70 killed in Nigeria accident

October 4th, 2009 SHIMLA - Eight Indian Army personnel were killed in a road accident in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district Sunday evening, police said. "Eight Army personnel were killed this (Sunday) evening when the vehicle in which they were travelling fell into the Satluj river near Tattapani in Shimla district," Superintendent of Police R.M.

September 7th, 2009 BEIJING - At least 13 people were killed and 66 others missing in a coalmine accident early Tuesday in China's central Henan province, officials said. The accident occurred at about 1 a.m.

September 3rd, 2009 2 US soldiers killed in vehicle accident in IraqBAGHDAD — The U.S. military says two American soldiers have died in a vehicle accident in northern Iraq.

August 23rd, 2009 LIMA - Nineteen people, including three women, were killed Sunday when the bus in which they were travelling veered off the road and fell into a ravine in southern Peru, media reports said. The accident occurred near the Quichuas town in southern Huancavelica province.

August 19th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 16 people, including four children, were killed Wednesday when the passenger bus in which they were travelling veered off the road and fell into a gorge in northwest Pakistan, TV reports said. The accident occurred in the Mansehra area.

August 16th, 2009 HEFEI - Eleven people were killed and three others injured Sunday when a truck rammed into a bus from behind in China's eastern Anhui province, the police said. The accident took place at about 4.10 p.m.

August 14th, 2009 PANAMA - At least 22 people were killed and 18 injured when a passenger bus and a truck collided head on in eastern Panama, media reports said. The accident occurred Thursday night near Pacora town in eastern Panama, the Telemetro TV said.

August 12th, 2009 Clinton presses Nigeria on corruption, violenceABUJA, Nigeria — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in the Nigerian capital pressing the government of Africa's most populous nation to curb widespread corruption and enact democratic reforms.

August 3rd, 2009 MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Police in northern Nigeria say they're investigating how a homegrown Islamic sect unleashed a wave of violence that left more than 700 people dead in clashes last week. Borno state police spokesman Isa Azaza says police are holding 20 men suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect.

August 2nd, 2009 HARARE - Thirty-seven people were killed Sunday when a passenger bus and a truck collided head on in northern Zimbabwe, police said. One of the victims was from the truck, while the rest were from the bus.

July 31st, 2009 LAGOS - At least 600 people were killed in clashes this week between the security forces and Islamist militants in Nigeria, the police said. The Nigerian Army said the battle against the militants will continue till the rebels are defeated.

July 26th, 2009 NAIROBI/ABUJA - At least 40 people have died in clashes between an Islamist sect and police in northern Nigeria, reports said Sunday. Broadcaster Al-Jazeera reported that around 70 Nigerians wielding guns and hand grenades attacked a police station in Bauchi early Sunday morning.

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.

June 12th, 2009 LA PAZ - Twelve people have been killed and several others injured when the bus in which they were travelling veered off the road and fell into a deep ravine in Bolivia. The accident occurred Thursday in the central Bolivian region of Cochabamba.

April 29th, 2009 Canadian woman kidnapped in Nigeria freedLAGOS, Nigeria — Police in Nigeria say a Canadian woman kidnapped this month in northern Nigeria has been released unharmed. National police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu says the woman was freed Wednesday in the northern city of Kaduna and no ransom was paid.