Dormitory fire in rural Tanzania kills 12 schoolgirls, wounds 23, officials say

September 30th, 2009 Police: Church collapse in Nepal kills 24KATMANDU, Nepal — A church dormitory collapsed on attendees of a Christian conference in eastern Nepal as they slept early Wednesday, killing at least 24 people and injuring an additional 62, police said. The people had gathered in the eastern town of Dharan on Monday for the weeklong conference and were sleeping in a church extension made of bamboo and tin roofing when the collapse took place, police official Arjun Khadka said.

August 16th, 2009 Wedding fire in Kuwait kills at least 41 guestsKUWAIT CITY — A fire at a wedding tent Saturday has killed at least 41 women and children guests and injured 76 others, authorities said. The official Kuwait News Agency quotes the fire department chief, Brig.

August 15th, 2009 Wedding fire in Kuwait kills at least 30 guestsKUWAIT CITY — A fire at a wedding tent in Kuwait has killed at least 30 women and children guests and injured 50 others, officials said. Interior Ministry spokesman Col.

August 13th, 2009 Police: Mob kills noted geologist in KenyaNAIROBI, Kenya — Assailants armed with arrows, spears and machetes killed a Scottish-born geologist in an apparent dispute over mining rights in southeastern Kenya, police said Thursday. Campbell Bridges, 72, was attacked by about a dozen people Tuesday after stopping to remove a log on the road as he drove to a camp in a mining area near Tsavo West National Park, said local Deputy Police Chief John Leshindoro.

August 13th, 2009 Police: Mob kills famous geologist in KenyaNAIROBI, Kenya — Assailants armed with arrows, spears and machetes killed a Scottish-born geologist in an apparent dispute over mining rights in southeastern Kenya, police said Thursday. Campbell Bridges, 72, was attacked by about a dozen people Tuesday after stopping to remove a log on the road as he drove to a camp in a mining area near Tsavo West National Park, said local Deputy Police Chief John Leshindoro.

August 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A gunman opened fire in a fitness centre outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, killing at least four people and wounding 10. Police in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, said the gunman was believed to be among the dead in Tuesday evening's shooting, in addition to at least four victims, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported on its website.

July 26th, 2009 Report: 33 killed in Tanzania bus accidentARUSHA, Tanzania — The state-owned broadcaster is reporting that a bus has crashed into a truck in northeastern Tanzania, killing 33 people. Tanzania Broadcasting Corp.

July 26th, 2009 Sweden: apartment fire kills woman, 5 daughtersSTOCKHOLM — A woman in her 40s and her five daughters were killed when they tried to escape an apartment fire in a Stockholm suburb, police and media reports said Sunday. Three other people were injured in the blaze late Saturday in Rinkeby, a suburb of the Swedish capital.

July 25th, 2009 Morning fire in Philly row house kills 2, hurts 5PHILADELPHIA — A fire that ripped through a northeastern Philadelphia row house has killed a woman and a young boy and injured five other people, three of them critically. Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers called the Saturday morning fire 'horrific' and 'fast-moving.' He says the woman and child were trapped on the second floor of the Frankford neighborhood home and died despite efforts by firefighters to reach them in the flames.

July 9th, 2009 2 more possible plane bodies found in TanzaniaARUSHA, Tanzania — Two more bodies were recovered in Tanzania as the French navy arrived Thursday to assist with the search for wreckage and remains from a plane that crashed into the Indian Ocean with 153 people aboard. Only one person, a 12-year-old girl, survived the June 30 crash of Yemenia Airways Flight 626 off the coast of Comoros.

June 22nd, 2009 47th child dies from Mexico day care fire woundsMEXICO CITY — A 3-year-old girl has died of wounds from a fire at a northern Mexican day care, bringing the death toll from the disaster to 47 children, authorities said Monday. Jimena Alvarez died at a hospital Sunday, more than two weeks after the fire at the day care center in the northern city of Hermosillo, the Sonora state Health Department said in a statement.

May 2nd, 2009 Blast ignites fire in hyperbaric chamber, kills 1LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. — An Italian woman has died and her 4-year-old grandson is in critical condition after a hyberbaric chamber exploded at a South Florida clinic.

April 29th, 2009 Ammo explodes at Tanzania dump site; deaths fearedARUSHA, Tanzania — Huge blasts rocked an ammunition dump at an army camp in Tanzania's commercial capital on Wednesday, officials said. Several people were feared dead, according to police spokesman Mohamed Mhina.

April 29th, 2009 Ammo explodes at Tanzania dump site, 3 killedARUSHA, Tanzania — Huge explosions rocked an ammunition dump at an army camp in Tanzania's commercial capital Wednesday, killing three people and injuring more than 150, officials said. Dr Sylvia Mamkwe, a doctor at Temeke Municipal, said it had received the three fatalities, and state-run Tanzania Broadcasting Corp., citing police on the site, gave the injury total.

April 26th, 2009 Prison fire kills 10 inmates near Chilean capitalSANTIAGO, Chile — A fire touched off by brawling inmates swept through a Chilean prison Sunday, killing 10 prisoners, officials said. A cooking stove overturned during the fight sparked the blaze, according to Corrections Service director Alejandro Jimenez.