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France

New iniative to rescue migrants

Jose Benavente and Benoit Micolon invested all their savings, 130,000 euro's, to buy a light plane to find dingies and alert ships for a speedier rescue

Malta

Volunteer pilots ready for take-off to help save migrants in the Med

‘Pilotes Volontaires’: two Frenchmen used their savings to buy a light plane, aiming to search the sea off the Libyan coast and help NGOs save migrants in distress.

Bulgaria

Three little bears find sanctuary in Bulgaria

Staff say the trio were all alone when they were found in a mountainous region, with their mother nowhere to be seen

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US firefighters rescue kayaker stuck in river

Aerial video from WSOC-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina, shows firefighters rescue a kayaker who was stranded in debris in the South Fork Catawba River.

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Idlib blast: death toll rises to at least 19

The death toll from an explosion in the rebel-controlled Syrian city of Idlib rose to at least 19 on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

United Kingdom

Human chain rescues four from rough seas at seaside resort

A series of failed rescue attempts led to four people being trapped by choppy waters in Northern England on Friday, before they were rescued by a human chain formed by passers-by.

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More than 150 whales have become stranded in Hamelin Bay inAustralia

Only `15 whales remained alive on Friday afternoon.

Ukraine

Daring rescue in Dead Zone

Three Chernobyl workers risk their lives to save stray dog struck on the roof over the sealed reactor.

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Take a ride with the Alpine Rescue team in the French Alps

The Alpine Rescuers are on the front line when disaster strikes.

Taiwan

Search continues for survivors of Taiwan earthquake

Strong aftershocks restrict rescue workers' efforts.

Taiwan

Another earthquake strikes Taiwan

The magnitude 5.7 earthquake came just one day after another major quake.

France

Coastguard: Still no sign of Quiksilver CEO missing at sea

A sea search for Pierre Agnes, CEO of the popular surf brand, has been suspended.

Austria

Skiers airlifted after Austrian chairlift gets stuck

About 150 skiers in Austria had to be rescued after their chairlift broke down

Pakistan

One climber saved, another stranded on Pakistan's "killer mountain"

France's Elisabeth Revol is saved by Poland's Winter Climbing team, but Tomasz Mackiewicz remains stuck at 7000m.

Australia

First drone rescue at sea

Two simmers caught in a riptide in heavy seas off Australia's coast were rescued when a drone dropped a flotation device above them. Initially bemused by the drop, the pair of teens said that things could have been much worse if the action had not been so quick.

China

Families anguish as Iran tanker burns

Relatives of crew members of a stricken tanker involved in a collision with a cargo ship off the Chinese coast are hoping against hope that their loved ones will be found alive

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Man rescued from sinking car

An 89-year-old man has been rescued from a vehicle after it went into a marina in Panama City, Florida

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Ice victim rescue

A man who fell through the ice while fishing has been rescued in China.

Italy

More than 370 migrants rescued in Mediterranean

Early on the morning of Boxing Day (December 26), rescue workers spotted more than 130 migrants stranded in the Mediterranean, some 40 kilometres off the coast of Libya.

Mauritius

Polish sailor rescued after drifting for 7 months in the indian Ocean

54-year-old Zbigniew Reket was heading for South Africa, where he intended to take up work, when his boat was severely damaged, leaving the sailor without navigation or communication systems.