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Argentina gas explosion toll hits 14
Argentine rescue workers recovered the body of a man from the ruins of an explosion-shattered apartment building late Friday, raising the confirmed death toll in the disaster to 14.
10 August 2013
Trains collide in Almaty again
An electric locomotive has collided with Almaty-Karaganda passenger train during the train's loading at Almaty-1 train station.
07 August 2013
Residential complex on fire in Astana
One of the elite residential blocks on Yessil river bank in Astana has caught fire.
01 August 2013
Spain train driver on phone at time of deadly crash
The driver of a train that derailed in Spain killing 79 people was on the phone to a coworker at the time of the accident, while the train was racing at nearly twice the speed limit.
31 July 2013
Head-on train collision injures 35 in Switzerland: police
Two trains collided head-on Monday in western Switzerland, injuring 35 passengers, at least five of them seriously.
30 July 2013
Station operator's mistake caused train crash in Almaty
According to the preliminary investigation, the accident at Almaty railway station was caused by a mistake of Almaty-2 station duty officer.
30 July 2013
German hang glider dies in Kostanay, Kazakhstan
A German citizen, Engel A., born in 1959, has died in a hang glider crash 3km from Zatobolsk village near Kostanay in Kazakhstan.
29 July 2013
Nazarbayev condoles to King of Spain over rail accident
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev sent a telegram of condolences to the King of Spain Juan Carlos I over the railroad accident in Galicia region.
29 July 2013
Helios pays over 100 million tenge to victims of petrol truck accident
Helios company is dealing with the consequences of the petrol tank lorry flaring accident in Almaty.
29 July 2013
Seven people drown off France's south coast
Seven men drowned Sunday off France's Mediterranean coast due to a combination of high winds and strong currents.
29 July 2013
Two trains collide in Almaty
Two trains have collided at Almaty-2 railway station.
29 July 2013
Train crash driver charged as Spain mourns crash victims
The driver of a train that hurtled off the rails in Spain was charged Sunday with 79 counts of reckless homicide and released on bail after being questioned by a judge.
29 July 2013
Thirty-six killed in Italy coach crash: rescue services
At least 36 people were killed and several more injured after a coach carrying pilgrims plunged off a motorway flyover in southern Italy.
29 July 2013
Driver in deadly Spain train crash faces probe
Spanish police were waiting Friday to question one of the drivers of a train that derailed, killing at least 80 passengers, amid media reports it was travelling at twice the speed limit.
26 July 2013
77 dead in Spanish train crash: official
A train hurtled off the tracks in northwest Spain killing at least 77 passengers and injuring more than 140.
25 July 2013
60 dead in Spanish train crash
A train hurtled off the tracks in northwestern Spain on Wednesday killing 60 passengers and injuring more than 100 as carriages crumpled into each other in a smoking wreckage of tangled steel.
25 July 2013
Investigators considering 20 versions of Aktobe training plane crash
The investigation of L-39 training plane crash in Aktobe airport is underway.
23 July 2013
Investigation over Challenger-200 crash near Almaty may take over 1 year
The accident was very serious; investigation of such accidents normally takes a year or more: Kazakhstan official.
23 July 2013
Proton rocket program resumed at Baikonur
Assembly of Proton-M carrier rocket has started in the integration and test block of platform 92A of Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
22 July 2013
Kazakhstan-born man killed by neo-Nazis in Germany
A Kazakhstan-born man has been killed during the Bavarian Folk Festival in Kaufbeuren by a seven-member group of neo-Nazis.
22 July 2013