17 killed in China building collapse

September 29th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Twenty-three people attending a prayer service were killed and 65 injured when a church building collapsed in eastern Nepal, a media report said Wednesday. The incident took place Tuesday night in Dharan area of Sunsari district, some 220 km east of Kathmandu, state-run Nepal Television reported.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bodies of two workers were recovered Wednesday from the debris of an under-construction building that collapsed Tuesday injuring 18 people, a fire department official said. Bodies of Kalim, 30, and Khursheed, 30, were taken out 2.30 a.m.

September 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - At least 18 workers were injured Tuesday evening when a building under constuction collapsed in east Delhi, police said. "We received a call around 4:40 p.m.

August 16th, 2009 DUBAI - An eight-storey building under construction in central Dubai collapsed Sunday, a media report said. It was not initially clear if there were any victims, although a number of nearby parked cars were destroyed.

August 4th, 2009 17 killed in building collapse in northern ChinaBEIJING — An unfinished factory building collapsed amid a violent thunderstorm Tuesday in northern China, killing 17 people, state media and a government official said. The two-story building housing an iron casting company crumbled Tuesday morning as torrential rain hit the city of Shijiazhuang, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

August 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The toll in a building collapse in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi has risen to 23, TV reports said Monday. Rescue workers have pulled out more bodies from the rubble of the five-storey building that collapsed in the Mithadar area of the city Friday night.

August 1st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Six people, including three members of a family, were killed when a five-storey building collapsed in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, a media report said Saturday. The building collapsed Friday night in the Mithadar area of the city, Geo TV reported.

August 1st, 2009 KARACHI - The toll in a building collapse in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi rose to 11 Saturday, a media report said. The deaths occurred after a five-storey building collapsed Friday night in the Mithadar area of the city, Geo TV said citing the police.

July 22nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Nine people were killed when a building in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi collapsed during construction, police said Wednesday. The incident took place in the city's Liaquatabad district Tuesday night when all floors of the five-storey building crashed down, trapping a dozen workers.

July 22nd, 2009 KARACHI - The death toll in Tuesday's building collapse has reached 13 with rescue workers recovering more bodies from the rubble on Wednesday. The four storey building, situated in a densely-populated neighbouhood of Liaquatabad in the central district of city, collapsed in the late hours on Tuesday.

June 29th, 2009 Shanghai holds 9 linked with building collapseSHANGHAI — Shanghai authorities are holding nine people in an investigation into the collapse of a nearly finished 13-story apartment building, the government said Monday after the latest in a string of accidents that have plagued the country's construction boom. The incident Saturday killed one worker and was an embarrassment for Shanghai's leaders as they prepare to showcase the city, one of China's wealthiest and most modern, during the 2010 World Expo.

June 28th, 2009 8 killed in collapsed building in NigeriaLAGOS, Nigeria — A fire department official says at least eight people have been killed in the collapse of a three-story building in the Nigerian capital. Lagos State Director of Fire Services Adedeyo Aderemi says 42 people have been rescued from the rubble and are receiving medical attention.

May 30th, 2009 Parents to honor son killed in NYC crane collapseNEW YORK — The parents of a construction worker killed in a New York City crane collapse a year ago are traveling from Kosovo to mourn their son at the place where he died. Ramadan Kurtaj (Koor-TAHZH') and Donald Leo were killed last May 30 when the top part of a 200-foot crane crashed down on a Manhattan residential neighborhood.

April 30th, 2009 Building collapses at NYC construction siteNEW YORK — A five-story building collapsed at a lower Manhattan construction site on Thursday, but fire officials said it appeared no one was inside. Emergency crews with a dog were sifting through the building's rubble and were going through a neighboring building as a precaution.

April 30th, 2009 Building collapse at NYC construction siteNEW YORK — A five-story building collapsed at a lower Manhattan construction site on Thursday, but fire officials said it appeared no one was inside. Emergency crews with a dog were sifting through the building's rubble and were going through a neighboring building as a precaution.