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9 Perish in Retirement Home Fire in Russia
2010-08-30 20:20:53
Retirement home fireThere were 480 people rescued from the burning home in the early hours on Monday. 9 people didn’t make it out. A retirement home on the northwest side of Moscow caught fire Monday morning. It was started by a person who lived there trying to kill himself. A man took gasoline and doused [...]
12 or More Die As Bangladesh Ferry Sinks
2010-06-10 22:12:53
Map of BangeldeshThere has been a report of at least 12 people dieing and another 5 passengers missing from an over crowded ferry. The ferry turned over during a storm in the north eastern part of Bangledesh. There were about 35 people on board the ferry, Many of the passengers were school children. The incident happened in the [...]
39 Wedding Guest Die Attending a Wedding
2010-06-09 18:15:23
39 Wedding Guest Die in BombingIn Afghanistan, in the Kandahar province, a wedding was taking place on Wednesday evening. An explosion was set off during the time the guest were having their dinner. It happened between 9:30 and 10 pm. The blast took place where only the men and boys were dining. The women were eating their [...]
Children Dieing from Lead Poisoning in Nigeria
2010-06-07 20:23:30
Zamfara In the northern state of Zamfara, children have been dieing. The villagers thought it was malaria. The children’s deaths were discovered during the time for the yearly vaccinating  of the children by the country, something they do every year. They noticed that in a few of the villages in the distant northern state had very few [...]
Gulf Oil Spill Continues
2010-06-06 20:10:25
Wild Life being treated How long we ask is this going to go on? There is no end in sight. It has now been 46 days since the start of one of the worlds worst natural disasters. The oil continues to spill out into the Gulf. BP now has a plan to siphon the oil from the [...]
Gun Man in the UK takes at Least 12 Lives
2010-06-02 17:35:03
Shooting in UKWhat triggered Derrick Bird, a 52 year old Taxi driver in the Whitehaven area, to go shooting people Wednesday morning. At about 10:35am UK time, he discharged  his first shots. He took 12 lives in his rampage and wounded another 25. Police told people to stay put indoors as they used dogs to search for him. The [...]
At Least 30 Perish in Indian Bus Crash
2010-06-01 21:12:19
Bus Accident in IndiaIn India, there were at least 30 passengers on a bus that perished when the bus they were riding crashed into a police barrier. Approximately another 30 passengers were wounded. The bus crashed into the barrier and gas tank ignited. Flames overpowered the bus and it’s passengers. There were children on the bus that perished. The [...]
Tropical Storm Agatha Hits Pacific
2010-05-31 16:01:26
Tropical storm, Agatha, the first topical storm of the season for the Pacific area, has been raising  havoc across Guatemala, SE Mexico and a large area of El Salvador. It brought to the area,  heavy rainfall, flash flooding and landslides. As the storm left the area, there were at least 12 people found who had perished [...]
Gunmen Ravage Jewelry Shops and Leave 14 Dead
2010-05-30 19:31:31
14 Left Dead in Jewelry Store RaidsIn the Bayaa district and area of Baghdad located in the SW part of the city, a group of gunmen terrorized the people as they went up and down a street throwing grenades into jewelry stores. There were about 10 men equipped with guns and explosives that hit the line [...]
Possibly More Then 73 Passengers Die In India Train Wreck
2010-05-28 16:57:12
On Friday, at about 1:30 in the morning in India, two railroad trains traveling parallel to one another, were in a collision with each other. One of the trains, the passenger one, derailed and fell into the path of the on coming freight carrier. The result was the oncoming freight train crashed into the 13 passenger [...]