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Hope Fades For Sri Lanka Missing, Garbage Toll Hits 21

Hopes of finding anyone alive under a collapsed mountain of garbage in Sri Lanka's capital faded Sunday as the death...

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Ex-Ravens Star Heap Accidentally Kills 3-Year-Old Daughter

Former Baltimore Ravens and Arizona Cardinals tight end Todd Heap accidentally struck and killed his three-year-old...

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Metro Planners Allowing Structures In Flood-Prone Areas

The Tema Metropolitan Director of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Hajia Zinab Abdulai, has...

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Todd Heap, Ex-NFL Star, Kills Daughter, Three, In Truck Accident

A former NFL player has accidentally killed his three-year-old daughter at his home in Arizona, police say. Todd Heap,...

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Sixty Aid Workers Forced To Flee S.Sudan Fighting

A surge of fighting in eastern South Sudan has forced 60 aid workers to flee, the UN humanitarian agency said Saturday,...

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Thais Soak In New Year With Nationwide Water Fight

Hordes of revellers armed with plastic water guns poured onto Thai streets on Friday for a second day of watery warfare...

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Chicago Airport Security Under Fire Over United Fiasco

As United Airlines struggles to recover from the public relations disaster sparked when a passenger was violently...

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Sri Lanka Garbage Mountain Buries 40 Homes, Kills Six

At least six people were killed and 10 others injured in Sri Lanka's capital Friday after a massive rubbish dump buried...

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Rainstorm To Hit Ghana Tonight – GMA Warns

A rainstorm is expected to hit the entire country on Thursday night, the Ghana Meteorological Agency has warned. Senior...

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Fire At Senegal Religious Retreat Kills 22

A fire tore through makeshift straw shelters at a Muslim religious retreat in Senegal, killing at least 22 people and...

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Diarrhoea Kills More Than 500 In Somalia Since January

Cholera and acute diarrhoea have killed more than 500 people and left tens of thousands of others sick in drought-hit...

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Deport Foreign Nationals Involved In Galamsey

Some concerned Ghanaian citizens living in the United Kingdom have petitioned President Nana Addo to arrest persons...

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Avenor Warehouse Fire – Ashfoam Suspects Arson

Staff and management of Ashfoam Limited in Accra, say they will not rule out arson in connection with the fire that...

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Cyclone Cook: New Zealanders Flee Ahead of Huge Storm

Heavy rain has begun to hit New Zealand’s North Island, ahead of what is being called the worst storm in generations....

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New Zealand Battens Down As Big Storm Approaches

New Zealand was bracing Thursday for a storm that meteorologists warned could be the worst for almost 50 years, with...

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Avenor Warehouse Fire – Ashfoam Suspects Arson

Staff and management of Ashfoam Limited in Accra, say they will not rule out arson in connection with the fire that...

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Qantas Probed After Mid-Flight Incident Injures 15

Fifteen passengers were hurt after a Qantas plane's alert system warned of an imminent stall as it approached Hong...

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Two Billion People Drinking Contaminated Water

Dramatic improvements are needed in ensuring access to clean water and sanitation worldwide, the World Health...

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Koforidua Residents Scared of Flooding Ahead of Rainy Season

A number of residents of Koforidua in the New Juaben Municipality of the Eastern Region, are calling on government and...