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Japan |
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Body found in plane's landing gear bay |
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Mexico |
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Flooding kills at least 33 |
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| Sun. |
Connecticut |
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Power plant blast 'causes mass casualties' |
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| Sat. |
 Washington |
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Snowstorm paralyses DC and eastern US| An 'extremely dangerous' storm has dumped large amounts of snow, killing at least two people and paralysing parts of the region | |
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| Fri. |
Dominican Republic |
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Helicopter leaving Haiti crashes; 2 dead |
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| Jan. 30 |
Haiti |
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US halts Haiti victim evacuations |
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| Jan. 27 |
 Haiti |
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Girl, 16, pulled from rubble 
Map of Port-au-Prince Haiti| French rescuers pulled from rubble a girl who they believe could have been trapped since the January 12 earthquake | |
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| Jan. 25 |
Lebanon |
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Bodies found after plane crash |
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| Jan. 24 |
 Lebanon |
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Ethiopian airliner crashes; 90 on board 
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Haiti |
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Haiti capital earthquake toll 150,000
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| Jan. 23 |
Haiti |
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Rescuers pull man alive after 11 days |
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Haiti |
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Victim rescue operation declared over
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| Jan. 20 |
Haiti |
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US to send 4,000 extra troops to Haiti | The US is sending another 4,000 sailors and marines for the earthquake relief effort, diverting them from deployments in the Gulf and Africa | |
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Haiti |
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Desperate flood port hoping for way out
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| Jan. 18 |
Haiti |
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US marines arrive to bolster quake efforts
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| Jan. 15 |
Haiti |
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Rescued girl dies after bid to save her
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| Jan. 13 |
Haiti |
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Haiti capital 'flattened,' many feared dead Map of Port-au-Prince Haiti| Rescue workers struggled to clear rubble and bodies from the streets, where the death toll from 7.0-magnitude earthquake may exceed 100,000. Thousands of injured waited for care outside damaged hospitals. Unknown number remained trapped inside collapsed buildings.
Water and el... | |
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| Jan. 12 |
Haiti |
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'Catastrophic' earthquake slams Haiti Map of Port-au-Prince Haiti A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck southern Haiti, knocking down buildings and power lines. Heavy damage and bodies in the streets of the capital
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| Jan.2 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Death toll rains hits 51 |
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| Dec.26 |
Aceh |
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Fifth anniversary of tsunami marked |
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| Dec.21 |
Poland |
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80 dead in European winter weather |
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| Dec.19 |
Virginia |
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Snowstorm strikes US East Coast |
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| Dec.18 |
 England |
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Eurostar trains stuck in tunnel 4 trains have broken down in the Channel Tunnel due to cold weather, as more snow is expected to cause disruption in Britain
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| Dec.16 |
Philippines |
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30,000 flee volcano |
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| Dec.4 |
 Ural |
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152 killed in nightclub blast and fire Map of Perm Russia An explosion at a nightclub killed at least 101 people and injured at least 140 others. The preliminary theory was use of pyrotechnical devices
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| Oct.23 |
Puerto Rico |
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Fire rages at fuel depot
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| Oct.15 |
 Colorado |
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'Balloon boy' found alive at home 6-year-old Falcon Heene thought to have been carried away by a helium balloon was in fact hiding in a box in an attic at home
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| Oct.10 |
Philippines |
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Days of flooding, landslides kill 186 |
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| Oct.1 |
 Sumatra |
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Quake deaths pass 1,000 Map of Padang Indonesia Corpses lay stacked outside hospitals, as night fell casting nearly the entire city in darkness hours after the region's second strong earthquake
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| Sep.30 |
Sumatra |
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Indonesia quake death kills thousands Map of Padang Indonesia Thousands more trapped by collapsed buildings and houses. The quake caused widespread power and phone outages
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| Sep.29 |
 Samoa |
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85 deaths reported after quake A tsunami warning for the South Pacific was called off hours after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake was recorded near American Samoa
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| Sep.26 |
Manila |
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Dozens dead in floods |
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| Sep.8 |
West Africa |
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600,000 hit by flooding |
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| Aug.23 |
 Greece |
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Fire threat empties Athens suburb Residents of an entire Agios Stefanos have been ordered from their homes as out-of-control wildfires blaze around the Greek capital
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| Aug.18 |
Siberia |
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62 still missing after blast at plant |
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| Aug.10 |
 Taiwan |
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'Hundreds lost' in typhoon Morakot triggered a mudslide that buried an entire Shiao Lin village on the south-west coast after part of the mountain collapsed on sleeping...
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| Aug.8 |
New York |
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Helicopter and plane collide, 9 died |
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| Jul.15 |
 Iran |
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168 feared dead as plane crashes An Iranian airliner en route to Armenia crashed killing all passengers and crew plunged into the ground and disintegrated on impact
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| Jun.30 |
Comoros |
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Child found alive after Indian Ocean plane crash |
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| Jun.29 |
 Comoros |
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Yemeni plane crashes with 154 aboard A Yemeni jetliner en route to Moroni has crashed in the Indian Ocean an hour before reaching its destination, Moroni, the capital of Comoros
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Northern Italy |
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14 die in Italian Riviera train-gas blast |
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| Jun.18 |
New Jersey |
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Jetliner lands safely after pilot dies |
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| Jun.11 |
 Global |
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WHO declares swine flu pandemic The World Health Organization raised the alert to its highest level, saying the virus has spread to enough countries to be considered a global...
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| Jun.5 |
North Mexico |
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29 children die in day care center fire |
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| Jun.1 |
 Northeastern Brazil |
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Air France plane crashed The Airbus A330-200 with 228 people aboard reported electrical problems in stormy weather before it lost contact
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| May.28 |
Brazil |
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Dam bursts after more rain |
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| May.19 |
Indonesia |
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Nearly 100 dead in military plane crash |
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| May.3 |
Global |
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WHO: cases of H1N1 virus now at 787 |
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| May.1 |
Hong Kong |
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'Flu' hotel sealed off |
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| Apr.30 |
Mexico |
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Mexico shuts down to control flu |
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| Apr.29 |
Geneva |
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WHO raises pandemic alert |
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Texas |
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First U.S. swine flu death confirmed |
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| Apr.25 |
Mexico |
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WHO: Mexico flu 'a potential pandemic' |
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| Apr.24 |
 Mexico |
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'Swine flu' kills 60 The World Health Organization says it suspects flu has killed 60 people and infected 800 others; majority of the cases were in the capital
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| Apr.5 |
 Italy |
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About 300 dead in strong quake A 6.3-magnitude earthquake jolted central Italy, after a series of about a hundred minor tremors since January
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| Feb.12 |
Upstate New York |
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50 die after plane crashes into house |
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| Feb.9 |
 Melbourne |
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Toll from bush fires claimed 181 Some people died in their cars trying to escape the fires. Some of the fires in the state of Victoria were started deliberately
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| Jan.15 |
New York |
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Airplane crash-lands into Hudson River A US Airways plane with 155 people on board went into a chilly river, apparently after striking birds upon takeoff from LaGuardia Airport
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| Jan.11 |
Sulawesi |
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Ferry disaster leaves 246 missing 21 have been rescued. Rescue crews continued their search for the missing a day after The Teratai Prima capsized off the coast of Majena
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| Dec.2 |
Zimbabwe |
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Cholera deaths near 500 |
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| Nov.7 |
Haiti |
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At least 84 dead in school collapse |
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| Sep.23 |
Global |
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China's tainted milk scare spreads globally |
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| Sep.17 |
China |
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3 babies dead, 6,200 ill from milk formula
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| Sep.14 |
China |
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Death toll from landslide reaches 254 |
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| Sep.12 |
Los Angeles |
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24 killed, 135 injured in train collision |
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| Aug.20 |
Spain |
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153 dead in Madrid plane crash
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| Jun.21 |
Philippines |
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Ferry hit by typhoon |
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| May.12 |
Southern China |
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Quake death toll 50,000
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| May.6 |
Myanmar |
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Cyclone death toll jumps to 22,000
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| May.3 |
Myanmar |
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78,000 dead in cyclone, 56,000 missing
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| Jan.30 |
China |
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Stranded take buses anywhere |
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| Nov.23 |
Antarctica |
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Sinking ship 'struck iceberg' |
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| Nov.18 |
Bangladesh |
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Cyclone death toll surpasses 3,000 |
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| Nov.14 |
Chile |
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Thousands homeless after quake |
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| Nov.11 |
Russia |
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Five ships sink in storms; 23 missing |
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| Nov.2 |
Mexico |
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Floods strand 300,000; more rain ahead |
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| Oct.23 |
Southern California |
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500,000 flee wildfires
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| Oct.12 |
USA |
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Gore says prize must spur action |
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| Sep.18 |
Shanghai |
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Millions flee as typhoon rips into China |
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| Sep.16 |
Thailand |
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87 killed in plane crash |
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| Sep.15 |
West Africa |
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Flood misery hits arc of Africa |
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| Sep.4 |
Nevada |
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Famed flier Fossett missing |
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| Aug.25 |
Greece |
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63 died from forest fires
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| Aug.16 |
Peru |
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337 killed in earthquake
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| Aug.3 |
India |
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Millions flee 'worst ever' floods |
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| Aug.1 |
Minnesota |
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Bridge collapses into Mississippi
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| Jul.23 |
England |
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UK fights worst floods in 60 years |
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| Jul.17 |
Sao Paulo |
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About 200 dead from plane crash
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| May.5 |
Cameroon |
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Jet with 100 aboard crashes |
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| Apr.19 |
Australia |
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'Ghost yacht' found |
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| Feb.4 |
Indonesia |
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Floods: 340,000 homeless |
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| Feb.1 |
Paris |
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Warming 'very likely' human-made |
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| Jan.18 |
London |
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47 dead as storm batters Europe |
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| Dec.29 |
Indonesia |
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Ship 'sinks in storm'. 600 missing |
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| May.27 |
Indonesia |
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Java quake kills 6,000
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| Feb.3 |
Egypt |
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Ship with 1,400 sinks in Red Sea |
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| Jan.12 |
Mecca |
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Hajj stampede kills at least 345 |
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| Oct.7 |
Pakistan |
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Major quake kills thousands
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| Aug.31 |
Baghdad |
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1,000 dead in stampede |
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| Aug.29 |
New Orleans |
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Hurricane Katrina lashes coast
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| Aug.16 |
Venezuela |
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160 believed dead in jet crash |
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| Dec.26 |
Aceh |
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9.0 Quake leaves 212,000 dead
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| Oct.17 |
Darfur |
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Report: Up to 70,000 dead in Darfur |
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| Aug.1 |
Paraguay |
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Supermarket fire death toll tops 300 |
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| Dec.25 |
Southern Iran |
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28,000 dead after earthquake
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| Aug.14 |
New York |
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Major power outage |
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France |
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10,000 dead in heat wave
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| Jul.8 |
Singapore |
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Twins dead after separation |
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| May.21 |
Algeria |
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More than 2,000 killed in 6.7 quake |
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| Mar.13 |
Hong Kong |
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First alert over SARS
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| Feb.20 |
New England |
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96 killed in nightclub inferno |
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| Feb.1 |
Texas |
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Space shuttle and crew lost
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| Sep.27 |
Senegal |
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1,800 people died as ferry sinks |
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| Nov.12 |
New York |
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Jet crashes, killing 260 |
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| Sep.11 |
New York |
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Terror attacks hit U.S.
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| Apr.1 |
Southern China |
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U.S. spy plane lands in China
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| Feb.9 |
Hawaii |
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U.S. sub, Japanese trawler collide |
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| Jan.26 |
Gujarat |
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7.9 Earthquake killed 30,000 people
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| Aug.12 |
Arctic |
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Kursk submarine went down |
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| Jul.25 |
Paris |
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Concorde crash kills 113 |
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