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Bangladesh miracle survivorRescue workers pull out a woman from the rubble of the Rana Plaza building 17 days after the building collapsed in Bangladesh. REUTERS/Sohel Ahmed 11/05/2013
Bangladesh miracle survivor speaks Rescue workers had given up hope of finding anyone else alive in the rubble of the Rana Plaza, except Reshma Begum. The moment of rescue was tense… 11/05/2013
Woman pulled from rubble in Bangladesh factory disaster A woman has been rescued from the the collapsed factory building in Bangladesh after 17 days. Local television stations broadcast live images of emergency… 10/05/2013
Dhaka building collapse survivors speak of their traumatic experiences Eight storeys reduced to rubble in an instant. The Rana Plaza complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh collapsed during the morning rush hour. Housing a garment… 24/04/2013
China in shock after earthquake – nocomment People in Lushan county said that they were still in shock a day after China’s worst earthquake in three years struck their hometown, killing at least 179… 21/04/2013
China: fleeing earthquake landslides – nocomment Residents of Yunnan Province in China flee helped by rescuers to avoid landslides following an earthquake. 09/09/2012
Ban Ki-moon visit Thai flood victims – nocomment United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon visited Thai floods victims in an evacuation centre at Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University. 17/11/2011
Turkish man rescued 100 hours after earthquake – nocomment Rescue workers pulled out a man alive from the rubble more than 100 hours after the earthquake in eastern Turkey. 28/10/2011
Japan’s survivors struggle with their loss Minami Sanriku was once a popular seaside resort, that is until a ten metre high wave pulverised it, leaving more than half its 17,000 residents… 15/03/2011
Obama to visit Newtown as locals share griefWith President Obama preparing to visit Newtown for a private vigil, scores of people from neighbouring states have also been making the trip to pay their… 16/12/2012
Teams search for survivors after Typhoon BophaTyphoon Bopha has left a trail of destruction in its wake after pounding the southern Philippines, triggering landslides and floods along the… 06/12/2012
Hopes fade for climbers as search wound upThe Nepalese authorities say the operation to find three climbers swept away by an avalanche in the Himalayas on Sunday will be wound up on Thursday… 27/09/2012
Hope fading for finding Nepal avalanche victims aliveThe search for more survivors of the avalanche on Nepal’s Mount Manaslu has been suspended. Six people are still believed to be missing after snow deluged… 24/09/2012
Avalanche survivors describe being ‘blown away’Two survivors of the avalanche that killed nine people in Chamonix have given their account of what happened. The French and Danish climbers spoke to the… 13/07/2012
‘Miss Holocaust Survivor’ not a sick joke says organiserFourteen finalists gathered in Israel on Thursday night for a controversial beauty pageant called ‘Miss Holocaust Survivor’, which critics have denounced as… 29/06/2012
Italian quake victims look to rebuild their livesNorthern Italy is still reeling from an earthquake that claimed the lives of 17 people and injured more than 350. The Emilia-Romagna region has been rattled… 31/05/2012
Italy counts the human and economic cost of quakesItaly’s two earthquakes in two weeks have prompted the cash-strapped government to increase tax on petrol to help pay for the damage. More than 14,000… 31/05/2012
Another night in tents for Italy earthquake victimsA woman was rescued from under the rubble of her home in Cavezzo after Tuesdays earthquake in northern Italy. The 65-year-old had returned to the building… 30/05/2012
A night of aftershocks following deadly Italy quakeThousands of people, too scared to return home, spent the night in tents as more than 30 aftershocks hit the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna… 30/05/2012
Frightened Italians refuse to return home after second quakeResidents in the Italian town of Medolla spent an anxious night in the open after yesterday’s earthquake left many buildings unsafe to sleep in. They were… 30/05/2012
Aftershocks cause fresh panic in northern ItalyStrong aftershocks have continued to cause damage and frighten residents in northern Italy after Sunday morning’s earthquake which killed at least seven… 21/05/2012
Costa Concordia owners settle two million euros on French survivorsThe owners of the Costa Concordia cruise liner which ran aground off the coast of Italy in January have paid more than two million euros to some of the French… 09/05/2012
Breivik trial: Guard thought killer was policemanA youth camp guard who survived Anders Breivik’s shooting spree on Uteoya island has said that he was convinced the mass killer was a policeman. The court… 03/05/2012
Tsunami survivors remember lost loved onesCities across northeastern Japan have been holding their own memorials for the tsunami’s victims, and those of the nuclear crisis that followed. In Iwaki… 11/03/2012
Man stuck in snow for two months ‘was hibernating’Swedish authorities are investigating how a man survived after apparently spending two months trapped in his car in a snowdrift. The 45-year-old who is… 20/02/2012
Ethiopian attack survivors arrive in Addis AbabaSurvivors of a deadly attack in Ethiopia’s remote Afar region have arrived back in the capital, Addis Ababa. Tired-looking and still dressed in their hiking… 18/01/2012
Dozens missing from stricken Italian cruise shipDozens of people are still unaccounted for after a Mediterranean cruise ship ran aground off the west coast of Italy. Divers are searching the submerged… 14/01/2012
Turkish quake survivors still living in tentsConditions are worsening for people living in temporary accommodation after the two earthquakes in eastern Turkey. Many families are being put up in tents… 12/11/2011
Turkish teenager pulled alive from quake debrisTurkish rescue workers in Ecris have pulled a thirteen year-old boy alive from the rubble of a collapsed building destroyed by Sunday’s earthquake. Serhat… 28/10/2011
Turkey earthquake: complaints and accusations about aidAs rescue workers continue to deal with Turkey’s biggest earthquake for more than a decade, spirits were lifted by the rescue of a 13-year-old boy. The young… 28/10/2011
Israel quake aid for Turkey divides opinionCold, wet weather is adding to the misery for the thousands of Turkish earthquake victims. Relief has been pouring into Ercis after much of the town of… 27/10/2011
Turkish PM admits mistakes in quake responseThe Turkish prime minister has admitted that mistakes were made in the immediate aftermath of Sunday’s earthquake. As thousands of victims in the… 27/10/2011
‘This is my third quake,’ says Turkey survivorTurkey is no stranger to earthquakes, and neither are some of the victims in Van. For one man now living in his family in a tent after the recent quake… 26/10/2011
Turkish government criticised by quake victimsDespite tales of miraculous recoveries, rescue workers searching the ruins after Turkey’s power earthquake are finding more and more bodies. Nearly 500 are… 26/10/2011
Baby rescued alive, two days after Turkish quakeIt is being hailed as a miracle, two days after Turkey’s deadly earthquake. A 14-day-old baby girl has been pulled from the rubble. Little Azra was plucked… 25/10/2011
Quake survivors face another freezing nightTurkey’s rescue services race against time to find survivors after the country’s most powerful earthquake in a decade claims at least 270 lives. With… 25/10/2011
Thirty hours buried alive after Turkish quakeThirty hours buried alive. That was the ordeal faced by 24-year-old Murat Saglam until late Monday when he was pulled from the rubble of a collapsed… 25/10/2011
Race against time to find Turkish quake survivorsRescue workers in southeastern Turkey are fighting to free people still trapped by a powerful earthquake. More than 260 people are known to have been killed… 24/10/2011
Bolivian rescued days after jungle plane crashGiven up for dead, the sole survivor of a plane crash has been rescued from Bolivia’s Amazon jungle, three days after the small aircraft went down. Miracle… 10/09/2011
Last gay holocaust survivor diesThe last survivor of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals has died in his sleep at the age of 98. Rudolf Brazda was interned in Buchenwald for 32… 05/08/2011
Norway survivors recall the fatal attacksIt has been one week since the two deadly attacks in Norway killed 76, and people caught up in the shootings on the island of Utoeya have been telling their… 29/07/2011
Utoeya survivor’s horror at finding bodiesNikolas Skierpning survived the killings on Utoeya, but two of his closest friends did not. The three had travelled to the island together, looking forward… 28/07/2011
Norway attacks: island survivors tell of ordealSurvivors of Norway’s Utoeya island shooting have described how a summer camp organised by the ruling Labour party turned into a “war zone”. The teenagers… 23/07/2011
Russian plane crash blamed on “pilot error”Investigators are sifting through the debris of a crashed Russian passenger plane. Some 44 passengers and crew died in the catastrophe - but incredibly… 21/06/2011
Russian Tupolev plane crash kills 44At least 44 people have been killed in a plane crash in Russia. The aircraft attempted to land in heavy fog and it is believed the wing clipped runway lights… 21/06/2011
Small boy survives Russian passenger jet crashA Russian passenger jet with 52 people on board has crashed in heavy fog. At least 44 people were killed, eight others were injured. A 10-year-old boy is… 21/06/2011
Bark together again: reunited after tsunami splitMore than three weeks after being separated by Japan’s earthquake and tsunami, coastguards have reunited a dog and her owner following a daring air-sea… 04/04/2011
Quake-hit Japanese region looks to rebuildeuronews’ Chris Cummins visited Otsuchi-Cho, an area of Japan ravaged by earthquake’s tsunami over a fortnight ago. He sent this eyewitness account of how… 25/03/2011
Survivors search for hope among the rubbleThe town of Otsuchi was not only hit by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami but a fire also ravaged the place. Most survivors have a stunned… 16/03/2011
Nightmare goes on for Haiti quake survivorsFor those who survived the dreadful events of January 12, the nightmare continues. Around one million people, including 380,000 children, still live in some… 13/01/2011
IranAir flight recording probed for crash causeA flight recorder found in the wreckage of the IranAir Boeing-727 that came down on Sunday night is being investigated for the specific cause of the deadly… 10/01/2011
Scores dead in Iran plane crashAt least 77 people are now known to have died in a plane crash in northwest Iran. The IranAir Boeing 727 crashed on Sunday night close to the city of… 10/01/2011
Bosnian Muslims remember Srebrenica victimsThousands of Bosnian Muslims will march for the next three days to honour the victims of the Srebrenica massacre 15 years ago. They want to retrace the… 09/07/2010
Bhopal survivors unhappy with verdictJustice delayed, and justice denied. That is the opinion of protestors on hearing the news eight former Indian employees of US chemicals firm Union Carbide… 07/06/2010
Indian crash survivors speak about ordealAll the passengers on board the stricken flight were Indian nationals, according to Air India. From hospital, some of the survivors have managed to give… 22/05/2010
Monks help relief effort in China quake zoneBuddhist monks are mounting an unofficial relief effort after the deadly earthquake that struck China’s remote and moutainous Tibetan plateau. Some have… 16/04/2010
Survivors tell their story of near escapeAn amateur video shot in the aftermath of the bombing has been flashed around the world. It shows the spots of blood, the smoke and sense of terror. The… 30/03/2010
Turkish quake survivors spend night under canvasVillagers in a remote part of eastern Turkey have spent the night struggling to stay warm after a 6 magnitude tremor left their homes in ruins. The quake… 09/03/2010
Auschwitz survivor meets liberators of Nazi campThey know the horrors of Auschwitz first hand. Back in Poland on International Holocaust Memorial Day, survivor Alberto Israel has met two former Soviet… 27/01/2010
Two more “miracles” from the rubble in HaitiA fortnight after the quake and US troops have pulled out alive a 35-year-old man from under the debris. He was immediately rushed to hospital suffering… 27/01/2010
Haiti urges long-term aid from foreign donorsAs more earthquake survivors get their hands on much-needed aid, international donors have been urged to support Haiti for at least five to ten years. The… 25/01/2010
Rebuilding Haiti after the quakeRarely does an earthquake completely devastate a country’s, political, economic and commercial heart, but that is what happened earlier this month in… 25/01/2010
Thousands on the move in HaitiThe city of Leogane, 30 kilometres from Port-au-Prince, was close to the epicentre of the quake and here the damage is among the worst. Most of the… 24/01/2010
Another survivor found in rubble in HaitiAuthorities in Haiti yesterday said the official search for earthquake survivors was over, but one man can be thankful that some rescuers kept on… 24/01/2010
Haiti mourn for the deadWords of comfort have resonated across Haiti. In the ruins of Notre Dame Cathedral they payed their final respects to an Archbishop and Vicar General and… 23/01/2010
People still being plucked alive from Haitian rubbleDespite days trapped under rubble in searing heat, rescue teams are still pulling people out alive from beneath the concrete of Port-au-Prince. An Israeli… 23/01/2010
Haiti quake kids tell survival storyTwo children rescued from the rubble of the Haiti earthquake have told how they survived trapped without food or water or more than a week. Eight-year-old… 22/01/2010
Haiti quake survivors defy the oddsAmid the pain and suffering in earthquake-hit Haiti, there are some miraculous stories emerging of those who defied deadly odds in their battle for survival… 20/01/2010
Survivors continue to be found alive amid Haitian rubbleRescue workers scouring the wreckage of the devastated Haitian capital are still pulling people alive from the rubble, more than a week after quake… 20/01/2010
