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'Miracle baby' survives 11-story fall in US A 15-month-old US boy has survived an 11-story fall from a balcony at his parents' apartment in Minneapolis, Minnesota, local media reported.

15 May 2014

Turkey mine blast kills at least 201, hundreds trapped At least 201 people were killed and hundreds more remained trapped underground after an explosion at a coal mine in western Turkey, the government said Wednesday, warning that rescue efforts faced a race against time.

14 May 2014

Toll in migrant shipwreck rises to 17: Italy The Italian navy on Tuesday said 17 bodies had been recovered and 206 people rescued by patrol boats and merchant ships from a migrant shipwreck in international waters between Libya and Italy.

14 May 2014

Windstorm uproots tree, kills zookeeper in Shymkent A windstorm has ripped off roofs, uprooted trees and even killed a person in Kazakhstan's southern city of Shymkent on May 12.

13 May 2014

At least 36 immigrants die in Libya shipwreck: navy At least 36 immigrants died and 42 are reported missing after a makeshift boat was wrecked off Libya's coast, a naval spokesman told AFP.

12 May 2014

Diver dies at S. Korea ferry disaster site A diver died Tuesday while working at a ferry disaster site in South Korea as further details emerged about how deception and negligence contributed to the April 16 tragedy.

06 May 2014

Safety violations at construction site in Astana Labor Inspection has named safety violations as the cause of the accident at Korkem construction site.

05 May 2014

Cash-in-transit van flips over in Almaty Collectors' car has overturned in Almaty.

05 May 2014

15 die as fire sweeps India fireworks plant A massive blaze broke out in a firecracker factory Saturday in central India, killing at least 15 people, local media said.

04 May 2014

Truck crash kills 23 in Haiti A truck filled with food and street vendors overturned Saturday in Haiti, killing 23 people and wounding two dozen others.

04 May 2014

Mechanical failure blamed for Seoul train collision A malfunctioning automatic stopping system caused the recent collision of two subway trains in Seoul, officials said.

04 May 2014

Samsung phone explosion investigation comes to halt Samsung Electronics Kazakhstan cannot continue the investigation of the Samsung Galaxy S2 explosion that left a first grader from Astana with burns of third-degree.

02 May 2014

14 dead in northwest Thailand road accident At least 14 people were killed Wednesday when a truck carrying local villagers crashed in a mountainous region of northwest Thailand, police and hospital officials said.

30 April 2014

Plane lands safely in Australia after engine fire A passenger plane carrying 93 people landed safely at Perth Airport on Tuesday despite an engine fire that erupted shortly after take-off, officials said.

29 April 2014

Toll in DR Congo train crash rises to 74 dead The toll in a train crash in DR Congo last week was raised to 74 dead on Sunday, the country's health minister said.

28 April 2014

Brakes fail, bus crashes into tree in Almaty A bus in Almaty has crashed into a tree knocking down a fence on its way because of a brakes failure.

25 April 2014

Construction site accident in Astana, 18 injured 18 people have been injured in an accident at the Korkem construction site in Astana, Kazakhstan.

25 April 2014

Race to recover bodies from Korea ferry as storms loom Dive teams raced Friday to pull more than 100 bodies from a sunken South Korean ferry as storm clouds loomed and the victims' families angrily pressed officials to wrap up the recovery effort.

25 April 2014

Angry scenes as Chinese MH370 relatives meet airline staff A meeting between relatives of Chinese passengers aboard missing flight MH370 and Malaysia Airlines staff descended into chaos Thursday, with police stepping in to separate both sides amid angry scenes in a Beijing hotel.

25 April 2014

Condition of derailed train victims is satisfactory: Head Surgeon Kadyrov Doctors have given information on the victims of the derailed Atyrau-Almaty train that were hospitalized after the accident.

24 April 2014

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