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US military helicopter crashes near N. Korea border
A US military helicopter taking part in a joint South Korea-US drill crashed Tuesday near the North Korean border with no apparent casualties.
16 April 2013
Bali crash pilots pass drug, alcohol tests: official
The pilot and co-pilot of a Lion Air plane that crashed at Bali's airport have passed initial drug tests, as investigators probe the causes of the accident that left dozens injured but no fatalities.
15 April 2013
US family shares dead crash son's last text
A US family has published the last, cut-off text message written by their 22-year-old son who crashed his car and died while using his cellphone, in the hope of preventing similar tragedies.
14 April 2013
H.K. ferry crash captains face manslaughter charges: reports
The two captains involved in a Hong Kong ferry collision last year that claimed 39 lives in the city's worst maritime disaster in decades will be charged with manslaughter.
11 April 2013
Five dead, 53 hurt in Thai bus cliff plunge
Five people died, including a seven-month-old baby and a Belgian woman, and 53 were injured when a Thai tour bus plummeted off a hillside in northern Thailand after its brakes failed.
08 April 2013
Hong Kong airbridge collapse rips off plane door
Hong Kong authorities said Monday they had launched an investigation after an airbridge collapsed at the city's airport, ripping the door off a Cathay Pacific plane and injuring a technician.
08 April 2013
Bridge keeps deteriorating near Semei
The bridge in Kholodnyi Klyuch village in the suburbs of Semei is still in the emergency state.
08 April 2013
Thousands of pigs and piglets killed in farm fire in Pavlodar oblast
An electric equipment failure must have cause the fire in the pig-breeding complex in Pavlodar oblast.
05 April 2013
Three tons of engine oil spill in accident in southern Kazakhstan
Three tons of engine oil spilled on the road in southern Kazakhstan in an accident with a KamAZ.
05 April 2013
27 dead in India building collapse: police
At least 27 people were crushed to death on the outskirts of Mumbai after a building collapsed while under construction, with many victims believed to be labourers living at the site.
05 April 2013
Afghan de-mining threatened by international pullout
Since Haji Abdul Samad lost his leg in a minefield more than 20 years ago, he has unearthed at least 1,000 explosives and become one of Afghanistan's most experienced de-miners.
04 April 2013
Car slumps under pavement in Almaty
The incident happened at night on April 2 in the area of Sain-Dzhandossov streets.
03 April 2013
Arkansas opens probe into ExxonMobil spill
Arkansas opened an investigation into an ExxonMobil pipeline that unleashed thousands of barrels of crude and forced the evacuation of 22 homes.
03 April 2013
1 dead, 3 injured in Arkansas nuclear site accident
A worker was killed and three others were injured Sunday during an industrial accident at a US nuclear power plant that did not release any nuclear material.
01 April 2013
Dar es Salaam building collapse toll hits 25
The death toll from a building which collapsed in Tanzania's economic capital Dar es Salaam reached 25 Sunday, officials said as hope faded of finding those missing two days after the accident.
01 April 2013
China mine blast kills 28: state media
A gas blast in a northeast China coal mine killed 28 people, authorities said Saturday, according to state media, the latest incident to damage the industry's notoriously poor safety record.
30 March 2013
Two people injured in fire next to Stolichyi in Almaty
Two people have been injured in the fire next to Stolichyi supermarket in Almaty.
29 March 2013
Two-storey building on fire next to Stolichyi in Almaty
An office building next to Stolichnyi supermarket has caught fire in Almaty.
29 March 2013
Health gap in Europe wider than ever
Life expectancy in Russia has marked time since the collapse of the Soviet Union but risen in its former eastern-bloc allies.
27 March 2013
Witnesses provide details of fatal accident, Shymbulak refuses to change safety rules
Shymbulak is not planning to tighten the safety rules after the accident that killed a 57-y.o. skier in a collision with another skier.
21 March 2013