KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Fires at two clothing factories in Pakistan left 283 people dead — many trapped behind locked doors and barred windows — tragedies that highlight workplace perils in a country whe...
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At least 61 migrants including Palestinians and Syrians, more than half of them children, died after their overcrowded boat sank just tens of metres off Turkey’s western Aegean coast on Thursday, official...
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Ghana’s President John Evans Atta Mills has died at the age of 68, reports Daily Ghana Guide. This was confirmed by a press statement signed by the Chief of Staff, John Henry Martey Newman. The statement sai...
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A man named James Holmes shot and killed 12 people and injured 58 in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado on Saturday. It is still unknown what motivated him to do this but due to his seemingly depressing life, ...
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At least 100 people were killed in Nigeria when a truck carrying fuel tipped over and caught fire. According to reports, the crash occurred after the truck swerved to avoid a collision with oncoming vehicles. M...
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Gunmen killed 17 people and wounded at least 40 in two Kenyan Churches, reported New Vision and VOA News. According to VOA News, the deadliest attack took place at the African Inland Church, where at least 10 p...
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The international Grammy winner 50 Cent is reported to have been discharged from hospital today (Wednesday) at wee hours of the morning. This follows after the “In The Club” hit maker, whose real na...
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Tropical cyclone Irina killed 65 people in Madagascar and left thousands of people homeless, reports The Herald Sun. The storm also caused heavy rains floods in Northern KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, Swaziland...
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At least 206 people were killed on Sunday, March 4 after an electric short circuit sparked a fire that caused massive explosions at a Brazzaville arms depot. It is reported that these explosions shattered windo...
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Jennifer Hudson has forgiven her former brother-in-law for murdering her mother, brother and nephew in 2008, saying it is ‘not his fault’ that he shot them dead. Estranged from Hudson’s sister Julia, at the time of the murders, he was allegedly jealous of a new relationship she had started following their break-up. On an episode of Oprah Winfrey’s chat show ‘Oprah’s Next Chapter’ (10.09.2012) the 30-year-old singer-and-actress spoke out for the first time si... Read more »
