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Pakistan

Shopping centre fire kills 13 in Pakistan

At least 13 people were killed after a fire broke out at a shopping centre in Pakistan. It took firefighters several hours to extinguish the blaze in

30/12/2014

Greece

Number of Italy ferry fire victims rises amid fears more may be missing

The number of people known to have died after the fire on an Italian ferry off the Greek island of Corfu has risen to ten. The 36-hour rescue

29/12/2014

Italy

Search suspended for missing Turkish sailors in Adriatic

Two Turkish crew members have died and another four are missing after their cargo ship sank in the Adriatic off Italy, following a collision with

28/12/2014

Sport

One year on: Schumacher's long road to recovery

A year after Formula One racing great Michael Schumacher suffered a serious head injury while skiing, his manager says he faces a "long, hard fight" for recovery

28/12/2014

World News

Greece: Evacuation of ferry with 466 people on board

A ferry travelling from Greece to Italy with 466 passengers and crew on board has caught fire near the Greek island of Othonoi (Othoní). An

28/12/2014

United Kingdom

Refuse truck kills pedestrians in Glasgow

At least six people were killed and several others injured when an out-of-control refuse truck crashed into pedestrians in the centre of the Scottish

22/12/2014

United Kingdom

Six feared dead in Glasgow bin lorry crash

22/12/2014

World News

‘no comment ‘: the best of 2014

22/12/2014

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

22/12/2014

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

21/12/2014

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

15/12/2014

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Ship capsizes in Lake Tanganyika killing over 100

14/12/2014

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.

08/12/2014

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

05/12/2014

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China: Lucky escape for driver after car plunges into river

03/12/2014

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.

02/12/2014

World News

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

27/11/2014

Egypt

At least 18 killed in Cairo building collapse

25/11/2014

United Kingdom

Two dead after sofa hoist goes wrong in London

21/11/2014

Germany

Plane carrying U2's Bono lost hatch while approaching Berlin

13/11/2014