State police: 1 killed in small plane crash in northeastern PennsylvaniaAugust 30th, 2009 Police: 1 killed in small plane crash in Pa.EFFORT, Pa. — State police say one person has been killed in a small plane crash in northeastern Pennsylvania.
19 killed in Peru bus accidentAugust 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.
16 killed, 40 injured in Pakistan road accidentAugust 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.
Train-bus collision kills 11 in RomaniaAugust 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.
22 killed in Panama road accidentAugust 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.
French navy arrives at Tanzanian island to help searching of crashed Yemenia planeJuly 9th, 2009 ARUSHA, Tanzania — An official from a Tanzanian island says the French navy has arrived to assist with the search for remains of a plane that crashed into the Indian Ocean with 153 people aboard. Only one person survived last week's crash off the coast of Comoros and currents are believed to have carried debris from the plane and bodies over 500 miles (800 kilometers) to the shores of Tanzania.
Official says 2 more bodies found in Tanzania, French navy arrives to help crash searchJuly 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.
13 bodies found, search for missing Yemenia plane widens from Comoros to TanzaniaJuly 8th, 2009 13 bodies found in Tanzania; Plane crash ties eyedARUSHA, Tanzania — Thirteen bodies, a plane seat and a piece of metal stamped "Airbus" washed ashore in Tanzania and French investigators were trying to determine Wednesday if they were linked to the Yemenia Airways plane crash hundreds of miles away. Manzie Mangochie, district commissioner for Tanzania's largely undeveloped Mafia Island, said the bodies appeared to be of both African and European descent and included three women.
Search for missing Yemenia Airways plane widens from Comoros to Tanzanian coastJuly 8th, 2009 Search for missing plane debris widens to TanzaniaARUSHA, Tanzania — An airline seat and a sheet of metal with an "Airbus" inscription washed ashore in Tanzania, officials said Wednesday, as two French investigators arrived to see if the debris was linked to the Yemenia Airways plane crash hundreds of miles away. The search for the remains of Flight 626 has widened since the plane crashed June 30 while trying to land in the Comoros with 153 passengers aboard.
Tanzania officials: 13 bodies, debris possibly linked to crashed Yemenia plane foundJuly 8th, 2009 Tanzania: 13 bodies, Airbus plane debris foundARUSHA, Tanzania — Tanzanian officials say 13 bodies and a plane seat have washed ashore on their beaches and investigators are trying to figure out if those are linked to the Yemenia Airways plane crash hundreds of miles away. Mafia Island District Commissioner Manzie Mangochie says the bodies were both African and European and included three women.
20 killed in Peru boat accidentJuly 1st, 2009 LIMA - At least 20 people, including several children, were killed in eastern Peru when two passenger boats crashed on the Ucayali River Tuesday, authorities said. The accident occurred close to San Jose de Pacache, a small town in Peru's Amazon rainforest, the port captain in departmental capital Pucallpa told media.
Swedish broadcaster reports attack on Iranian EmbassyJune 26th, 2009 Swedish broadcaster SVT says Iran Embassy attackedSTOCKHOLM — Swedish broadcaster SVT says the Iranian Embassy outside Stockholm is being attacked by demonstrators. The report says about 150 people are trying to storm the embassy building.
one killed, several injured in US subway collisionJune 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A subway train derailed and collided with a second train Monday in the US capital Washington with at least one person killed and many injured, authorities said. The accident occurred around 5 p.m.
Ammunition explodes at Tanzania dump site, 3 killed 150 injuredApril 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.
Ammunition explodes at Tanzania dump site; several people feared deadApril 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.