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Wrongfully imprisoned US boxer 'Hurricane' Carter dies Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the prizefighter whose racially tinged wrongful murder conviction made him a symbol of injustice and a pop culture cause, died on Sunday at the age of 76.

21 April 2014

Garcia Marquez, godfather of magic realism, dies at 87 Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Nobel-winning Colombian author who used magical realism to tell epic stories of love, family and dictatorship in Latin America, died Thursday at the age of 87.

18 April 2014

Liberia's first post-war president dies Former Liberian president Gyude Bryant, who led a peacetime government after two ruinous back-to-back civil wars, died aged 65 on Wednesday, the government said in a statement.

17 April 2014

More dead pigs found in China river At least 170 dead pigs have been found in a Chinese river, state media reported Thursday -- the latest in a string of similar incidents that have raised fears over food safety.

17 April 2014

Dead star's brothers to finish 'Fast and Furious 7' Late "Fast and Furious" star Paul Walker's brothers will stand in for him to complete the seventh movie in the blockbuster franchise, after the actor's death, filmmakers said.

17 April 2014

Online-addicted Korean man arrested over son's death South Korean police said Tuesday they had arrested a man for allegedly allowing his infant son to starve to death while spending days playing online games at Internet cafes.

15 April 2014

Adrian Mole author Sue Townsend dies aged 68: son Sue Townsend, the British author responsible for the multi-million selling Adrian Mole series documenting the hum-drum life of an awkward teenager, has died aged 68, her son told the BBC on Friday.

11 April 2014

Family of four found dead in Pavlodar suburbs A family of four has been found dead in a suburb of Pavlodar.

09 April 2014

Toddler dies after swallowing battery in Aktobe A toddler in Aktobe has died from swallowed battery.

08 April 2014

Saudi MERS death toll rises to 66 Saudi health authorities have reported the deaths of another two men from the MERS coronavirus, bringing the death toll from the respiratory disease in the worst hit country to 66.

07 April 2014

Flood victims give account of disaster in Karaganda Oblast Kokpekty villagers talked about the homes they lost in the flood caused by a dam burst.

01 April 2014

Astana may soon have its first crematorium An entrepreneur from Astana Valikhan Sabilov is planning to build a private crematorium in the capital.

31 March 2014

Medical blunder: baby girl almost buried alive Medical blunder of the Mendykary Central Hospital led sorrowful parents to almost bury their baby girl alive.

19 March 2014

Kazakhstan Cycling Federation to help transportation body of cyclist who died of stroke The Kazakhstan Cycling Federation has expressed condolence to the family of the deceased cyclist Yerlan Pernebekov and promised to cover the transportation expenses.

19 March 2014

20-yo cyclist Pernebekov dies in Ecuador Kazakh cyclist Yerlan Pernebekov, 20 has died in Ecuador after suffering a stroke.

18 March 2014

Deceased organ donation: integrated database for Kazakhstan Creation of an electronic donor database is suggested as one of the major steps in developing deceased organ donation in Kazakhstan.

15 March 2014

US farmer dies again... this time for real A Mississippi farmer who made global headlines two weeks ago when he woke up in a body bag at a funeral home died on Thursday aged 78.

14 March 2014

Dead Indian guru in freezer for 'deep meditation' An Indian guru declared dead has been in a deep freezer in his ashram for nearly six weeks with followers confident he will return to life to lead them.

13 March 2014

China bird flu deaths reach 72 this year: government A total of 72 people died from the H7N9 bird flu strain in China in the first two months of this year, government figures showed, far more than in the whole of 2013.

10 March 2014

Golovkin family tragedy: fight cancelled After cancelling the April 26th fight against Andy Lee, Gennady Golovkin is back to Kazakhstan to mourn his father’s death.

03 March 2014

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