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China: Lucky escape for 60-year-old man trapped in well for three days

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Cyclist's incredible escape after being run over by a lorry

Netherlands

Crane crash during elaborate marriage proposal

An elaborate marriage proposal in the Netherlands went badly wrong when a crane being used to drop the would-be suitor into his girlfriend’s garden

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Ship capsizes in Lake Tanganyika killing over 100

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USA

Fur flies as Chicago hotel evacuates amid chlorine gas leak

People dressed as bears, raccoons, tigers and other animals were forced to evacuate a hotel in Chicago when the Midwest FurFest Convention was disrupted by a chlorine gas leak.

Serbia

Safety helmet saves Serbian minister from falling ice

Serbia’s energy minister unwittingly illustrated the dangers posed by a cold snap as he toured an eastern region. Aleksandar Antic was saved by his

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China: Lucky escape for driver after car plunges into river

Cuba

French tourists hurt in Cuba coach crash

More than 40 French tourists have been injured, seven critically, in a coach crash in central Cuba.

World News

Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes dies two days after being hit by ball

Egypt

At least 18 killed in Cairo building collapse

United Kingdom

Two dead after sofa hoist goes wrong in London

Germany

Plane carrying U2's Bono lost hatch while approaching Berlin

USA

Crash-test dummies go up a size to help save obese drivers

Ireland

In pictures: Two Ryanair planes collide at Dublin airport

Sport

Speed: Bianchi seriously injured

Switzerland

11 people hurt in Swiss train derailment

United Kingdom

Watch: child rescued from London track 'seconds before train arrives'

Russia

Two detained following deadly Moscow metro derailment

Korea

North Korea's Kim takes centre stage with a limp

USA

Watch: Drama as off-duty cop saves man from petrol pump blaze