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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
Bus smashes into KamAZ truck in southern Kazakhstan; 5 dead, 26 injured
The driver of the MAN bus, driving from Almaty to Shymkent, lost control over the bus and crashed into a KamAZ truck loaded with rails that was parked at the road side.
20 March 2013
Meltwater partially destroys bridge near Semey
A bridge in Kholodnyi Klyuch near Semey was partially destroyed by the meltwater.
20 March 2013
Skier dies in Shymbulak after smashing into another
A skier has died after smashing into another skier at the Aziada Route of Shymbulak ski resort near Almaty, Kazakhstan.
20 March 2013
32 killed in western India bus crash: police
A bus crash left 32 people dead and another 13 injured after the vehicle careered off a bridge into a dry river bed in India's western state of Maharashtra on Tuesday.
19 March 2013
Briton and son found dead on Mont-Blanc
A British man and his 12-year-old son were found dead Sunday in the Mont-Blanc massif that spreads around Europe's highest peak.
18 March 2013
Partially collapsed bridge in Kyzylorda oblast closed
The bridge over the railroad at kilometer 1,642 of Shymkent-Samara highway partially collapsed at night of March 16 after 2 square meters of its beams gave in.
18 March 2013
23 Pakistan troops killed in bus accident: officials
At least 23 Pakistani soldiers were killed on Saturday when their bus plunged into a ravine on the main Pakistan-China highway in the mountainous northern region.
17 March 2013
Mexico fireworks explosion kills 9, injures 70
A small truck loaded with fireworks for a religious event exploded in central Mexico on Friday, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens, with one witness saying he saw "bodies flying" as people ran for cover.
17 March 2013
Kazakhstan to implement ERA-GLONASS equivalent by 2015
Kazakhstan is planning to implement an equivalent of Russian system of emergency respond to road accidents ERA-GLONASS by 2015.
13 March 2013
In Mali, abandoned weapons kill and maim children
Intrigued, Amadou picked up a discarded grenade to play with outside an earth hut in central Mali. When he threw it, it exploded and he lost all the fingers on his left hand.
12 March 2013
Accident at Kashagan field in Kazakhstan
An accident has happened at one of the drilling rigs on artificial island D of Kashagan oil field in Kazakhstan's part of the Caspian Sea.
07 March 2013
Gabon citizen stabs British husband in Atyrau
A 27-y.o. citizen of Gabon stabbed her husband, a 53-y.o. citizen of Great Britain during a family dispute in Atyrau in western Kazakhstan.
06 March 2013
Father dies sheltering girl from Japan blizzard
A father froze to death while sheltering his nine-year-old daughter from severe weekend blizzards that swept northern Japan.
05 March 2013
600m of roof cave-in on Astana Magnum mall
Untimely snow cleaning has caused a collapse of the roof in a large supermarket in Astana, Kazakhstan.
04 March 2013
Causes of lethal fire at ArcelorMittal Aktau being investigated
An investigation has started at ArcelorMittal Aktau plant in Kazakhstan where a fire claimed one person’s life and injured two others.
27 February 2013
125,000 lethal doses of cyanide spilled in Japan
The equivalent of 125,000 lethal doses of cyanide leaked from a factory in Japan after a snowplough accident.
27 February 2013
Victims of Camry accident in Almaty were students of conservatory
Victims of the horrible car accident of February 21 in Almaty were second-year students of Kazakh National conservatory.
22 February 2013
Toyota Camry with 4 girls ripped in halves in Almaty
Three young women died and one was seriously injured in a shocking car accident in Almaty in the south of Kazakhstan.
21 February 2013
British world cycle couple dead in Thai crash: police
A British couple who were 18 months into a trip around the world by bicycle have been killed in a road accident in Thailand.
18 February 2013