Children Back
As they investigate a disquieting baby-selling racket, police in West Bengal are also dealing with desperate pleas from families who feel their children are still alive and have been trafficked in biscuit boxes.
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18-Year-Old Dragged For 8 Km By Truck, His Friends Who Pleaded Attacked
In a shocking incident, an 18-year-old boy riding a scooter was crushed to death allegedly by a speeding truck which dragged him for around eight kilometers. Two of the victim's friends, who clung to the dumper claimed that they made desperate requests to the driver to stop the truck. They alleged that the helper in the truck then attacked them wit...
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Desperation Grows as Afghan-Pakistan Earthquake Victims Wait for Aid
Earthquake survivors in Pakistan and Afghanistan emerged from a third night without shelter today, as village leaders warned they had nothing to protect children from the freezing conditions while rescuers struggle to reach isolated communities.
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Fuel Crisis Halts Aid Supplies to Earthquake Hit Nepalis
After months in makeshift shelters, earthquake victim Bhim Bahadur Gurung is desperate to start rebuilding his house ahead of Nepal's biting winter, but a fuel blockade has left him unable to obtain vital construction supplies.
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Opinion: What Sena vs Sudheendra Kulkarni is Really About
Having lost the Hindu agenda was lost to Modi's BJP, Shiv Sena is desperate to regain its political clout. Ghulam Ali, Kulkarni, Kasuri are just collateral victims in its power struggle.
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Earthquake-Hit Nepalis Need Information, Not Just Food and Water
There is probably no other place in the world right now where information - from the fate of your family members to where to get food and water - is more desperately needed than in the Nepal, devastated by a powerful earthquake six days ago.
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Relatives of German Plane Crash Victims Gather at Barcelona Airport
Grim-faced and some in tears, relatives of passengers of the German airliner that crashed in the French Alps today gathered at Barcelona airport, desperate for news of their loved ones.
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Heavy Diggers in Desperate Hunt for Sri Lanka Landslide Victims
Soldiers using heavy diggers stepped up their desperate search on Thursday for victims of a landslide in Sri Lanka, feared to have buried alive 100 people on a tea plantation.
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He Spotted Faulty Pillar Before Bangkok Skyscraper Collapse: Victim's Partner
On Monday, rescuers were desperately searching for 76 people feared trapped under the rubble of the unfinished tower in Chatuchak district of Bangkok.
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Pompeii Newly Uncovered Skeletons Reveal Agonising Final Moments
Archaeologists have uncovered the skeletons of a man and a woman in Pompeii, offering new insights into the tragic events of the city's destruction during the Mount Vesuvius eruption in A.D. 79. The skeletons were found in a small room, with the woman's remains discovered near valuable items including gold coins and a pair of gold-and-pearl earring...
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19 Killed, Dozens Injured In Hotel Casino Fire At Cambodia-Thailand Border
At least 19 people were killed and many others are feared dead in a fire at a Cambodian casino, with a rescuer describing how victims hurled themselves from a ledge in a desperate bid to escape the flames.
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"Must Update Family": Relatives Desperate For News On Plane Crash Victims
With four family members onboard Indonesia's ill-fated Lion Air jet, Febby Mellysa knows there will be no good news as she and scores of distraught relatives await the results of DNA tests on remains recovered from the crash.
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Mass Burials In Indonesia With Over 800 Dead In Earthquake, Tsunami
The death toll in Indonesia's quake-tsunami disaster nearly doubled to more than 800 Sunday, as ill-equipped rescuers struggled to reach scores of trapped victims, health officials resorted to mass burials and desperate residents looted shops for food and water.
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Woman Says She Flushed 'Emotional Support' Hamster In Desperation After Bad Advice From Spirit Airlines
A dwarf hamster named Pebbles is the latest victim in the ongoing battle between airlines and passengers who want to travel with their "emotional support" animals.
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Bihar Flood Victims Loot Fodder To Save Cattle
Angry and desperate flood victims in Bihar's Darbhanga district on Thursday looted cattle-feed from a truck on the road to save their cattle, many of which have died of hunger, police said.
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Victims Of West Bengal's Baby Trafficking Racket Want Their Children Back
As they investigate a disquieting baby-selling racket, police in West Bengal are also dealing with desperate pleas from families who feel their children are still alive and have been trafficked in biscuit boxes.
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18-Year-Old Dragged For 8 Km By Truck, His Friends Who Pleaded Attacked
In a shocking incident, an 18-year-old boy riding a scooter was crushed to death allegedly by a speeding truck which dragged him for around eight kilometers. Two of the victim's friends, who clung to the dumper claimed that they made desperate requests to the driver to stop the truck. They alleged that the helper in the truck then attacked them wit...
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Desperation Grows as Afghan-Pakistan Earthquake Victims Wait for Aid
Earthquake survivors in Pakistan and Afghanistan emerged from a third night without shelter today, as village leaders warned they had nothing to protect children from the freezing conditions while rescuers struggle to reach isolated communities.
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Fuel Crisis Halts Aid Supplies to Earthquake Hit Nepalis
After months in makeshift shelters, earthquake victim Bhim Bahadur Gurung is desperate to start rebuilding his house ahead of Nepal's biting winter, but a fuel blockade has left him unable to obtain vital construction supplies.
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Opinion: What Sena vs Sudheendra Kulkarni is Really About
Having lost the Hindu agenda was lost to Modi's BJP, Shiv Sena is desperate to regain its political clout. Ghulam Ali, Kulkarni, Kasuri are just collateral victims in its power struggle.
-
Earthquake-Hit Nepalis Need Information, Not Just Food and Water
There is probably no other place in the world right now where information - from the fate of your family members to where to get food and water - is more desperately needed than in the Nepal, devastated by a powerful earthquake six days ago.
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Relatives of German Plane Crash Victims Gather at Barcelona Airport
Grim-faced and some in tears, relatives of passengers of the German airliner that crashed in the French Alps today gathered at Barcelona airport, desperate for news of their loved ones.
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Heavy Diggers in Desperate Hunt for Sri Lanka Landslide Victims
Soldiers using heavy diggers stepped up their desperate search on Thursday for victims of a landslide in Sri Lanka, feared to have buried alive 100 people on a tea plantation.
