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NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Hope has all but faded for 13 miners trapped deep underground four days ago when an illegal “rat hole” coal pit flooded in remote northeastern India. Emergency crews have been pumping water from the site since the accident last Thursday in mineral-rich Meghalaya state, but no contact has been made with the workers believed trapped below, police say. Authorities have declined to comment on their fate, but concede the operation […]
by Remi Banet with Terry Daley in Rome © Agence France-Presse GENOA, Italy (AFP) — Italy is searching for answers on Sunday after paying its respects to the dozens killed by a collapsed bridge in Genoa, as the country’s new government continues to battle the underfire motorway company that manages. The death toll from the disaster rose to 43 on Sunday after firefighters discovered three bodies, reported to be those of a couple and their […]
SELAYAR, Indonesia (AFP) — Nearly three dozen people have died after a ferry ran aground off the coast of Indonesia, according to an updated official toll Wednesday, the latest deadly maritime accident in the Southeast Asian archipelago. The KM Lestari was believed to be carrying nearly 190 people when damage to its hull forced the captain to ground the vessel on Tuesday afternoon about 300 meters (yards) off Selayar island, near the larger island of Sulawesi. […]
