Rescue workers are searching for up to four people still missing after a building housing archives collapsed on Tuesday in the German city of Cologne. Witnesses said there may have been two people inside a car parked outside the archive …
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China quake claimed 19,000 in school collapses
Chinese authorities have revealed for the first time that around 19,000 children were killed in the earthquake in Sichuan province in May . They say many died as a result of school building collapses. The figure is much higher than …
Hillside School Collapses in Haiti, Killing 30
A hillside school operated by a church, in which about 500 students crowded into several floors, collapsed Friday during classes, killing at least 30 people and injuring many more. Rescuers used bare hands to pull bleeding students from the wreckage. …