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Ecuador satellite space crash fears The Ecuadorean space agency (EXA) is trying to pick up signals from its satellite after it crashed in space into debris from an old rocket
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Powerful earthquake hits off Chilean coast
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Brazil helicopter crashes near Sugarloaf Mountain. Rio de Janeiro
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5 saved, 2 missing after balloon goes into Pacific. Peru
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Latin America 'threatened by rising cancer cases'. Sao Paulo
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At least 33 dead in Peru bus crash |
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Helicopter with 13 aboard crashes in Peru jungle |
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Argentina declares floods mourning |
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Wave blamed for Amazon port accident |
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Chile miner trapped 300m underground |
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Charges over Brazil nightclub fire |
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Rains cause deadly Brazil landslides |
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Heavy rain causes floods in Andes |
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Paraguay candidate Oviedo killed
Presidential candidate Lino Oviedo has died in a helicopter crash. Oviedo, 69, was running for Paraguay's third largest party in presidential...
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Memorials for Brazil fire victims |
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Brazil fire 'caused by flares'
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Three held over Brazil club fire |
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Brazil mourns Santa Maria nightclub fire victims
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Brazil night club fire kills 230 in Santa Maria
Map of Santa Maria Brazil At least 230 people have died in a fire that swept through a nightclub in a university city in southern Brazil, police and officials say
| The fire began when a band let off fireworks at the Kiss club in Rio Grande do Sul.
Many victims inhaled toxic fumes or were crushed as panicking clubbers tried to escape.
President Dilma Rousseff has been visiting survivors at the city's Caridade hospital
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Brazil city fights dengue fever |
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Italian fashion boss Missoni missing off Venezuela
Map of Los Roques Venezuela A small plane carrying six people, one of them Vittorio Missoni, a director of Italy's Missoni fashion house, is missing off the coast of Venezuela
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Fire-hit Venezuela plant reopens |
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Blast halts Venezuela refinery
A huge explosion at the Amuay plant, Venezuela's biggest oil refinery, has killed at least 24 people and halted production for two days
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Peru helicopter: 'All 14 killed' |
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Peru drug clinic blaze kills 14 |
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Rescue workers rush to reach trapped miners |
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Argentina train crash 'kills 49'
Map of Buenos Aires Argentina| A train crash at a station in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, has killed 49 people with hundreds more injured. The train slammed into the barrier at the end of the platform at the Onc... | |
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At least 26 killed in Peru rehab center fire |
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Five bodies found in Rio rubble |
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Three bodies found in Rio rubble |
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High-rise collapses with reports of 11 dead Rio de Janeiro: Two buildings -- one a 20-story building and the other 10 stories -- collapsed in the historic center of Rio de Janeiro
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Chile air force plane disappears |
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Plane crashes at Guyana airport |
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Ash cloud grounds Australian flights
Map of Adelaide Australia An ash cloud is drifting around the world for a second time after spewing from a Chilean volcano more than two weeks ago
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Chile volcano affects NZ flights
New Zealand: Flights to and from Tasmania and parts of New Zealand have been cancelled as ash from a volcano erupting in Chile drifts across the region
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Air France crash 'memory unit' recovered |
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Air France flight recorder found |
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Residents evacuate as volcano spews ash |
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Air France crash jet's tail found |
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Chileans commemorate quake |
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Huge fine in Amazon pollution case |
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Death toll rises to 549 in Brazil flooding |
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Thousands in peril in Brazil flooding
Rio de Janeiro: Thousands of families living on mountain slopes face risk of being washed away in the heavy rains and flooding that have killed nearly 500 p...
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Flooding reportedly claims 260 lives |
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Major earthquake strikes central Chile |
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'Throat of Fire' volcano erupts |
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Trapped miners found dead |
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31 of 33 miners released from hospital |
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Last trapped Chile miner rescued
Map of Copiapo Chile The last of the 33 miners trapped deep underground in northern Chile for more than two months has been rescued
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Half of trapped 33 miners rescued |
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Joy as first 3 Chile miners freed |
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First Chile miner reaches surface
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Rescue of trapped miners to begin soon |
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Final steps under way before mine rescue |
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Evacuation of miners to start Wednesday |
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Rescue drill reaches trapped miners. Chile
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Drill 24 hours from miners |
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Mine rescue 'this month' |
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Rescue capsule arrives at Chile mine |
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Bore hole reaches trapped Chilean miners
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November rescue hope for miners |
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Drilling to reach miners begins. Chile
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'Plan B' for quicker mine rescue. Chile
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Five Chilean miners 'depressed' |
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Trapped miners send video messages |
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Trapped miners building shrine |
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Supplies sent to trapped miners |
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33 trapped miners alive after 17 days
Map of Copiapo Chile| Chile: Miners are alive and in a shelter, President Pinera said, raising hopes for the first time in the nearly 3 weeks since the mine collapsed. Rescuers retrieved a note from the min... | |
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737 breaks apart on island landing. Colombia
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33 workers trapped in mine
Chile: 130 people were working to rescue the miners after the main ramp into the mine was blocked
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Rains, flooding kill 200 in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro: About 287 people have been rescued, and others were trapped under mudslides caused by the rain
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Three strong earthquakes strike Chile |
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Extra troops deployed amid quake unrest. Chile
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Chileans awake to more aftershocks |
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Quake affects two million, says Bachelet |
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Massive 8.8 quake hits Chile
Map of Chillan Chile An earthquake is killing at least 147 people and triggering tsunami warnings for the entire Pacific basin. The quake struck at 3:34 a.m. off the coast
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Death toll rains hits 51. Rio de Janeiro
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Mudslide in resort kills at least 19 people |
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Dam failure triggers huge blackout. Brazil
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Severe weather displaces thousands |
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Air France bodies returned to land |
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Air France tail section recovered. Northeastern Brazil
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Bodies found from missing Air France plane. Northeastern Brazil
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Debris found not from Air France plane |
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Plane's recorders may never be found |
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Plane searchers spot ocean debris |
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Atlantic searched for lost plane |
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Air France plane crashed
Map of Northeastern Brazil| Northeastern Brazil: The Airbus A330-200 with 228 people aboard reported electrical problems in stormy weather before it lost contact. The plane sent an automatic message signaling a... | |
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Dam bursts after more rain. Brazil
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Cruise ship strikes ice, stranded on coast. Antarctica
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Death toll climbs in flooding. Brazil
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Thousands hit by outbreak of dengue |
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Jetliner crashes in mountains. Venezuela
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Thousands homeless after quake
Chile: Thousands may have to sleep in the streets after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake rattled the north part of the country, killing at least 2 people
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Scores ill in 'meteor crash' |
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Eight dead after train crash |
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At least 20 prisoners die in prison fire |
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More troops for quake zone |
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Looting disrupts quake rescue bid |
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Dead scattered in streets |
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337 killed in earthquake
Map of Ica Peru Peru: All but one of the deaths were in the coastal province of Ica, about 165 miles south of Lima
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Deadly earthquake strikes |
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Jet reverse thruster 'off' |
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About 200 dead from plane crash
Sao Paulo: TAM Airlines Airbus 320 skidded across a road and crashed into a building, carrying 176 people crashed while attempting to land in heavy rain
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Defense minister dies in helicopter collision |
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Rescue mission in collapse. Sao Paulo
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Mudslide toll reaches 31 |
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Plane lost over Amazon
A search is underway for a passenger plane with at least 150 people on board that has gone missing
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Children dead in bus crash |
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Airliner crashes in jungle. Peru
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160 believed dead in jet crash
Map of Zulia Venezuela Venezuela: The Colombian MD-82 aircraft carrying 160 people crashed in a remote area of western Venezuela
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Missing 41 troops feared dead Chile: Chile's army chief: At least 41 Chilean soldiers who went missing in a snowstorm are almost certainly dead
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175 dead in Buenos Aires club fire. Argentina
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Supermarket fire death toll tops 300 Paraguay: The fire broke out at the Ycua Bolanos supermarket while it was crowded with Sunday shoppers. Dozens were injured
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21 dead in rocket explosion |
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Nightclub Blaze in Caracas Kills 47 |
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Airliner crashed with 92 people. Ecuador
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| Dec.29 |
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Fireworks blaze kills 230. Peru
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Powerful 7.9 earthquake. Peru
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Missionary plane shut down |
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| 2013 |
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| Mar.22 |
Charges over Brazil nightclub fire |
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| Feb.3 |
Memorials for Brazil fire victims |
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| Jan.29 |
Brazil fire 'caused by flares'
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| Jan.28 |
Three held over Brazil club fire |
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| Jan.27 |
Brazil mourns Santa Maria nightclub fire victims
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| Jan.27 |
Brazil night club fire kills 230 in Santa Maria
Map of Santa Maria Brazil At least 230 people have died in a fire that swept through a nightclub in a university city in southern Brazil, police and officials say
| The fire began when a band let off fireworks at the Kiss club in Rio Grande do Sul.
Many victims inhaled toxic fumes or were crushed as panicking clubbers tried to escape.
President Dilma Rousseff has been visiting survivors at the city's Caridade hospital
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| 2012 |
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| Aug.31 |
Fire-hit Venezuela plant reopens |
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| May.5 |
Peru drug clinic blaze kills 14 |
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At least 26 killed in Peru rehab center fire |
| 2007 |
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At least 20 prisoners die in prison fire |
| 2004 |
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175 dead in Buenos Aires club fire. Argentina
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Supermarket fire death toll tops 300 Paraguay: The fire broke out at the Ycua Bolanos supermarket while it was crowded with Sunday shoppers. Dozens were injured
| 2002 |
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Nightclub Blaze in Caracas Kills 47 |
| 2001 |
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Fireworks blaze kills 230. Peru
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Missing 41 troops feared dead Chile: Chile's army chief: At least 41 Chilean soldiers who went missing in a snowstorm are almost certainly dead
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| 2013 |
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Powerful earthquake hits off Chilean coast
| 2011 |
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| Feb.27 |
Chileans commemorate quake |
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| Jan.2 |
Major earthquake strikes central Chile |
| 2010 |
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| Mar.11 |
Three strong earthquakes strike Chile |
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| Mar.1 |
Extra troops deployed amid quake unrest. Chile
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| Feb.28 |
Chileans awake to more aftershocks |
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| Feb.27 |
Quake affects two million, says Bachelet |
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| Feb.27 |
Massive 8.8 quake hits Chile
Map of Chillan Chile An earthquake is killing at least 147 people and triggering tsunami warnings for the entire Pacific basin. The quake struck at 3:34 a.m. off the coast
| 2007 |
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| Nov.14 |
Thousands homeless after quake
Chile: Thousands may have to sleep in the streets after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake rattled the north part of the country, killing at least 2 people
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| Aug.18 |
More troops for quake zone |
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| Aug.17 |
Dead scattered in streets |
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| Aug.16 |
337 killed in earthquake
Map of Ica Peru Peru: All but one of the deaths were in the coastal province of Ica, about 165 miles south of Lima
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| Aug.15 |
Deadly earthquake strikes |
| 2001 |
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| Jun.23 |
Powerful 7.9 earthquake. Peru
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| 2013 |
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| Apr.14 |
At least 33 dead in Peru bus crash |
| 2006 |
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| Sep.24 |
Children dead in bus crash |
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| 2013 |
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| Apr. 25 |
Latin America 'threatened by rising cancer cases'. Sao Paulo
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| Jan.20 |
Brazil city fights dengue fever |
| 2008 |
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| Apr.3 |
Thousands hit by outbreak of dengue |
| 2007 |
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| Sep.18 |
Scores ill in 'meteor crash' |
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| Dec.4 |
Cruise ship strikes ice, stranded on coast. Antarctica
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| Nov.10 |
Dam failure triggers huge blackout. Brazil
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| 2011 |
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| Jun.20 |
Ash cloud grounds Australian flights
Map of Adelaide Australia An ash cloud is drifting around the world for a second time after spewing from a Chilean volcano more than two weeks ago
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| Jun.11 |
Chile volcano affects NZ flights
New Zealand: Flights to and from Tasmania and parts of New Zealand have been cancelled as ash from a volcano erupting in Chile drifts across the region
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| Apr.26 |
Residents evacuate as volcano spews ash |
| 2010 |
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| Dec.4 |
'Throat of Fire' volcano erupts |
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| 2013 |
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| Mar.25 |
Chile miner trapped 300m underground |
| 2012 |
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| Apr.7 |
Rescue workers rush to reach trapped miners |
| 2010 |
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| Oct.16 |
Trapped miners found dead |
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| Oct.15 |
31 of 33 miners released from hospital |
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| Aug.27 |
Five Chilean miners 'depressed' |
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| Aug.26 |
Trapped miners send video messages |
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| Aug.25 |
Trapped miners building shrine |
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| Aug.23 |
Supplies sent to trapped miners |
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| Aug.22 |
33 trapped miners alive after 17 days
Map of Copiapo Chile| Chile: Miners are alive and in a shelter, President Pinera said, raising hopes for the first time in the nearly 3 weeks since the mine collapsed. Rescuers retrieved a note from the min... | |
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| Aug.6 |
33 workers trapped in mine
Chile: 130 people were working to rescue the miners after the main ramp into the mine was blocked
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| 2010 |
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| Apr.6 |
Rains, flooding kill 200 in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro: About 287 people have been rescued, and others were trapped under mudslides caused by the rain
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| Jan.2 |
Death toll rains hits 51. Rio de Janeiro
| 2009 |
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| Sep.12 |
Severe weather displaces thousands |
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| 2013 |
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| Mar.18 |
Rains cause deadly Brazil landslides |
| 2007 |
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| Jan.13 |
Rescue mission in collapse. Sao Paulo
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| Jan.6 |
Mudslide toll reaches 31 |
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| 2013 |
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| Apr.3 |
Argentina declares floods mourning |
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| Feb.9 |
Heavy rain causes floods in Andes |
| 2011 |
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| Jan.15 |
Death toll rises to 549 in Brazil flooding |
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| Jan.13 |
Thousands in peril in Brazil flooding
Rio de Janeiro: Thousands of families living on mountain slopes face risk of being washed away in the heavy rains and flooding that have killed nearly 500 p...
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| Jan.12 |
Flooding reportedly claims 260 lives |
| 2010 |
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| Jan.1 |
Mudslide in resort kills at least 19 people |
| 2009 |
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| May.28 |
Dam bursts after more rain. Brazil
| 2008 |
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| Nov.27 |
Death toll climbs in flooding. Brazil
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| 2013 |
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| May. 8 |
Brazil helicopter crashes near Sugarloaf Mountain. Rio de Janeiro
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| Apr. 28 |
5 saved, 2 missing after balloon goes into Pacific. Peru
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| Apr.7 |
Helicopter with 13 aboard crashes in Peru jungle |
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| Feb.3 |
Paraguay candidate Oviedo killed
Presidential candidate Lino Oviedo has died in a helicopter crash. Oviedo, 69, was running for Paraguay's third largest party in presidential...
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| Jan.5 |
Italian fashion boss Missoni missing off Venezuela
Map of Los Roques Venezuela A small plane carrying six people, one of them Vittorio Missoni, a director of Italy's Missoni fashion house, is missing off the coast of Venezuela
| 2012 |
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| Jun.9 |
Peru helicopter: 'All 14 killed' |
| 2011 |
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| Sep.2 |
Chile air force plane disappears |
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| Jul.30 |
Plane crashes at Guyana airport |
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| May.1 |
Air France crash 'memory unit' recovered |
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| Apr.27 |
Air France flight recorder found |
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| Apr.12 |
Air France crash jet's tail found |
| 2010 |
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| Aug.16 |
737 breaks apart on island landing. Colombia
| 2009 |
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| Jun.9 |
Air France bodies returned to land |
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| Jun.8 |
Air France tail section recovered. Northeastern Brazil
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| Jun.7 |
Bodies found from missing Air France plane. Northeastern Brazil
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| Jun.4 |
Debris found not from Air France plane |
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| Jun.3 |
Plane's recorders may never be found |
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| Jun.2 |
Plane searchers spot ocean debris |
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| Jun.1 |
Atlantic searched for lost plane |
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| Jun.1 |
Air France plane crashed
Map of Northeastern Brazil| Northeastern Brazil: The Airbus A330-200 with 228 people aboard reported electrical problems in stormy weather before it lost contact. The plane sent an automatic message signaling a... | |
| 2008 |
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| Feb.21 |
Jetliner crashes in mountains. Venezuela
| 2007 |
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| Jul.20 |
Jet reverse thruster 'off' |
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| Jul.17 |
About 200 dead from plane crash
Sao Paulo: TAM Airlines Airbus 320 skidded across a road and crashed into a building, carrying 176 people crashed while attempting to land in heavy rain
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| Jan.24 |
Defense minister dies in helicopter collision |
| 2006 |
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| Sep.29 |
Plane lost over Amazon
A search is underway for a passenger plane with at least 150 people on board that has gone missing
| 2005 |
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| Aug.23 |
Airliner crashes in jungle. Peru
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| Aug.16 |
160 believed dead in jet crash
Map of Zulia Venezuela Venezuela: The Colombian MD-82 aircraft carrying 160 people crashed in a remote area of western Venezuela
| 2002 |
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| Jan.28 |
Airliner crashed with 92 people. Ecuador
| 2001 |
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| Apr.20 |
Missionary plane shut down |
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| 2011 |
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| Feb.14 |
Huge fine in Amazon pollution case |
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| 2013 |
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| Mar.29 |
Wave blamed for Amazon port accident |
| 2012 |
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| Jan.26 |
Five bodies found in Rio rubble |
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| Jan.26 |
Three bodies found in Rio rubble |
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| 2012 |
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| Feb.22 |
Argentina train crash 'kills 49'
Map of Buenos Aires Argentina| A train crash at a station in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, has killed 49 people with hundreds more injured. The train slammed into the barrier at the end of the platform at the Onc... | |
| 2007 |
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| Aug.30 |
Eight dead after train crash |
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| 2010 |
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| Oct.13 |
Last trapped Chile miner rescued
Map of Copiapo Chile The last of the 33 miners trapped deep underground in northern Chile for more than two months has been rescued
| They were greeted by families and President Sebastian Pinera. The rescued miners have been taken to hospital with severe dental infections and some eye problems. The six rescuers sent down to assist the miners are now being winched up
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| Oct.13 |
Half of trapped 33 miners rescued |
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| Oct.12 |
Joy as first 3 Chile miners freed |
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| Oct.12 |
First Chile miner reaches surface
|
| Oct.12 |
Rescue of trapped miners to begin soon |
|
| Oct.10 |
Final steps under way before mine rescue |
|
| Oct.9 |
Evacuation of miners to start Wednesday |
|
| Oct.9 |
Rescue drill reaches trapped miners. Chile
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| Oct.8 |
Drill 24 hours from miners |
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| Oct.1 |
Mine rescue 'this month' |
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| Sep.26 |
Rescue capsule arrives at Chile mine |
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| Sep.17 |
Bore hole reaches trapped Chilean miners
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| Sep.15 |
November rescue hope for miners |
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| Aug.31 |
Drilling to reach miners begins. Chile
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| Aug.28 |
'Plan B' for quicker mine rescue. Chile
| 2007 |
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| Aug.18 |
Looting disrupts quake rescue bid |
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| 2013 |
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| Yesterday |
Ecuador satellite space crash fears The Ecuadorean space agency (EXA) is trying to pick up signals from its satellite after it crashed in space into debris from an old rocket
| 2003 |
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| Aug.22 |
21 dead in rocket explosion |
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| 2012 |
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| Aug.25 |
Blast halts Venezuela refinery
A huge explosion at the Amuay plant, Venezuela's biggest oil refinery, has killed at least 24 people and halted production for two days
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| Jan.25 |
High-rise collapses with reports of 11 dead Rio de Janeiro: Two buildings -- one a 20-story building and the other 10 stories -- collapsed in the historic center of Rio de Janeiro