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Battle to save 37 miners. Ukraine
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63 killed after coal mine blast   Ukraine: A methane blast has ripped through a mine in eastern Ukraine, killing more than 30 miners and leaving about 50 others missing
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Five ships sink in storms; 23 missing Map of Kerch Strait Russia| Russia: At least 2 sailors died and 23 were missing when 5 ships sank in storms in the Black Sea and the Azov Sea. The strong winds and high surf caused the Volgoneft-139 to split, spilling up 560,000 (1,000 tons) gallons of fuel oil. Th... | |
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| Jun.8 |
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Battle to save 37 miners Ukraine: Rescue teams are battling to save miners trapped underground after a gas explosion. The rescuers are racing against time amid fears of flood...
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| Apr.28 |
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Gas company helicopter crash kills 19. Ukraine
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| Jan.5 |
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Stranded boat crew finally rescued. Russian Far East
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| Dec.21 |
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Avalanche kills 16 on road. Tajikistan
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| Nov.18 |
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63 killed after coal mine blast Map of Donetsk Ukraine| Ukraine: A methane blast has ripped through a mine in eastern Ukraine, killing more than 30 miners and leaving about 50 others missing. The explosion occurred at the Zasyadka mine in the Donetsk region at a dept... | |
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| Nov.15 |
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Oil spill may take months to clear. Moscow
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| Nov.12 |
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Death toll rises in oil disaster. Russia
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| Nov.11 |
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Five ships sink in storms; 23 missing Map of Kerch Strait Russia Russia: At least 2 sailors died and 23 were missing when 5 ships sank in storms in the Black Sea and the Azov Sea
| The strong winds and high surf caused the Volgoneft-139 to split, spilling up 560,000 (1,000 tons) gallons of fuel oil. The weather was hampering efforts to control the spill in the Kerch Strait that separates the Black Sea from the Sea of Azov
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Russian oil tanker breaks in two A tanker split in two during a fierce storm, spilling some 560,000 gallons of fuel into a strait leading to the Black Sea
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| Nov.5 |
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29 die in nursing home blaze |
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63 died from forest fires
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| Aug.3 |
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Quake leaves 2,000 homeless. Russian Far East
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| Aug.2 |
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2 dead in island of Sakhalin quakes |
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| Jul.17 |
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Poison threat from train. Ukraine
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| Jun.27 |
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UN issues desertification warning |
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| Jun.14 |
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'Aftershave drink' kills Russians |
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| May.24 |
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35 die in mine gas blast |
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| May.7 |
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Gas pipeline hit by blast |
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| Mar.20 |
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Search for miners after 100 killed. Siberia
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| Mar.19 |
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63 elderly die in home fire Russia: The fire swept through an old people's home in the village of Kamychevatskaya, in the Kuban region
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Mine explosion kills more than 100 Siberia: 88 miners had been rescued after the blast at the Ulyanovskaya mine is in the city of Novokuznetsk in the Kemerovo region
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| Mar.17 |
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Seven dead in plane crash Russia: A Russian passenger Tupolev Tu-134 slammed into Samara airport in a crash landing, killing at least 7 and wounding 51 others
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| Dec.11 |
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Car of ex-spy contact contaminated. Germany
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| Dec.10 |
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Second Russian hospital hit by deadly fire |
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| Dec.8 |
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Hospital fire killed 45 women Moscow: A fire at Hospital 17, a drug rehabilitation hospital, has killed mostly young addicts
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Pair test positive for polonium
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| Aug.22 |
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Russia airliner with 170 aboard crashes Ukraine: The pilot reported a fire on board and heavy turbulence. A jet crashed in eastern Ukraine, killing all on board
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122 dead in airline crash Siberia: The Sibir Airlines passenger jet A-310 crashed into a concrete barrier and burst into flames
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 Jet lost over Russia, 113 on board  North Caucasus: An Armenian plane disappeared from radar near the Black Sea resort of Sochi. debris had been found off the coast. Controllers lost contact with the Airbus A320 shortly after ... | |
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| Apr.20 |
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7.7-magnitude quake. Russian Far East
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| Mar.21 |
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 Bird flu kills five Azerbaijan: WHO: 5 people have died from the H5N1 strain in Azerbaijan since February
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| Feb.23 |
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64 dead in roof collapse Moscow: Rescuers paused repeatedly in hopes of hearing survivors after a snow-laden roof collapsed on the market
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49 dead in roof collapse. Moscow
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| Jan.26 |
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 Energy crisis as Georgia freezes President Saakashvili has cut short a visit to the World Economic Forum to deal with a growing crisis
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Bitter cold kills 181. Ukraine
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| Jan.20 |
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Freeze kills at least 40. Moscow
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Hajj stampede kills at least 345
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| Dec.24 |
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23 dead recovered from air crash. Azerbaijan
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| Dec.23 |
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Plane crash along Caspian shore kills 23. Azerbaijan
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| Dec.15 |
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Explosion at nuclear plant. St. Petersburg
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| Nov.24 |
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China warns Russia of toxic slick. Beijing
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| Aug.12 |
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Russia marks Kursk five years on
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| Aug.6 |
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 Trapped sub surfaces, crew safe Russian Far East: A mini-submarine that had been trapped at the bottom of the ocean surfaced, and all 7 crew members are alive
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Rescuers lifting disabled sub. Russian Far East
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| Aug.5 |
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Russians race to rescue sailors |
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| Jun.21 |
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Malfunction fear for 'solar sail' |
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| Feb.2 |
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'Gas poisoning' kills PM. Georgia
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| Aug.25 |
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Hunt for clues to crashes |
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| Aug.24 |
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Two passenger jets crash Russia: 2 planes have crashed in nearly simultaneous incidents, with as many as 94 people feared killed
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| Mar.16 |
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58 dead in apartment blast. Russia
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| Mar.14 |
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Historic building ablaze |
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| Mar.6 |
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Dramatic rescue of North Pole 12. Arctic
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President Trajkovski killed in plane crash
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| Feb.15 |
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Hope fades for roof collapse survivors |
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| Feb.14 |
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Roof collapse kills 26 Moscow: The glass roof was covering a bustling water park, the Transvaal Park. 110 injured
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| Nov.23 |
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32 dead in dorm blaze |
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| Oct.29 |
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11 miners emerge from ordeal |
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| Oct.28 |
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Rescuers close to trapped miners |
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| Oct.25 |
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Rescuers Free 33 Trapped Coal Miners. North Caucasus
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| Aug.29 |
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Nuclear submarine sinks  Arctic: A Russian sub K-159 with at least 10 crew on board has sunk in the Barents Sea. One of the crew had been rescued
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10,000 dead in heat wave
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Search on for blast survivors |
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| Apr.9 |
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Deaf school blaze kills 28 |
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School fire kills 22 |
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| Jan.8 |
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Russian freeze traps ships |
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| Dec.23 |
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Ukrainian plane crash kills 46  Iran: A plane was carrying senior Ukrainian aircraft industry officials travelling to the city of Isfahan to test a new plane
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| Oct.29 |
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Siege gas 'was morphine spray' |
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| Oct.28 |
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US identifies deadly siege gas |
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| Oct.27 |
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Gas killed all 115 hostages in raid Moscow: Hostages died of health problems stemming from the gas used to end the siege, Moscow's chief doctor said
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| Sep.21 |
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Avalanche: 100 feared dead. North Caucasus
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| Jul.31 |
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Coal mine explosions kills at least 19 |
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| Jul.29 |
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Military blamed for crash |
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| Jul.28 |
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14 die in airport crash |
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| Jul.27 |
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Airshow dead mourned |
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83 die in worst airshow crash Ukraine: The Russian fighter jet Sukhoi Su-27 crashed into a crowd at an airfield and exploded in a huge fireball. 115 people were injured
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| Jul.8 |
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Crash pilots given conflicting orders |
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| Jul.3 |
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Anti-crash system switched off |
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| Jul.2 |
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71 mostly children killed in midair collision |
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| Jul.1 |
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71 dead in midair collision  Germany: A Tupolev 154 airliner and a Boeing 757 cargo plane collided over the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg
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| May.12 |
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Russian cosmodrome roof collapses. Kazakhstan
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| Apr.27 |
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Former presidential candidate Lebed died |
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Plane hits Milan skyscraper
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| Oct.12 |
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Kiev accepts jet crash missile theory |
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| Oct.7 |
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Raising of the Kursk begins |
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| Oct.4 |
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Jet explodes over Black Sea. Russia
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| Sep.13 |
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Kursk bow sawn off |
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| Aug.19 |
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Mine blast kills 33 |
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| Jul.3 |
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Plane crash kills 143. Siberia
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7.9 Earthquake killed 30,000 people
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| Aug.12 |
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 Kursk submarine went down| Arctic: All 118 crew members on board the nuclear submarine perished when the Kursk exploded and sank | |
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| 2007 |
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| Nov.5 |
29 die in nursing home blaze |
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| Mar.19 |
63 elderly die in home fire Russia: The fire swept through an old people's home in the village of Kamychevatskaya, in the Kuban region
| 2006 |
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| Dec.10 |
Second Russian hospital hit by deadly fire |
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| Dec.8 |
Hospital fire killed 45 women Moscow: A fire at Hospital 17, a drug rehabilitation hospital, has killed mostly young addicts
| 2004 |
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| Mar.14 |
Historic building ablaze |
| 2003 |
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| Nov.23 |
32 dead in dorm blaze |
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| Apr.9 |
Deaf school blaze kills 28 |
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| Apr.7 |
School fire kills 22 |
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| 2007 |
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| Aug.3 |
Quake leaves 2,000 homeless. Russian Far East
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| Aug.2 |
2 dead in island of Sakhalin quakes |
| 2006 |
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| Apr.20 |
7.7-magnitude quake. Russian Far East
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| 2006 |
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| Mar.21 |
Bird flu kills five Azerbaijan: WHO: 5 people have died from the H5N1 strain in Azerbaijan since February
| 2002 |
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| Oct.29 |
Siege gas 'was morphine spray' |
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| Oct.28 |
US identifies deadly siege gas |
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| Oct.27 |
Gas killed all 115 hostages in raid Moscow: Hostages died of health problems stemming from the gas used to end the siege, Moscow's chief doctor said
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| 2008 |
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| Jan.5 |
Stranded boat crew finally rescued. Russian Far East
| 2007 |
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| Nov.12 |
Death toll rises in oil disaster. Russia
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| Nov.11 |
Five ships sink in storms; 23 missing Map of Kerch Strait Russia Russia: At least 2 sailors died and 23 were missing when 5 ships sank in storms in the Black Sea and the Azov Sea
| The strong winds and high surf caused the Volgoneft-139 to split, spilling up 560,000 (1,000 tons) gallons of fuel oil. The weather was hampering efforts to control the spill in the Kerch Strait that separates the Black Sea from the Sea of Azov
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| Nov.11 |
Russian oil tanker breaks in two A tanker split in two during a fierce storm, spilling some 560,000 gallons of fuel into a strait leading to the Black Sea
| 2005 |
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| Aug.12 |
Russia marks Kursk five years on
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| Aug.5 |
Russians race to rescue sailors |
| 2003 |
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| Aug.29 |
Nuclear submarine sinks Arctic: A Russian sub K-159 with at least 10 crew on board has sunk in the Barents Sea. One of the crew had been rescued
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| Jan.8 |
Russian freeze traps ships |
| 2001 |
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| Oct.7 |
Raising of the Kursk begins |
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| Sep.13 |
Kursk bow sawn off |
| 2000 |
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| Aug.12 |
Kursk submarine went down| Arctic: All 118 crew members on board the nuclear submarine perished when the Kursk exploded and sank | |
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| 2006 |
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| Jan.26 |
Energy crisis as Georgia freezes President Saakashvili has cut short a visit to the World Economic Forum to deal with a growing crisis
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| 2008 |
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| Jun.8 |
Battle to save 37 miners Ukraine: Rescue teams are battling to save miners trapped underground after a gas explosion. The rescuers are racing against time amid fears of flood...
| 2007 |
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| Nov.18 |
63 killed after coal mine blast Map of Donetsk Ukraine| Ukraine: A methane blast has ripped through a mine in eastern Ukraine, killing more than 30 miners and leaving about 50 others missing. The explosion occurred at the Zasyadka mine in the Donetsk region at a dept... | |
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| May.24 |
35 die in mine gas blast |
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| Mar.19 |
Mine explosion kills more than 100 Siberia: 88 miners had been rescued after the blast at the Ulyanovskaya mine is in the city of Novokuznetsk in the Kemerovo region
| 2002 |
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| Jul.31 |
Coal mine explosions kills at least 19 |
| 2001 |
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| Aug.19 |
Mine blast kills 33 |
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| 2006 |
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| Jan.26 |
Bitter cold kills 181. Ukraine
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| Jan.20 |
Freeze kills at least 40. Moscow
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| 2008 |
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| Apr.28 |
Gas company helicopter crash kills 19. Ukraine
| 2007 |
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| Mar.17 |
Seven dead in plane crash Russia: A Russian passenger Tupolev Tu-134 slammed into Samara airport in a crash landing, killing at least 7 and wounding 51 others
| 2006 |
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| Aug.22 |
Russia airliner with 170 aboard crashes Ukraine: The pilot reported a fire on board and heavy turbulence. A jet crashed in eastern Ukraine, killing all on board
| The Tupolev-154, belonging to St Petersburg-based Pulkovo airlines,was flying from southern Russia to St Petersburg. The the crash site, is about 45km north of Donetsk.
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| Jul.9 |
122 dead in airline crash Siberia: The Sibir Airlines passenger jet A-310 crashed into a concrete barrier and burst into flames
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| May.2 |
Jet lost over Russia, 113 on board| North Caucasus: An Armenian plane disappeared from radar near the Black Sea resort of Sochi. debris had been found off the coast. Controllers lost contact with the Airbus A320 shortly after ... | |
| 2005 |
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| Dec.24 |
23 dead recovered from air crash. Azerbaijan
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| Dec.23 |
Plane crash along Caspian shore kills 23. Azerbaijan
| 2004 |
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| Aug.24 |
Two passenger jets crash Russia: 2 planes have crashed in nearly simultaneous incidents, with as many as 94 people feared killed
| 2002 |
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| Dec.23 |
Ukrainian plane crash kills 46 Iran: A plane was carrying senior Ukrainian aircraft industry officials travelling to the city of Isfahan to test a new plane
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| Jul.29 |
Military blamed for crash |
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| Jul.28 |
14 die in airport crash |
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| Jul.27 |
Airshow dead mourned |
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| Jul.27 |
83 die in worst airshow crash Ukraine: The Russian fighter jet Sukhoi Su-27 crashed into a crowd at an airfield and exploded in a huge fireball. 115 people were injured
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| Jul.8 |
Crash pilots given conflicting orders |
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| Jul.3 |
Anti-crash system switched off |
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| Jul.2 |
71 mostly children killed in midair collision |
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| Jul.1 |
71 dead in midair collision Germany: A Tupolev 154 airliner and a Boeing 757 cargo plane collided over the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg
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| Apr.27 |
Former presidential candidate Lebed died |
| 2001 |
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| Oct.12 |
Kiev accepts jet crash missile theory |
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| Oct.4 |
Jet explodes over Black Sea. Russia
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| Jul.3 |
Plane crash kills 143. Siberia
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| 2005 |
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| Feb.2 |
'Gas poisoning' kills PM. Georgia
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| 2007 |
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| Nov.15 |
Oil spill may take months to clear. Moscow
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| Jun.27 |
UN issues desertification warning |
| 2006 |
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| Dec.11 |
Car of ex-spy contact contaminated. Germany
| 2005 |
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| Nov.24 |
China warns Russia of toxic slick. Beijing
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| 2006 |
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| Feb.23 |
64 dead in roof collapse Moscow: Rescuers paused repeatedly in hopes of hearing survivors after a snow-laden roof collapsed on the market
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| Feb.23 |
49 dead in roof collapse. Moscow
| 2004 |
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| Feb.14 |
Roof collapse kills 26 Moscow: The glass roof was covering a bustling water park, the Transvaal Park. 110 injured
| 2002 |
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| May.12 |
Russian cosmodrome roof collapses. Kazakhstan
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| 2007 |
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| Jul.17 |
Poison threat from train. Ukraine
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| 2007 |
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| Jun.14 |
'Aftershave drink' kills Russians |
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| 2007 |
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| Mar.20 |
Search for miners after 100 killed. Siberia
| 2005 |
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| Aug.6 |
Trapped sub surfaces, crew safe Russian Far East: A mini-submarine that had been trapped at the bottom of the ocean surfaced, and all 7 crew members are alive
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| Aug.6 |
Rescuers lifting disabled sub. Russian Far East
| 2004 |
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| Mar.6 |
Dramatic rescue of North Pole 12. Arctic
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| Feb.15 |
Hope fades for roof collapse survivors |
| 2003 |
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| Oct.29 |
11 miners emerge from ordeal |
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| Oct.28 |
Rescuers close to trapped miners |
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| Oct.25 |
Rescuers Free 33 Trapped Coal Miners. North Caucasus
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| Aug.1 |
Search on for blast survivors |
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| 2005 |
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| Jun.21 |
Malfunction fear for 'solar sail' |
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| 2007 |
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| May.7 |
Gas pipeline hit by blast |
| 2005 |
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| Dec.15 |
Explosion at nuclear plant. St. Petersburg
| 2004 |
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| Mar.16 |
58 dead in apartment blast. Russia
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