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West Germany |
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Body of 'apparent stowaway' found in U.S. Air Force plane |
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| Sun. |
 Paris |
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Nibali seals Tour de France win 
Map of Champs-Elysees France| Vincenzo Nibali won the 101st edition of the Tour de France as he finished the final stage on the Champs-Elysees in Paris safely in the peloton | |
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 Northern Italy |
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Costa Concordia makes final voyage Map of Genoa Italy| Refloated by salvage crews earlier this month, the rusting hulk docked at Voltri port in the Italian city of Genoa | |
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| Thu. |
Mali |
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Algeria passenger plane wreckage found in Mali |
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 Mali |
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Air Algerie says missing plane likely crashed in Mali 
Map of Gossi Mali| An Air Algerie flight with at least 116 people on board which dropped off the radar in the early hours of Thursday has apparently crashed in Mali. Flight AH 5017, chartered from Spanish airline Swiftair, was carrying 110 passenge... | |
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| Jul. 23 |
 Taiwan |
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Dozens feared dead in Taiwan plane crash Map of Penghu Islands Taiwan| Forty-seven people were killed and 11 were injured in Wednesday's twin-engine turboprop plane crash on one of Taiwan's Penghu Islands | |
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 Netherlands |
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MH17 victims arrive in Netherlands Map of Eindhoven Netherlands| Two planes carrying bodies from crashed flight MH17 have landed in the Netherlands where a day of mourning for the 298 victims has been declared | |
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| Jul. 22 |
Eastern Ukraine |
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MH17 dead to be flown to Netherlands |
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Italy |
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Costa Concordia to be towed away to Genoa for scrap |
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 Donbass |
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MH17 remains 'still at crash site' Map of Grabovo Donetsk Ukraine The search for victims of the Malaysia crash in Ukraine must go on as only about 200 bodies appear to have been found so far, Dutch officials say
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Eastern Ukraine |
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MH17 bodies out of rebel area |
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| Jul. 21 |
Donbass |
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Pro-Russian rebels hand over black boxes, release victims' remains The bodies of nearly 300 passengers and crew aboard the Malaysia Airlines jet shot down over Ukraine are being turned over to Dutch authorities
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| Jul. 20 |
Donbass |
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MH17 air crash: Bodies put on train |
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| Jul. 18 |
 Southern China |
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Highway collision in southern China kills 43 people Map of Hukun Expressway Hunan China A truck loaded with flammable liquid collided with a passenger bus. The truck rear-ended the bus around 3 a.m. Saturday on the Hukun Expressway
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Donbass |
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Monitors find confusion, hostility at Malaysia Airlines crash site Map of Grabovo Donetsk Ukraine International monitors said the team was not given full access to the site and was greeted with hostility by armed men guarding the scene
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| Jul. 17 |
 Washington |
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U.S. official: Missile shot down Malaysia Airlines plane A passenger jet crashed in a rebel-controlled part of Ukraine, spurring accusations from Ukrainian officials that terrorists shot it down
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Donbass |
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Malaysia airliner crashes in east Ukraine near Russia border Map of Grabovo Donetsk Ukraine A Malaysian airliner reportedly with 295 people on board has crashed near the Russian border, on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur
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| Jul. 3 |
Brazil |
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Brazil overpass, World Cup project, collapses |
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| Jun.19 |
 Bavaria |
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German caver Johann Westhauser surfaces An injured German trapped 1,000m underground for 12 days has been brought to the surface from the cave after a painstaking rescue operation
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| May.28 |
Western Australia |
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Missing plane 'not in ping zone' |
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| May.17 |
 Bosnia |
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Thousands flee, 25 die in record Balkan floods Packed into buses, boats and helicopters, tens of thousands fled their homes in Bosnia and Serbia to escape the worst flooding in a century
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| May.13 |
 Turkey |
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Explosion at mine in western Turkey left 200 workers dead The blast, followed by a fire, occurred at a coal mine. A huge rescue operation is under way to reach hundreds more trapped miners
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| May.2 |
 Northern Afghanistan |
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Afghan landslide 'kills hundreds' a pair of mudslides occurred in Argo District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, killing up to 500 people and leaving hundreds missing
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Ukraine |
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Police: 38 dead in protest-linked Odessa fire A building fire broke out during a clash between pro-Russia demonstrators and supporters of the central government
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| Apr.18 |
South Korea |
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Ferry disaster captain arrested |
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| Apr.17 |
Nepal |
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12 dead in Everest avalanche |
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| Apr.16 |
South Korea |
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S Korea ferry: Desperate search for survivors continues |
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| Apr.15 |
 South Korea |
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South Korea ferry: Hundreds missing as ship sinks Almost 300 people remain unaccounted for after a ferry carrying 459 people capsized and sank off South Korea
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| Apr.13 |
Western Australia |
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Flight MH370: Submersible to begin undersea search |
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| Apr.12 |
 Western Australia |
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Long search for missing jet looms as pings go silent After a week of optimism over four underwater signals believed to be coming from the missing Malaysian plane, the sea has gone quiet
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| Apr.7 |
Western Australia |
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Plane MH370 search has 'best lead so far' |
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| Apr.6 |
Western Australia |
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Malaysia Airlines searchers say more pings consistent with black boxes The Australian official said that a search ship had detected more signals consistent with those emitted from aircraft cockpit voice and flight...
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| Apr.5 |
Western Australia |
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Malaysia missing plane search China ship 'picks up signal' A Chinese ship searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane in the southern Indian Ocean has picked up a pulse signal, Chinese media sa...
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| Mar.24 |
Malaysia |
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Flight MH370 'crashed in south Indian Ocean' - Malaysia PM Najib Razak said this was the conclusion of fresh analysis of satellite data tracking the flight. A text message sent to families by the air...
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| Mar.23 |
Pacific Northwest |
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Many killed by a landslide in US state of Washington At least 8 people have been killed and several badly injured in a huge landslide in a rural area of the north-western American state of Wash...
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| Mar.19 |
Western Australia |
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Australia sees possible plane debris Two objects have been seen that could possibly relate to the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, Australian PM Tony Abbott has announced
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| Mar.13 |
Malaysia |
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Search for missing jet heads west
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| Mar.8 |
Italy |
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Two aboard missing Malaysia Airlines jet traveling with stolen passports
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| Mar.7 |
Malaysia |
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Malaysia Airlines loses contact with plane carrying 239 people
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| Feb.12 |
North Carolina |
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Storm bears down on US east coast
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England |
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Storm with 106-mph gusts slams flooded Britain
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| Feb.9 |
Denmark |
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Giraffe killed despite campaign
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| Jan.23 |
Canada |
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Deadly fire at Quebec elderly home
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| Jan.5 |
Toronto |
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'Polar vortex' grips North America
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| Dec.25 |
Antarctica |
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Russian ship stuck in ice near Antarctica
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| Dec.19 |
London |
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Apollo Theatre roof collapses in London
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| Dec.6 |
Hamburg |
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Deadly storm and tidal surge batter northern Europe
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| Nov.29 |
Scotland |
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Helicopter crashes into Glasgow pub |
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| Nov.21 |
Latvia |
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50 dead, including 3 firefighters, after supermarket roof collapse
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| Nov.17 |
Russia |
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'Dozens dead' in Russian plane crash |
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| Nov.9 |
Southern Philippines |
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Hundreds feared dead in typhoon
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| Oct.28 |
England |
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Hurricane-force winds batter northern Europe
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| Oct.20 |
Australia |
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Fears Australia blazes could merge
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| Oct.16 |
Southern Philippines |
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More than 100 dead after earthquake hits the Philippines |
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| Oct.3 |
Southern Italy |
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Hundreds feared dead in Italy shipwreck
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| Sep.16 |
Italy |
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Costa Concordia ship set upright |
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Mexico |
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Mexico battered by deadly storms |
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| Sep.1 |
Northern Japan |
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Fukushima radiation levels '18 times higher' than thought |
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| Aug.22 |
California |
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Tourists flee wildfire near Yosemite |
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| Aug.13 |
Mumbai |
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Indian submarine hit by explosion |
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| Aug.6 |
Kenya |
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Major fire closes Nairobi airport |
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| Jul.28 |
Southern Italy |
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Italy coach plunge 'leaves 36 dead' |
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| Jul.24 |
Spain |
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At least 77 die as Spanish train derails in Galicia
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| Jul.6 |
Canada |
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Fuel train explodes in Canadian town
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San Francisco Bay Area |
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Jet crash-lands at San Francisco International |
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| Jul.2 |
Austria |
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'Snowden suspicion' diverts flight |
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| Jun.30 |
Arizona |
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19 Firefighters die in Arizona wildfire |
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| Jun.21 |
India |
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Death toll in Uttarakhand 'passes 500' |
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| May.20 |
Oklahoma |
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Dozens dead in Oklahoma tornado
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| Apr.24 |
Bangladesh |
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More than 1000 dead in Dhaka collapse
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| Apr.20 |
Sichuan |
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Earthquake has killed more than 150 people |
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| Apr.17 |
Texas |
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Explosion at Texas fertiliser plant |
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| Feb.15 |
Ural |
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Meteor injures hundreds in Russia
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| Jan.27 |
Brazil |
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Brazil night club fire kills 230 in Santa Maria
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| Oct.30 |
Manhattan |
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40 people killed by Sandy as transport chaos
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| Oct.29 |
New Jersey |
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Severe flooding as Sandy strikes
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| Apr.20 |
Pakistan |
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No survivors from Pakistan plane crash
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| Jan.13 |
Italy |
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Cruise ship runs aground in Italy
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| Dec.17 |
Southern Philippines |
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Philippines storm kills hundreds |
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| Oct.23 |
Turkey |
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7.2 quake strikes eastern Turkey |
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| Oct.20 |
Thailand |
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Thai flooding threatens capital |
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| Apr.28 |
Alabama |
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Death toll from storms in South nears 300 |
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| Apr.5 |
Northern Japan |
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Water radiation millions of times over limit
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| Mar.11 |
Northern Japan |
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Massive quake, tsunami hit Japan |
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| Feb.21 |
New Zealand |
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Deadly quake strikes New Zealand |
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| Jan.12 |
Queensland |
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Brisbane flood levels reach peak |
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| Oct.22 |
Haiti |
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Haiti cholera outbreak kills 138 |
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| Oct.13 |
Chile |
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Last trapped Chile miner rescued |
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| Aug.22 |
Chile |
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33 trapped miners alive after 17 days |
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| Aug.2 |
Moscow |
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Russian fires prompt state of emergency |
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| Aug.1 |
NW Pakistan |
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More than 1,100 dead in flooding |
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| May.12 |
Libya |
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Child is sole Libya jet crash survivor |
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| Apr.21 |
Louisiana |
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Oil spill after blast on oil rig |
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| Apr.17 |
Iceland |
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Volcanic ash wreaking travel chaos |
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| Apr.10 |
Russia |
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Polish president died in plane crash |
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| Apr.6 |
USA |
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Blast killed at least 25 miners |
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| Mar.26 |
South Korea |
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South Korean navy ship sinking near North |
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| Feb.27 |
Chile |
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Massive 8.8 quake hits Chile |
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| Jan.12 |
Haiti |
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'Catastrophic' earthquake slams Haiti |
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| Sep.30 |
Sumatra |
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Indonesia quake death kills thousands |
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| Aug.23 |
Athens |
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Fire threat empties Athens suburb |
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| Jun.11 |
Global |
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WHO declares swine flu pandemic |
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| Jun.1 |
Northeastern Brazil |
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Air France plane crashed |
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| Apr.24 |
Mexico |
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'Swine flu' kills 60 |
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| Apr.5 |
Italy |
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About 300 dead in strong quake |
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| Feb.9 |
Melbourne |
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Toll from bush fires claimed 181 |
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| May.12 |
Sichuan |
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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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| Aug.25 |
Greece |
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63 died from forest fires |
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| May.27 |
Indonesia |
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Java quake kills 6,000 |
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| Oct.7 |
Pakistan |
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Major quake kills thousands |
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| Aug.29 |
New Orleans |
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Hurricane Katrina lashes coast |
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| Dec.26 |
Aceh |
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9.0 Quake leaves 212,000 dead |
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| Dec.25 |
Southern Iran |
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28,000 dead after earthquake |
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| Aug.14 |
France |
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10,000 dead in heat wave |
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| Mar.13 |
Hong Kong |
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First alert over SARS |
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| Feb.1 |
Texas |
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Space shuttle and crew lost |
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| Sep.11 |
Manhattan |
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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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| Jan.26 |
Gujarat |
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7.9 Earthquake killed 30,000 people |
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