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Train hits cars on track, killing 40  Egypt: A large truck slammed into the 3 vehicles, pushing them onto the tracks. A train plowed into them, in a northern Egyptian town 6 killed in northern Gaza blast 14 still missing after air crash blaze   Sudan: The remaining 171 passengers on the Sudan Airways Airbus survived 28 dead as fire engulfs plane Map of Khartoum Sudan

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  Sudan: A jetliner burst into flames after landing. A defect the Sudan Airways plane caused it to catch fire as it touched down. Some passengers survived
 TAnother 53 people are also missing. He fire then led to an explosion on the airplane. Flames consumed the plane as it sat on the runway
Jun.6 Earthquake injures 15. Algeria Jun.4 Red Cross: Somalia facing severe famine Jun.3 Somalis: Worsening humanitarian crisis. Somalia

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May.2 Air crash kills Sudanese minister

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Apr.26  Mattress factory fire kills 55 Apr.23  Food, drugs run short in Sadr City Princess Diana 'unlawfully killed' Apr.4  B-1 bomber burns after landing

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Mar.26  Massive fireworks blast in Dubai kills 2 Mar.17 Human rights groups see disaster in Iraq  Iraqi asylum seeker numbers jump Mar.10  Gulf War illness 'chemical link'

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Feb.1 Third undersea Internet cable cut  United Arab Emirates: A cable was cut off the emirate of Duba, the third loss of a line carrying Internet and telephone traffic in three days.

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Jan.31  Internet failure hits two continents Jan.23 Hijackings hit food distribution. Darfur Jan.21 UN says Gaza facing food shortage Jan.20   Gaza City plunged into darkness   The only power plant in the Hamas-run Strip has shut down because of a lack of fuel. Palestinian officials are blaming Israeli restrictions Jan.1  19 killed in bus plunge

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Dec.13  Survivors pulled from bomb rubble

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Nov.20 Pipeline death toll at 40. Saudi Arabia  Helicopter crash raises death toll Cyclone death toll surpasses 3,000 Nov.8 Bridge collapses in Dubai marina. United Arab Emirates

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Oct.30 Dam 'at risk of collapse'. Northern Iraq

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Sep.30   'Catastrophic' volcano eruption off Yemen   A volcano erupted on a small island Jazirt Atta-Ir off the coast of Yemen, belching soot and lava into the air. A NATO fleet witnessed the e...

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Aug.29 U.N.: Cholera outbreak. Northern Iraq Aug.22   Helicopter crash kills 14 U.S. soldiers  Northern Iraq: 2 UH-60 Black Hawks were on a night operation when one of the aircraft crashed. The U.S. said the crash was not the result of an attack Aug.17 'Dozens missing' as ferry sinks. Egypt Aug.15  Frantic hunt in bomb rubble

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Jul.29 Third of Iraqis 'need urgent aid'

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Jun.8  Cyclone death toll reaches 35 Jun.7 Cyclone pounds Mideast oil region  Oman: Cyclone Gonu battered coast with fierce winds and torrential rains, forcing thousands from their homes and shutting down oil installations

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Apr.19  Somalia faces aid crisis, says UN Apr.11  Red Cross: Iraq situation ever-worsening 1,200 rescued from cruise ship

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Mar.27  Sewage flood kills 4

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Jan.18  Dubai tower fire injures workers Jan.9 Plane crash kills 30 Turkish workers. Sunni Triangle

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Dec.7  Rains bring no relief to starving Somalis Nov.22  Egeland: 'Meltdown' in Darfur Nov.19  Flood rescue gathers pace Sep.4  Train crash kills three Aug.20 Train crash kills 57. Egypt May.6   UK troops attacked after copter crash  Southern Iraq: Crowds of Iraqis attacked troops with rocks and Molotov cocktail after a military helicopter crashed Apr.6 69 dead as ferry capsizes. Djibouti Apr.1  Death boat's captain detained Mar.31  'Too many on board' boat Mar.30   Ferry sinks carrying 150 people  Bahrain: A total of 48 bodies have so far been recovered from the site. 52 people have been rescued Bird flu kills five Feb.5  Ferry 'pressed on despite fire' Feb.4 Officials: Fire made ferry sink. Egypt Feb.3 Hopes dim for ferry missing. Egypt  Hundreds feared died as ferry sinks   Ship with 1,400 sinks in Red Sea
  Egypt: An aging passenger ferry loaded to near capacity with dozens of vehicles sank. 100 survivors had been rescued
Jan.13  Hajj: Saudis, pilgrims trade blame Jan.12   Hajj stampede kills at least 345
  Saudi Arabia: People have been killed during a symbolic stoning ritual at the annual pilgrimage near Mecca
Jan.8 U.S. helicopter crash kills 12. Iraq Jan.6  Mecca disaster toll rises to 53 Jan.5   76 dead in Mecca hotel collapse  Saudi Arabia: A hotel in Islam's holiest city collapsed as millions of Muslims arrived for the annual Hajj pilgrimage

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Dec.31 Landslide toll climbs to 56. Yemen Jet crashes in flames. 100 killed Oct.14  Power and water returning Sep.5  Candle sparks deadly fire Sep.1  Iraq mourns stampede victims Aug.31   1,000 dead in stampede
  Baghdad: 323 others injured on a bridge after a massive Shiite religious commemoration erupted into panic
Aug.6  Many die in jet crash off Sicily Jul.31     VP Garang 'dies in crash'  Sudan: Search crews found the site of a helicopter crash and a body they believe is that of a former rebel leader Jun.22  US spy plane crashes Apr.21   6 Americans among 11 dead in copter crash  Iraq: The Russian-made MI-8 carried a crew of 3 Bulgarians and 6 Blackwater Security employees Mar.14  UN's Darfur death estimate soars Jan.26 31 Marines killed in chopper crash  Iraq: 5 troops in other incidents. Number of U.S. troops killed today is 36, the deadliest day for U.S. since the start of the war

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Nov.18  Fears grow for Falluja citizens Oct.17   Report: Up to 70,000 dead in Darfur
  The WHO: Up to 70,000 refugees have died since March 1 due to various causes, including diseases and malnutrition
Oct.15  '70,000 Darfur dead' since March Oct.12  Thousands more flee homes Oct.4 Many drown as migrant ship sinks. Tunisia Russia 'to ratify climate treaty' Sep.11  Top cleric feared killed in helicopter crash Aug.26  Al-Sistani arrives in Najaf Aug.10  Starvation stalks youngest in Darfur Aug.7  UN warns of Darfur disease threat Jul.10  Iraq appeals for health funding Jun.9  Children dying of hunger Jun.2  WHO seeks urgent action in Sudan Feb.23   Quake kills 600  Morocco: A strong earthquake shook northern Morocco around the Mediterranean port city of Al Hoceima Feb.10  Iranian airliner crashed, killing 43 Feb.1 Hajj stampede: 244 pilgrims dead. Saudi Arabia Jan.26  Rescuers trapped in Cairo collapse Jan.4  Swiss banned Red Sea crash firm Jan.3  No survivors in Red Sea air disaster Jan.2   Airliner crashes into Red Sea  Egypt: No survivors likely. A charter with 152 people aboard, most of them French tourists, crashed shortly after takeoff

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28,000 dead after earthquake Dec.16  10 killed in Baghdad tanker blast Sep.21  Surgeries for shot politician Sep.15  Prison fire kills 67 inmates Aug.16  Fire halts flow of oil 10,000 dead in heat wave Jul.18 Missing Iraq 'mole': Body found   England: UK official David Kelly denied being the 'mole' in the Iraq WMD dossier row Jul.7  Plane crash kills 115 Jun.20  Migrant boat sinks. 200 missing May.27  Aftershock hits quake zone May.25  Rescuers battle to save quake girl May.24  Fury as quake toll rises May.23  Child pulled from quake rubble May.22  Quake rescuers race against time  Quake death toll tops 800 May.21   More than 2,000 killed in 6.7 quake  Algeria: 51,000 homeless and 8,626 injured. Survivors accused the government of turning a blind eye to shoddy construction Apr.9  Aid plea as chaos threatens Apr.5  Aid concern over civilian toll Mar.25  Sandstorms slow Baghdad advance Mar.6 Plane crashes, killing 102. Algeria Feb.12  21 Hajj pilgrims trampled

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Tanker sank spilling oil Nov.1  Jail fire kills 49 Oct.6 French tanker explodes  Yemen: A blazing tanker is spewing crude oil into the sea after an explosion, blamed by French officials on a terrorist attack May.28 Libya offers $2.7bn to Lockerbie families Mar.27  22 killed in Dubai drydock flood Feb.20  Train inferno kills 350 Feb.19  Train fire kills 100

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Dec.14  Bus crash kills 52 Nov.21 4 children die in explosion. Gaza Nov.10 Hundreds dead in floods. Algeria Oct.22  Hundreds of refugees drown Wedding hall collapses, 25 dead Mar.16  3 die as jet hijack ends Mar.5  Hajj crush kills pilgrims 7.9 Earthquake killed 30,000 people

Pipeline death toll at 40. Saudi Arabia Officials: Fire made ferry sink. Egypt 31 Marines killed in chopper crash  Iraq: 5 troops in other incidents. Number of U.S. troops killed today is 36, the deadliest day for U.S. since the start of the war Earthquake injures 15. Algeria Quake kills 600  Morocco: A strong earthquake shook northern Morocco around the Mediterranean port city of Al Hoceima More than 2,000 killed in 6.7 quake  Algeria: 51,000 homeless and 8,626 injured. Survivors accused the government of turning a blind eye to shoddy construction U.N.: Cholera outbreak. Northern Iraq 'Dozens missing' as ferry sinks. Egypt 69 dead as ferry capsizes. Djibouti Ferry sinks carrying 150 people  Bahrain: A total of 48 bodies have so far been recovered from the site. 52 people have been rescued Ship with 1,400 sinks in Red Sea



Arab Countries, Disasters Fire Timeline ... See World Fire timeline Top ^
2008
Apr.26  Mattress factory fire kills 55
2007
Nov.20
Jan.18  Dubai tower fire injures workers
2006
Feb.4
2005
Sep.5  Candle sparks deadly fire
2003
Sep.15  Prison fire kills 67 inmates
Aug.16  Fire halts flow of oil
2002
Nov.1  Jail fire kills 49
Feb.20  Train inferno kills 350
Feb.19  Train fire kills 100



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2004
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2003
May.27  Aftershock hits quake zone
May.22  Quake death toll tops 800
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2008
Jan.1  19 killed in bus plunge
2003
Dec.16  10 killed in Baghdad tanker blast
2001
Dec.14  Bus crash kills 52



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2008
Mar.10  Gulf War illness 'chemical link'
2007
Aug.29
2005
Mar.14  UN's Darfur death estimate soars
2004
Aug.7  UN warns of Darfur disease threat
Jul.10  Iraq appeals for health funding
2003
Sep.21  Surgeries for shot politician



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2007
Aug.17
2006
Apr.6
Apr.1  Death boat's captain detained
Mar.31  'Too many on board' boat
Mar.30
Feb.5  Ferry 'pressed on despite fire'
Feb.3  Hundreds feared died as ferry sinks
Feb.3
  Egypt: An aging passenger ferry loaded to near capacity with dozens of vehicles sank. 100 survivors had been rescued
2004 Oct.4 Many drown as migrant ship sinks. Tunisia 2003 Jun.20  Migrant boat sinks. 200 missing 2002 Oct.6 French tanker explodes  Yemen: A blazing tanker is spewing crude oil into the sea after an explosion, blamed by French officials on a terrorist attack 2001 Oct.22  Hundreds of refugees drown


Arab Countries, Disasters Power Outage Timeline ... See World Power Outage timeline Top ^
2008 Feb.1 Third undersea Internet cable cut  United Arab Emirates: A cable was cut off the emirate of Duba, the third loss of a line carrying Internet and telephone traffic in three days. Jan.31  Internet failure hits two continents Jan.20 Gaza City plunged into darkness   The only power plant in the Hamas-run Strip has shut down because of a lack of fuel. Palestinian officials are blaming Israeli restrictions 2005 Oct.14  Power and water returning


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2007 Sep.30 'Catastrophic' volcano eruption off Yemen   A volcano erupted on a small island Jazirt Atta-Ir off the coast of Yemen, belching soot and lava into the air. A NATO fleet witnessed the e...


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2007 Jun.8  Cyclone death toll reaches 35 Jun.7 Cyclone pounds Mideast oil region  Oman: Cyclone Gonu battered coast with fierce winds and torrential rains, forcing thousands from their homes and shutting down oil installations 2006 Dec.7  Rains bring no relief to starving Somalis 2003 Mar.25  Sandstorms slow Baghdad advance


Arab Countries, Disasters Landslide Timeline ... See World Landslide timeline Top ^
2005 Dec.31 Landslide toll climbs to 56. Yemen


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2006 Jan.13  Hajj: Saudis, pilgrims trade blame Jan.12 Hajj stampede kills at least 345
  Saudi Arabia: People have been killed during a symbolic stoning ritual at the annual pilgrimage near Mecca
2005 Sep.1  Iraq mourns stampede victims Aug.31 1,000 dead in stampede
  Baghdad: 323 others injured on a bridge after a massive Shiite religious commemoration erupted into panic
2004 Feb.1 Hajj stampede: 244 pilgrims dead. Saudi Arabia 2003 Feb.12  21 Hajj pilgrims trampled 2001 Mar.5  Hajj crush kills pilgrims


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2007 Mar.27  Sewage flood kills 4 2006 Nov.19  Flood rescue gathers pace 2001 Nov.10 Hundreds dead in floods. Algeria


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2008 Jun.11 14 still missing after air crash blaze   Sudan: The remaining 171 passengers on the Sudan Airways Airbus survived Jun.10 28 dead as fire engulfs plane Map of Khartoum Sudan
  Sudan: A jetliner burst into flames after landing. A defect the Sudan Airways plane caused it to catch fire as it touched down. Some passengers survived
 TAnother 53 people are also missing. He fire then led to an explosion on the airplane. Flames consumed the plane as it sat on the runway
May.2 Air crash kills Sudanese minister Apr.4  B-1 bomber burns after landing 2007 Nov.20  Helicopter crash raises death toll Aug.22   Helicopter crash kills 14 U.S. soldiers  Northern Iraq: 2 UH-60 Black Hawks were on a night operation when one of the aircraft crashed. The U.S. said the crash was not the result of an attack Jan.9 Plane crash kills 30 Turkish workers. Sunni Triangle 2006 May.6   UK troops attacked after copter crash  Southern Iraq: Crowds of Iraqis attacked troops with rocks and Molotov cocktail after a military helicopter crashed Jan.8 U.S. helicopter crash kills 12. Iraq 2005 Aug.6  Many die in jet crash off Sicily Jul.31   VP Garang 'dies in crash'  Sudan: Search crews found the site of a helicopter crash and a body they believe is that of a former rebel leader Jun.22  US spy plane crashes Apr.21   6 Americans among 11 dead in copter crash  Iraq: The Russian-made MI-8 carried a crew of 3 Bulgarians and 6 Blackwater Security employees 2004 Sep.11  Top cleric feared killed in helicopter crash Aug.26  Al-Sistani arrives in Najaf Feb.10  Iranian airliner crashed, killing 43 Jan.4  Swiss banned Red Sea crash firm Jan.2 Airliner crashes into Red Sea  Egypt: No survivors likely. A charter with 152 people aboard, most of them French tourists, crashed shortly after takeoff 2003 Jul.7  Plane crash kills 115 Mar.6 Plane crashes, killing 102. Algeria 2002 May.28 Libya offers $2.7bn to Lockerbie families 2001 Mar.16  3 die as jet hijack ends


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2008 Jun.4 Red Cross: Somalia facing severe famine Jun.3 Somalis: Worsening humanitarian crisis. Somalia Apr.23  Food, drugs run short in Sadr City Jan.23 Hijackings hit food distribution. Darfur Jan.21 UN says Gaza facing food shortage 2004 Oct.15  '70,000 Darfur dead' since March Aug.10  Starvation stalks youngest in Darfur Jun.9  Children dying of hunger Jun.2  WHO seeks urgent action in Sudan


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2007 Nov.8 Bridge collapses in Dubai marina. United Arab Emirates Oct.30 Dam 'at risk of collapse'. Northern Iraq 2006 Jan.6  Mecca disaster toll rises to 53 Jan.5 76 dead in Mecca hotel collapse  Saudi Arabia: A hotel in Islam's holiest city collapsed as millions of Muslims arrived for the annual Hajj pilgrimage 2004 Jan.26  Rescuers trapped in Cairo collapse 2002 Mar.27  22 killed in Dubai drydock flood


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2004 Oct.17 Report: Up to 70,000 dead in Darfur
  The WHO: Up to 70,000 refugees have died since March 1 due to various causes, including diseases and malnutrition
Oct.12  Thousands more flee homes


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2008 Jul. 16 Train hits cars on track, killing 40  Egypt: A large truck slammed into the 3 vehicles, pushing them onto the tracks. A train plowed into them, in a northern Egyptian town 2006 Sep.4  Train crash kills three Aug.20 Train crash kills 57. Egypt


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2007 Dec.13  Survivors pulled from bomb rubble Aug.15  Frantic hunt in bomb rubble 2006 Feb.3 Hopes dim for ferry missing. Egypt 2004 Jan.3  No survivors in Red Sea air disaster 2003 May.25  Rescuers battle to save quake girl May.24  Fury as quake toll rises May.23  Child pulled from quake rubble May.22  Quake rescuers race against time


Arab Countries, Disasters Body Found Timeline ... See World Body Found timeline Top ^
2003 Jul.18 Missing Iraq 'mole': Body found   England: UK official David Kelly denied being the 'mole' in the Iraq WMD dossier row


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2008 Jun.12 6 killed in northern Gaza blast Mar.26  Massive fireworks blast in Dubai kills 2 2001 Nov.21 4 children die in explosion. Gaza