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At least 55 killed in Delhi building collapse (Reuters)

November 15th, 2010

Rescue workers search for survivors under the rubble of a collapsed building in New Delhi November 16, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - At least 55 people were killed and 75 injured after a multi-storey building collapsed in east Delhi late Monday, local media said.


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Lawmaker: mine collapse warning ignored (AP)

October 19th, 2010

People wait in line to see the Phoenix 2 capsule, which lifted 33 trapped miners to the surface from the collapsed San Jose mine, as it is exhibited outside the government palace in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday Oct. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Jorge Sanchez)AP - A Chilean legislative commission is investigating reports that mining operators ignored danger warnings from a man who was later among 33 later trapped when a mine collapsed.


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2 miners found dead after Ecuador tunnel collapse (AP)

October 16th, 2010

A rescue worker looks on outside the Minesadco mine in Portovelo, southern Ecuador, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010. A tunnel collapsed in the gold mine, operated by the Ecuadorean company Minesadco, on Friday, trapping four miners 490 feet, some 150 meters, underground. (AP Photo)AP - Search teams found the bodies of two miners Saturday and were still looking for two other men missing since a tunnel collapsed 490 feet (150 meters) underground the…

Miner found dead following Ecuador tunnel collapse (AP)

October 16th, 2010

A rescue worker looks on outside the Minesadco mine in Portovelo, southern Ecuador, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010. A tunnel collapsed in the gold mine, operated by the Ecuadorean company Minesadco, on Friday, trapping four miners 490 feet, some 150 meters, underground. (AP Photo)AP - Rescue crews in Ecuador have found the body of one of four miners who were trapped by a tunnel collapse 490 feet (150 meters) underground.


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Equitable Life payouts set to total £1.5 bln (AFP)

October 16th, 2010

The government is set to pay victims of the near-collapse of insurers Equitable Life compensation worth £1.5 billion, it has emerged.(AFP/File/Patrick Sinkel)AFP - The government is set to pay victims of the near-collapse of insurers Equitable Life compensation worth £1.5 billion, it emerged on Saturday.


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Hungary sludge reservoir at risk of collapse (AP)

October 9th, 2010

Bus drivers wait beside their buses on a highway to pick up evacuees outside Kolontar, Hungary, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. The Hungarian town of Kolontar near the toxic red sludge reservoir that flooded the area and killed at least seven people is under evacuation over fears of a new leak of the dangerous heavy metal waste, officials said. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - Hungary’s premier says the northern wall of a red sludge reservoir which burst and flooded several towns with toxic waste is showing ever-larger cracks and is “very likely”…

Commonwealth Games in doubt after bridge collapse (AP)

September 21st, 2010

An Indian man looks at the collapsed bridge near Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. A footbridge under construction near the Commonwealth Games main stadium collapsed on Tuesday, injuring people, police said. The games are scheduled to be held from Oct. 3-14. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)AP - A footbridge being built near the main stadium for the Commonwealth Games collapsed Tuesday, injuring 23 construction workers and putting the event in further jeopardy less than two…

Buildings collapse, 2 injured in powerful NZ quake (AP)

September 4th, 2010

A police officer is seen on a street blocked by rubble from a damaged building following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in central Christchurch, New Zealand, early Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday. No tsunami alert was issued and there were no reports of injuries, but looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said. (AP Photo/NZPA, David Alexander) ** NEW ZEALAND OUT **AP - Chimneys and walls crumbled to the ground, roads cracked in half and residents were knocked off their feet as a powerful magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocked New Zealand’s South Island…

Chilean family survives quake, faces mine collapse (AP)

August 27th, 2010

Carola Narvaez, wife of Raul Bustos, one of 33 miners trapped in the collapsed San Jose mine, stands in a shelter for relatives outside the mine in Copiapo, Chile, Thursday Aug. 26, 2010.  Narvaez and her husband survived Chile's massive February earthquake. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Carola Narvaez breathed in the Atacama Desert’s cold dawn air and slowly began to exhale the story of how her family survived a devastating earthquake and worked to…

Strong quakes in Indonesia kill 3, collapse homes (AP)

June 16th, 2010

AP - A series of powerful earthquakes rattled Indonesia on Wednesday, killing at least three people, triggering landslides and demolishing dozens of homes. A tsunami warning sent panicked residents fleeing…