Bus accident kills nine in Brazil

October 7th, 2009 Man who pinned twin while parking van kills selfBETHLEHEM, Pa. — Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say a man accused of killing his identical twin brother in a parallel parking accident has killed himself.

September 24th, 2009 Brazil fireworks blast flattens homes, kills 3SAO PAULO — A fireworks explosion demolished several houses and killed at least three people on the outskirts of Sao Paulo on Thursday, officials said. About five houses were turned into rubble, and at least 14 people were injured by the blast in a residential neighborhood in the city of Santo Andre, according to the local fire department.

September 24th, 2009 Reports: 11 dead in fireworks explosion in BrazilSAO PAULO — An explosion has rocked a neighborhood on the outskirts of Sao Paulo and Brazilian news media say a fireworks store exploded, killing at least 11. Bandeirantes TV showed destroyed buildings and overturned cars and it said an entire city block was blown up.

September 23rd, 2009 India power plant construction accident kills 12NEW DELHI — A news report says a chimney has caved in at a power plant being constructed in central India, killing at least 12 people and trapping many others. The Press Trust of India news agency says 70 people are feared trapped under the rubble.

September 8th, 2009 Tornado, storms kill 14 in Argentina, BrazilBUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A violent storm that spawned a tornado has killed 14 people across northern Argentina, southern Brazil and Uruguay, authorities said Tuesday. Dozens were injured in the winds and hail as their homes were destroyed.

August 29th, 2009 Poisonous gas in mine kills 15 in ChinaBEIJING — Chinese state media say 15 miners have died after inhaling poisonous gas at a graphite mine. The official Xinhua News Agency says the accident occurred Friday afternoon at the Jicai Graphite Mine near Chenzhou City in central Hunan province.

August 14th, 2009 BUCHAREST - Eleven people were killed and five seriously injured Friday when a train collided with a bus in northeastern Romania. The accident took place at a railway crossing in Iasi County.

July 27th, 2009 Brazilians asked to pray for Massa, remember SennaRIO DE JANEIRO — The wife of Formula One driver Felipe Massa asked Brazilians to pray for her husband, whose condition improved Monday after a high-speed crash in Hungary left him near death for two days. Massa's accident during qualifying Saturday for the Hungarian Grand Prix revived grim memories for many Brazilians.

July 21st, 2009 Swiss rafting accident kills American, AustralianBERN, Switzerland — Police say two young women, an American and an Australian, have died after a rafting accident in central Switzerland. Bern police say the accident occurred Friday on a guided tour in the Bernese Alps on the Luetschine River near Wilderswil.

June 12th, 2009 LONDON - An Italian woman, who arrived late for the Air France flight that crashed in the Atlantic, was not so lucky after all. She has been killed in a car accident in Austria.

May 30th, 2009 Gas leak kills 25 at mine in ChinaBEIJING — A gas leak killed 25 miners and 20 others remained trapped underground Saturday at a coal mine in China's southwestern city of Chongqing, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Rescuers are working to release those trapped, the news agency said.

May 29th, 2009 Hot air balloon accident kills 1 in TurkeyANKARA, Turkey — A hot air balloon crashed Friday in central Turkey, killing a British tourist and injuring nine other passengers in Cappadocia, where many tourists take rides above area's volcanic cones. "The injured were mostly Britons," mayor Nuri Cingil said by telephone, confirming the death toll.

May 23rd, 2009 RIO DE JANEIRO - Eleven people have been killed when the aircraft in which they were travelling crashed in northeast Brazil, media reports said Saturday. The accident occurred Friday night near a private airstrip in the seaside resort town of Trancoso.

May 12th, 2009 Brazil flood chaos eases, but 265K still homelessSAO PAULO, Brazil — The chaos from epic flooding in northern Brazil has eased, with the number of homeless dropping from more than 300,000 to 265,000. Officials say people have started heading back home in some of the 10 states affected by the floods — an affected area three times the size of Alaska.

January 18th, 2009 SAO PAULO - The collapse of the roof at a church here Sunday night killed at least seven people, authorities said. The failure of the structure left at least 40 people injured, some seriously, according to media reports in Brazil.