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9 die in Guizhou bus crash

National
2009-11-18

NINE people died and more than 30 were injured when a bus crashed through a guard rail and plunged down a 30-meter slope in southwest China's Guizhou Province today. The accident took place at about 5:15 am on...

Greek police capture helicopter fugitive

World
2009-11-17

A CONVICTED murderer in Greece who made a dramatic prison escape by helicopter earlier this year was arrested near Athens yesterday, police said. Alket Rizaj, of Albania, was arrested with a female companion at an...

Three Polish border guards killed in chopper crash

World
2009-11-1

THREE Polish border guards were killed when their helicopter crashed on the Belarussian side of the border, fire-brigade rescuers said today. "The wreckage of a border-guard helicopter that disappeared last night...

Cargo plane crashes in eastern Russia, 11 dead

World
2009-11-1

A CARGO aircraft crashed soon after taking off from the eastern Russian city of Mirny in Yakutia region, killing all 11 people on board, Russian prosecutors said today. The plane, an IL-76 belonging to the interior...

At least 6 killed in Russian plane crash: RIA Novosti

World
2009-11-1

AT least six people died when a transport plane crashed today in Russia's far-eastern Yakutia region, RIA Novosti news agency reported. The plane, an Ilyushin transport plane of the Interior Ministry, were carrying...

Nine feared dead in US military air crash

World
2009-10-31

RESCUE teams searched the ocean off Southern California yesterday for nine people missing and feared dead after the mid-air crash between a US Coast Guard plane and a Marine Corps helicopter, officials said. The...

10 die in bus crash after funeral

National
2009-10-29

TEN people died after a bus carrying 28 passengers from a funeral home plunged down a hill in Zhejiang Province yesterday, Oriental Morning Post reported today. All were on their way back from the funeral home...

US: 14 Americans killed in 2 helicopter crashes

World
2009-10-26

THE US military says 14 Americans have been killed in a series of helicopter crashes in Afghanistan. A US statement says seven US troopers and three US civilians working for the government died when their helicopter...

Moon crash: Public yawns, scientists celebrate

World
2009-10-10

NASA'S great lunar fireworks finale fizzled. After gearing up for the space agency's much-hyped mission to hurl two spacecraft into the moon, the public turned away from the sky yesterday anything but dazzled....

UN plane crash in Haiti kills all 11 on board

World
2009-10-10

A SURVEILLANCE plane assigned to the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti crashed into a mountain yesterday, killing all 11 military personnel on board, the United Nations said. UN spokeswoman Michele Montas in New...