Published on May 13, 2010 by Technology Slice
Boy Survives Libya Plane Crash – An eight-year-old Dutch boy was the sole survivor when a Libyan plane arriving from South Africa exploded on landing at Tripoli airport today, killing more than 100 people. Afriqiyah Airways listed 93 passengers and 11 crew on flight 8U771 from Johannesburg. The death toll is believe to stand at [...]
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Published on May 11, 2010 by Technology Slice
Russian Mine Death Toll Rises to 47 – The death toll from a Siberian coal mine disaster at the weekend rose to 47 on Tuesday and dozens of workers were still missing in a maze of tunnels threatened by flooding, emergency officials said. Putin then walked above the Raspadskaya mine, where emergency workers used heavy [...]
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Published on April 10, 2010 by Technology Slice
U.S. Miners Found Dead – Four missing West Virginia coal miners have been found dead, nearly five days after an explosion killed 25 others and trapped them deep underground at a Massey Energy mine. Rescuers had been clinging to hope that the four missing workers may have made it to safety chambers deep in the [...]
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Published on April 7, 2010 by Technology Slice
Heavy Rain Kills 95 In Rio – Mudslides swept away shacks in Rio’s hillside slums, turning the city’s main lake and the sea brown during the heavy rains that started on Monday and continued to fall through most of Tuesday. Most victims died in more than 180 mudslides, authorities said. Rio’s fire service said at [...]
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Published on February 28, 2010 by Technology Slice
Concepcion Chile – The death toll from a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Chile early Saturday has risen to 78, Chilean officials said. President Michele Bachelet declared a “state of catastrophe” and said the death toll would rise. “Without a doubt, with an earthquake of this magnitude, there will be more deaths,” the president [...]
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