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Indonesia's Mount Ibu Volcano Erupts, Spews Ash Clouds
Indonesia's Mount Ibu volcano erupted on Tuesday, spewing thick columns of grey ash five km (three miles) into the sky, the volcanology agency said, but there were no immediate reports of evacuations.
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Anxious Families Wait As 193 Still Missing After Indonesia Ferry Disaster
Among the grief-stricken Indonesians keeping a daily vigil at the shore of a volcanic lake which swallowed a ferry packed with people, some fear they have lost more than a dozen relatives, including children, in the disaster.
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Sudden Deployment of Oxygen Masks Forces Jet Flight to Return
A Delhi-bound Jet Airways flight carrying 165 passengers and seven crew members onboard was forced to return today after the sudden deployment of oxygen masks in two rows of the aircraft.
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Japan Airlines Jumbo Crash Remembered 30 Years Later
Hundreds of people on today are expected to attend ceremonies marking the 30th anniversary of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash that killed 520 people on board, the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in history.
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Helicopter Aid-Drops in Earthquake-Hit Nepal at Risk as Cash Runs Out: UN
Emergency helicopter services in quake-hit Nepal may be forced to stop within weeks due to a lack of funding, leaving almost 150,000 people without food and shelter to survive the monsoon season, the United Nations warned on Monday.
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Funds Shortage may end UN Chopper aid to Quake-Hit Nepal
The UN warned today it would stop its emergency helicopter service in quake-devastated Nepal unless it receives more funds, a move which could leave thousands without access to food or shelter.
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Typhoon Lashes China's East Coast, 14 Dead and 4 Missing: Report
A typhoon battered China's east coast on Sunday, killing 14 people and forcing the authorities to evacuate hundreds of thousands more.
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More Than 200 Feared Dead in Mediterranean Migrant Boat Tragedy
Hopes faded of finding survivors today from the sinking of a boat in which an estimated 200 migrants were feared drowned, as rescue ships were called to the aid of more migrant boats in the same area of the Mediterranean.
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French Authorities Ruling Nothing Out Over Reunion Plane Debris
French authorities said today that no hypothesis could be ruled out with regard to plane debris found on the Reunion island but that its origin had not yet been identified, after a Malaysian minister said he was almost certain it was from missing flight MH370.
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Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Rattles South-Central Alaska
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake rattled a wide area of south-central Alaska, including Anchorage, on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or injuries.
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Buildings Damaged, 1 Missing in Indonesian Earthquake
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked remote eastern Indonesia today, seismologists said, damaging several buildings and leaving one person missing.
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Lion Headcount Continues After Floods Wreck Gujarat Forest
Almost a month after devastating floods in Amreli, Gujarat left 10 Asiatic lions and hundreds of wild animals dead, forest officials are still taking stock of the big cat population
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Cholera Deaths in South Sudan Rise, Thousands at Risk: UN
At least 29 people have died in a cholera outbreak in war-torn South Sudan with thousands more at risk of infection, the United Nations said today.
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6 Killed in South Korea Storage Tank Explosion
Six South Korean workers were killed Friday when a waste water storage tank exploded at a chemical plant in the industrial city of Ulsan, a fire official said.
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6 Children Drown in Nigeria as Boat Going to School Capsizes
Six children have drowned after the boat taking them to school capsized in a waterway in Lagos, Nigeria's economic capital, an emergency management agency spokesman said on Thursday.
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Indonesia's Mount Ibu Volcano Erupts, Spews Ash Clouds
Indonesia's Mount Ibu volcano erupted on Tuesday, spewing thick columns of grey ash five km (three miles) into the sky, the volcanology agency said, but there were no immediate reports of evacuations.
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Anxious Families Wait As 193 Still Missing After Indonesia Ferry Disaster
Among the grief-stricken Indonesians keeping a daily vigil at the shore of a volcanic lake which swallowed a ferry packed with people, some fear they have lost more than a dozen relatives, including children, in the disaster.
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Sudden Deployment of Oxygen Masks Forces Jet Flight to Return
A Delhi-bound Jet Airways flight carrying 165 passengers and seven crew members onboard was forced to return today after the sudden deployment of oxygen masks in two rows of the aircraft.
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Japan Airlines Jumbo Crash Remembered 30 Years Later
Hundreds of people on today are expected to attend ceremonies marking the 30th anniversary of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash that killed 520 people on board, the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in history.
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Helicopter Aid-Drops in Earthquake-Hit Nepal at Risk as Cash Runs Out: UN
Emergency helicopter services in quake-hit Nepal may be forced to stop within weeks due to a lack of funding, leaving almost 150,000 people without food and shelter to survive the monsoon season, the United Nations warned on Monday.
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Funds Shortage may end UN Chopper aid to Quake-Hit Nepal
The UN warned today it would stop its emergency helicopter service in quake-devastated Nepal unless it receives more funds, a move which could leave thousands without access to food or shelter.
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Typhoon Lashes China's East Coast, 14 Dead and 4 Missing: Report
A typhoon battered China's east coast on Sunday, killing 14 people and forcing the authorities to evacuate hundreds of thousands more.
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More Than 200 Feared Dead in Mediterranean Migrant Boat Tragedy
Hopes faded of finding survivors today from the sinking of a boat in which an estimated 200 migrants were feared drowned, as rescue ships were called to the aid of more migrant boats in the same area of the Mediterranean.
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French Authorities Ruling Nothing Out Over Reunion Plane Debris
French authorities said today that no hypothesis could be ruled out with regard to plane debris found on the Reunion island but that its origin had not yet been identified, after a Malaysian minister said he was almost certain it was from missing flight MH370.
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Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Rattles South-Central Alaska
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake rattled a wide area of south-central Alaska, including Anchorage, on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or injuries.
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Buildings Damaged, 1 Missing in Indonesian Earthquake
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked remote eastern Indonesia today, seismologists said, damaging several buildings and leaving one person missing.
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Lion Headcount Continues After Floods Wreck Gujarat Forest
Almost a month after devastating floods in Amreli, Gujarat left 10 Asiatic lions and hundreds of wild animals dead, forest officials are still taking stock of the big cat population
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Cholera Deaths in South Sudan Rise, Thousands at Risk: UN
At least 29 people have died in a cholera outbreak in war-torn South Sudan with thousands more at risk of infection, the United Nations said today.
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6 Killed in South Korea Storage Tank Explosion
Six South Korean workers were killed Friday when a waste water storage tank exploded at a chemical plant in the industrial city of Ulsan, a fire official said.
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6 Children Drown in Nigeria as Boat Going to School Capsizes
Six children have drowned after the boat taking them to school capsized in a waterway in Lagos, Nigeria's economic capital, an emergency management agency spokesman said on Thursday.
