Chinese rescue workers searched for dozens of people believed to be trapped by a massive landslide in the southwest city of Chongqing on Saturday, a state-run news agency reported. Rescuers said about 80 people were buried in debris from the …
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Police: 7 bodies recovered in Canada avalanches
FERNIE, British Columbia (AP) — Search teams recovered the bodies of seven snowmobilers Monday, a day after they were swept away by avalanches in western Canada’s backcountry, police said. An eighth man was missing and believed dead. The bodies were …
B.C. plane crash survivor’s brother, doctors awed by his survival
VANCOUVER, B.C. — The lone survivor of a plane crash that killed seven people in British Columbia is not deeply religious but he must have received help from above to survive against staggering odds, his brother said Tuesday. “There’s no …
Trapped Chinese miners freed after flood
Thirty-two of 34 workers trapped in the flooding of a central China mine have been rescued, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday. One worker died, and the last was missing, Xinhua said. The rescued workers were rushed to a …
Bomb goes off near Indonesian airport
JAKARTA: A bomb exploded Sunday near an airport built by a U.S. gold mining giant in Indonesia’s Papua Province, the police said. No one was hurt and there was little damage. The blast about a kilometer from the runway at …