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MSNBC
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A powerful earthquake buried 900 students in central China on Monday and killed at least 107 people, as several schools and a water tower collapsed in the tremor, state media reported.
The 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck central China, but sent thousan..
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CNN
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Nine Turks who died in a fire in Germany were buried in Turkey Monday and officials of both countries called for restraint after speculation that the blaze was a racially motivated attack. Islamic preachers read prayers through loudspeakers as relatives o..
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SF Gate
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For nearly four months in solitary confinement, BBC correspondent Alan Johnston felt buried alive but buoyed by international support he knew was out there by listening to his network's radio broadcasts.
In his first lengthy remarks after being freed b..
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BBC News
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Almost 900 students have been buried by collapsed buildings during an earthquake in south-western China, state media reports.
President Hu Jintao urged "all-out" efforts to rescue victims of the quake, which hit 92km (57 miles) from Chengdu, Sichuan's..
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MSNBC
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Survivors of a powerful cyclone that devastated Bangladesh and killed more than 2,400 people grieved and buried their loved ones Monday as they waited for aid to arrive.
In Galachipa, a fishing village along the coast in Patuakhali district, Dhalan Mri..
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BBC News
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Five people are confirmed dead and 55 are missing believed dead after heavy rain triggered a landslide that buried Dharla village in the Indian Himalayas.
Record rainfall across Himachal Pradesh state in the past several days has led to the deaths of 4..
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BBC News
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At least 40 people are feared dead after a bus was buried by a landslide in Puebla in central Mexico.
The bus was travelling on a remote road early on Wednesday, when a mountainside is believed to have collapsed on top of it after heavy rainfall.
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SF Gate
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A landslide buried a bus carrying at least 40 passengers in the mountains of southern Puebla State early Wednesday morning, and by late afternoon, neither the government nor volunteers from local villages had been able to dig out the victims.
"Everyone..
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CNN
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Police investigating the disappearance of a missing British girl in Portugal said they may use sniffer dogs on Thursday to search the area where an anonymous tip-off said she was buried.
A Dutch newspaper said Wednesday it had received an anonymous let..
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New York Times
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The body of Saddam Hussein was buried in the town of his birth in the hours before dawn today, after a final journey into the night aboard an American military helicopter that carried him from Baghdad...
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