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Costa Concordia set to remain at sea for months A fresh attempt to salvage the stricken Costa Concordia is expected to be made on Friday. Bad weather has hampered efforts to remove thousands of tonnes of… 09/02/2012
Pakistan: Dozens feared trapped in deadly factory collapse At least three people have died and more than 100 others are feared trapped after a factory building collapsed in Pakistan. The explosion of a gas cylinder… 06/02/2012
Passenger train accident in IndiaAt least three people were killed and dozens injured in a train accident after seven coaches of a passenger train derailed in India’s northeastern state of… 03/02/2012
Ferry sinks near Papua New Guinea A ferry carrying around 350 people has sunk off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Australia’s Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) says a huge rescue operation… 02/02/2012
Ferry sinks off Papua New Guinea A ferry with around 350 people on board has sunk off the coast of Papua new Guinea. It is believed 50 people have been rescued by six merchant ships and… 02/02/2012
Ship-wrecked newly-weds thank Giglio islanders A newly-wed couple who survived the Costa Concordia disaster have made an emotional return to the scene of the accident to thank locals who helped them… 30/01/2012
Inside the Costa Concordia – nocomment The Italian emergency services have release underwater footage of divers working in the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship. 30/01/2012
Concordia wreck might not be moved for months The wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia could remain lying off the Italian coast until the end of the year or even longer. Bad weather and the fact the… 30/01/2012
Fire kills 26 at Peru addiction clinic A fire at a drugs and alcohol rehabilitation clinic in Peru has killed 26 patients – all men – and injured 10 others. Reports say they had been locked in… 29/01/2012
Pumping fuel from Costa Concordia called off The operation to pump fuel from the Costa Concordia cruise ship due to begin today has been delayed due to rough seas. Technicians from Italian company Neri… 28/01/2012
Italy: Payout offered to rescued cruise ship passengers Some 3,000 passengers who sailed on the stricken Costa Concordia have been offered compensation. Those who suffered no physical harm can claim 11,000 euros… 27/01/2012
Costa operator offers passengers 11,000 euro compensation The operator of Costa Concordia has offered passengers 11,000 euros in compensation. Survivors who suffered no physical harm can get a payout for lost… 27/01/2012
Rio’s infrastructure questioned after building collapse CCTV footage captured the panic in the streets as three multi- story buildings collapsed in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday night. Four bodies have been… 27/01/2012
Portuguese workers killed in dam landslide Three workers have been killed in a landslide during the construction of a dam in Portugal. Initial reports said it was caused by the movement of a machine… 26/01/2012
Rio city centre shrouded in dust after collapse At least three people are now confirmed dead following the collapse of two high-rise buildings in the centre of Rio de Janeiro. A further 19 are missing… 26/01/2012
At least two dead in Rio building collapse Two buildings in the historic centre of Rio de Janeiro have collapsed, injuring several people. Unconfirmed reports say two people were killed, but there… 26/01/2012
Search for victims after buildings collapse in Rio Three buildings – one 20 stories high – have collapsed, burying at least 11 people, in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Dozens of fire fighters and… 26/01/2012
Hope runs out of finding Italian wreck survivors Search efforts aboard the capsized Costa Concordia are now realistically aimed at recovering bodies rather than rescuing survivors. 13 days after the disaster… 26/01/2012
Thailand: deadly fireworks explosion – nocomment Fireworks set off during an official Chinese New Year celebration sparked a blaze that burned homes, killed three people and injured several others in central… 25/01/2012
Protester’s death overshadows Italian strike A strike by Italian truckers against high fuel costs and government reforms has taken a tragic turn with the death of a man taking part in a road blockade. He… 24/01/2012
Costa Concordia search – nocomment As the tenth day of search operations around the Costa Concordia got under way on Monday (January 23), new footage released by the Italian navy shows interior… 24/01/2012
Divers recover another body from cruise wreck As rescue teams working on the stricken Italian cruise ship find another body, there is concern that a number of unregistered passengers may have been on… 23/01/2012
Costa accident’s absurdity A stone’s throw from the Italian island of Giglio the cruise ship Costa Concordia lies with a great gash in her side. The accident layered the unexpected with… 21/01/2012
Rescuers find another body on doomed cruise ship A rescue team has found the body of a woman on board Italy’s capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship. The discovery brings the total death toll to at least… 21/01/2012
Scuba diver inspects Costa Concordia cruise ship – nocomment Carabinieri scuba divers inspect the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship. 21/01/2012
Cruise liner search ‘will continue till no-one’s left’ The search of the wreck of the Costa Concordia began again at dawn on Saturday, a week after the cruise liner came to grief on the rocks off Italy’s Tuscan… 21/01/2012
Fears of oil spill amid plans to pump cruise liner Emergency teams are battling to prevent the Costa Concordia from causing major pollution in one of the least spoilt parts of the Mediterranean. There are… 21/01/2012
Hoping against the odds, a week after cruise tragedy Debris from the stricken Costa Concordia has washed up on the Tuscan shore as a painful reminder that more than 20 people remain missing. Of the 4,200… 21/01/2012
Weather worries hit Italian cruise ship recovery Concerns of approaching bad weather are hampering efforts to salvage the stricken Italian liner Costa Concordia. A week after running aground off the Tuscan… 20/01/2012
Concordia rescue halted as victims’ families arrive Families of the missing continue to arrive at Giglio Harbour, which overlooks the final resting place of the doomed Costa Concordia cruise ship. Some… 20/01/2012
Removal of containers from split Rena continues – nocomment Containers that cannot be removed by crane from the broken half of the cargo ship Rena off the coast of New Zealand were pushed into the ocean where the… 20/01/2012
Concordia search suspended after ship moves Search and rescue operations have been suspended aboard the Costa Concordia, after the stricken Italian cruise liner began moving once again. Coastguard… 20/01/2012
Weather threat to Concordia operation The focus now for Italian authorities is on recovery rather than rescue. The hulk of the Costa Concordia is unstable and it is feared it could shift from… 19/01/2012
Inside the Costa Concordia – nocomment Underwater shots from inside the stricken Costa Concordia cruise ship which ran aground with more than 4,000 people on board. 19/01/2012
Sunken Costa seen from spaceThe luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia is shown run aground off the coast of Giglio in this January 17, 2012 DigitalGlobe satellite photo… 19/01/2012
Filipino Concordia staff arrive home Some 100 Filipino crew members of the Costa Concordia have completed their long journey home. They touched down at Manila’s international airport late on… 19/01/2012
Divers resume Italian cruise ship search Calmer weather has allowed divers to resume their search of an Italian cruise ship. Officials want to complete the operation before conditions change again… 19/01/2012
Neighbours stand by Costa captain While the world is holding one man responsible for the running aground of the Italian cruise ship, Captain Francesco Schettino is not without his own… 19/01/2012
Italy turns on cruise captain Italy is transfixed by the Costa Concordia tragedy, and in the eye of the media storm are Captain Francesco Schettino, being painted by everyone as the… 18/01/2012
Rescue teams halt search of Italian vessel Italian divers on Wednesday suspended their search for missing people from a stranded cruiser ship to allow its fuel tanks to be emptied. The Costa… 18/01/2012
Concordia captain under house arrest The man at the centre of the investigation into the Italian cruise ship disaster, Captain Francesco Schettino, is under house arrest after appearing in… 18/01/2012
Eleven known to have died in Italy cruiser crash Eleven people are now known to have died on board a cruise liner stranded off Italy’s Tuscan coast. Rescue workers found another five bodies inside the… 17/01/2012
Fall of an Italian cruise captain A captain stripped of his ship, Francesco Schettino has been in a cell since Saturday, the 52-year-old portrayed as a maverick by critics — as the man who… 17/01/2012
Damning tape of cruise ship’s captain As the captain of the stricken Costa Concordia Francesco Schettino was appearing in court, and the death toll rose to 11, a recording emerged purporting to… 17/01/2012
Five more dead bodies found in the Costa cruise liner Italian rescuers have found five more dead bodies inside a capsized cruise liner off the Tuscany coast. Officials had said earlier that 29 people were… 17/01/2012
Italy may declare cruise liner emergency The Italian government will declare a state of emergency in waters around Giglio Island if the stranded Costa Concordia starts leaking fuel. The vessel… 17/01/2012
Back in the Day: H-bombs fall on Spain after mid-air crashJanuary 17, 1966 An American B52 bomber carrying four Hydrogen bombs collides with a refuelling tanker plane in the skies above southern Spain. The fuel… 17/01/2012
More feared missing in Italian cruise ship disaster The Italian coast guard has once again revised its estimates of those still thought to be missing after the capsizing of a cruise ship on Friday… 17/01/2012
24 killed in Beirut building collapse In brief: At least 24 people have been killed in the collapse of a building in Beirut. Rescuers are continuing to search for more than 10 others feared to… 16/01/2012
Search resumes for Italy cruise liner missing Rescuers resumed their search of the Costa Concordia off western Italy on Monday, after poor weather and the risk the wreck might be displaced forced the… 16/01/2012
Concordia survivors speak of panic and chaos As the investigation into the Costa Concordia disaster continues, more images and witness accounts have emerged of what took place. Survivors have spoken of… 16/01/2012
Search continues after Costa cruise ship accident – nocomment Search and rescue efforts have been conducted around the Italian island of Giglio, to find survivors of the Costa Concordia cruise ship accident 16/01/2012
Sunken ship’s owners cite ‘human error’ for deadly accident The chairman of Costa Cruises, the company that operates the Costa Concordia that ran aground after hitting rocks off western Italy on Friday, has cited… 16/01/2012
Another body found in cruise disaster A sixth body has been discovered in the wreck of the cruise liner which capsized off the coast of Italy on Friday night. Confusion remains over the number… 16/01/2012
Ship owners blame Costa Concordia captain A multi-million euro cruise ship lies on its side off the Tuscan island of Giglio and the captain is being blamed. According to the operators of the Costa… 16/01/2012
Cruise ship captain in custody as horror stories emerge ‘Like the Titanic.’ That is what many are saying as the Costa Concordia’s captain is held on suspicion of multiple manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and… 15/01/2012
Three killed in South Korean ship explosion – nocomment At least three people were killed and eight others are missing after a cargo ship carrying petroleum exploded in waters off South Korea’s western port city of… 15/01/2012
Two more bodies found in capsized liner off Italy A third survivor has been plucked to safety from a capsized cruise liner off the west coast of Italy. But shortly afterwards two more bodies were found in a… 15/01/2012
Italy: Third survivor rescued from capsized liner Italian rescue teams searching for dozens of missing people on a cruise ship have pulled a third survivor to safety more than 24 hours after it… 15/01/2012
Couple rescued from capsized Italian cruise liner A couple have been brought ashore after being found alive on a stricken Italian cruise ship. The Costa Concordia hit rocks off the west coast of Italy, with… 15/01/2012
Passengers recall chaos onboard stricken liner A scene of panic and confusion. That is how passengers are recalling the moment they had to abandon the doomed Costa Concordia. Video filmed by one… 15/01/2012
Dozens missing from stricken Italian cruise ship Dozens of people are still unaccounted for after a Mediterranean cruise ship ran aground off the west coast of Italy. Divers are searching the submerged… 14/01/2012
‘It was like a scene from the Titanic’At least 11 people were killed and 20 more were unaccounted for after a cruise ship carrying more than 4,000 people ran hit rocks off the west coast of Italy… 14/01/2012
Three die as cruise ship runs aground off Italy At least three people have been killed and dozens more are missing after a luxury Mediterranean cruise turned to catastrophe off the coast of Italy. The… 14/01/2012
Turkish airstrike kills 35 Kurds – nocomment Turkish warplanes killed at least 35 people in an air strike in south-eastern Turkey near the Iraqi border, apparently mistaking smugglers for Kurdish… 30/12/2011
Chinese tobacco factory ablaze – nocomment Firefighters fought a massive inferno at a tobacco factory in Nanning City, southern China. 29/12/2011
Fire at Russian market – nocomment An investigation was under way on Monday to find out what caused a massive fire at the warehouses of a consumer goods market in the city of Yekaterinburg, in… 27/12/2011
China restaurant blast kills seven – nocomment An explosion in a fast food restaurant caused by a liquefied petroleum gas leak killed seven people and injured 31 in Xi’an, China’s Shaanxi Province. 14/11/2011
Dramatic emergency landing in Poland – nocomment For more than one hour a Boeing 767 belonging to Polish Airlines LOT was flying over Warsaw, as its fuel supply diminished, because of a problem getting its… 02/11/2011
Marco Simoncelli laid to rest Thousands of people gathered in Coriano to pay their respects to MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli who died over the weekend in a crash during a race in Sepang… 27/10/2011
All survive light plane crash – nocomment Six people, a pilot and five sky divers, escaped serious injury after a light plane crashed east of the Australian city of Melbourne on Saturday. 09/10/2011
Norway: two dead on a cruise liner fire – nocomment Two people died after a cruise liner caught fire off Norway’s coast on Thursday. Police said four other people could also be missing. 16/09/2011
US biker rescued by strangers – nocomment Strangers saved a Utah motorcyclist trapped under a car which caught fire after he crashed into it. 14/09/2011
Kenya: Red Cross calls off search operation – nocomment More charred bodies recovered at the scene of a devastating shanty town fire as the Red Cross calls off search operation. 14/09/2011
India: one dead after balcony collapse – nocomment One person was killed and six others injured when an overcrowded balcony collapsed during a procession of the Lord Ganesha’s idol in Mumbai, India. 12/09/2011
Ferry tragedy near Zanzibar IslandRescuers carry the bodies of victims from a ferry tragedy near Zanzibar Island at Nungwi Beach. At least 107 people died when a ferry taking passengers from… 10/09/2011
Russia plane crash: Belarus honours the victims – nocomment Thousands of ice hockey fans gathered in Minsk on Thursday to mourn players who died in a plane crash in Russia that claimed 43 lives. Alexander Lukashenko… 09/09/2011
International tributes after Russia plane crash – nocomment Tributes to victims of the plane crash in Russia are continuing all over the world, particularly in Eastern Europe. 08/09/2011
People gather after Russian passenger plane crash – nocomment Some teenage girls captured the moment right after a passenger plane crashed in Russia. Since then, many people have gathered to pay tribute to the Lokomotiv… 08/09/2011
Traffic jam accident in Italy – nocomment Vehicles on fire in a middle of a road accident in Italy 30/07/2011
Duisburg mourns love parade victims – nocomment The names of 21 people who died a year ago in a stampede during a music festival have been read out at a memorial service in Germany. 25/07/2011
Chinese boy rescued from bridge – nocomment A boy whose foot was trapped between parts of a temporary bridge in China was rescued by emergency workers after an hour-long effort. 13/07/2011
Huge explosion at Cyprus military base – nocomment An explosion which ripped through Evangelos Florakis military base in Cyprus killed at least 12 people and occurred in a munitions dump storing weapons… 11/07/2011
Bizarre bike ballet as motorcyle racers collide – nocomment A bizarre incident at an amateur motorcycle race in Magny-Cours left two locked bikes spinning on the spot and the riders unable to remount. 24/06/2011
Firefighters rescue trapped boy – nocomment Firefighters freed a young boy trapped between two walls in Taiyuan, China. 20/06/2011
Plane crash in Poland – nocomment A small plane lost control and plunged into a river as it performed stunts at an air show in Plock, in central Poland. Rescue workers pulled the pilot from… 20/06/2011
Wild elephants rampage in southern India – nocomment Two wild elephants went on a rampage in a town in southern India, killing one man and damaging vehicles. 08/06/2011
Explosion rips through Kenya’s Nairobi – nocomment An explosion in a densely populated area of central Nairobi on Sunday injured at least 29 people, and officials said an investigation was under way to… 06/06/2011
Chinese firefighters rescue trapped boy – nocomment Firefighters freed a young boy narrowly sandwiched between two walls in Bijie city, in China’s southwest Guizhou province. The eight-year-old boy was playing… 23/05/2011
Military tanker plane crashes in California – nocomment A Boeing 707 military tanker plane crashed and burst into flames on Wednesday as it took off from Point Mugu Naval Air Station in Southern California… 19/05/2011
Air France crash probe to reveal more – nocomment French investigators probing the crash of Air France flight 447, which crashed into the sea off the coast of Rio killing all 228 people, will know on Monday… 12/05/2011
Warehouse burns in Warsaw’s suburbs – nocomment A fire broke out at a huge clothes warehouse in Poland, in the Warsaw suburb of Wolka Kosowska. 11/05/2011
Ukraine marks 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disasterA widow holds a portrait of her husband during a ceremony in Kiev to honour the victims of the Chernobyl accident. REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin 26/04/2011
Oil platform sinks in US GulfThe semi-submersible residential platform Jupiter from Mexico’s state-owned oil company Pemex is seen almost submerged in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of… 13/04/2011
Search continues after Costa cruise ship accidentSearch and rescue efforts have been conducted around the Italian island of Giglio, to find survivors of the Costa Concordia cruise ship accident. 16/01/2012
Amateur video of Costa cruise evacuationVideo shot by a passenger aboard the ill-fated Costa Concordia cruise liner showed a large number of people gathered at one of the ship’s evacuation points on… 16/01/2012
Stricken cargo ship breaks up off New ZealandA cargo ship that ran aground off New Zealand in October has split in two. Up to 300 containers have been lost overboard and a fresh oil spill is… 08/01/2012
New Zealand stricken cargo ship splits in twoA stricken cargo ship which caused New Zealand’s worst ever maritime disaster has broken in two, raising fears of further pollution along the North Island… 08/01/2012
New Zealand mourns after deadly hot-air balloon crashEleven people have been killed in New Zealand’s worst air accident for more than three decades. The victims died when a hot air balloon burst into flames and… 07/01/2012
Eleven die in NZ hot air balloon crashA hot air balloon has crashed in rural New Zealand killing all 11 people aboard. The balloon came down near a small town 150 kilometres north of the capital… 07/01/2012
