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Up to 30 missing after explosion rocks New Zealand mine (Reuters)

November 19th, 2010

Reuters - As many as 30 miners were unaccounted for Friday after an explosion rocked a coal mine on the west coast of New Zealand’s South Island, the district’s mayor…

Indonesia tsunami kills 113; scores more missing (AP)

October 26th, 2010

A man points at a seismic chart in Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau. A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the island's east coast Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)AP - A tsunami that pounded several islands in western Indonesia killed at least 113 people and scores more are missing.


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Indonesia tsunami kills 23, leaves scores missing (AP)

October 26th, 2010

A man points at a seismic chart in Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau. A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the island's east coast Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)AP - A powerful earthquake triggered a tsunami that pounded villages on remote islands off western Indonesia, killing at least 23 people and leaving more than 160 others missing, witnesses…

Last of 4 missing miners found dead in Ecuador (AP)

October 21st, 2010

A miner loads on a truck the body of a third miner, out of four, who were found dead at the Casa Negra mine in Portovelo, Ecuador, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010. Search teams found the bodies of the last two missing miners Wednesday after a tunnel at the Casa Negra mine collapsed 490 feet (150 meters) underground Oct. 15, killing four miners. The first two bodies were recovered Saturday. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)AP - Rescuers on Wednesday found the body of the fourth and final miner missing following a cave-in at a gold mine in southern Ecuador.


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2 known dead, 12 missing after storm soaks Jamaica (AP)

September 29th, 2010

Residents of Harbour View look toward a collapsed bridge that links the parishes of St. Thomas and Portland to Kingston, Jamaica, Wednesday Sept. 29, 2010. Tropical Storm Nicole caused flooding and mudslides across Jamaica on Wednesday, leaving two confirmed dead and at least 12 more missing.  (AP Photo/Collin Reid)AP - Tropical Storm Nicole caused flooding and mudslides across Jamaica on Wednesday, leaving two confirmed dead and at least 12 more missing, even as the drenching system moved north…

Search resumes for 11 missing in Mexico mudslide (AP)

September 29th, 2010

Soldiers, police officers and residents search for victims after a landslide Santa Maria de Tlahuitoltepec, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. A mudslide first thought to have buried hundreds of people has left 11 missing and there are no confirmed deaths, authorities said Tuesday night, backing off earlier predictions of a catastrophe in Mexico's rain-soaked southern state of Oaxaca. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)AP - Rescue efforts resumed Wednesday for 11 people missing after a hillside collapsed on a town in Mexico’s rain-soaked southern state of Oaxaca.


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Italy coast guard hunting 2 missing US balloonists (AP)

September 29th, 2010

AP - Coast guards are hunting for a pair of missing American balloonists last detected piloting their craft over the Adriatic Sea in rough weather, officials said Wednesday.

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Mexico: No confirmed landslide deaths, 11 missing (AP)

September 28th, 2010

People are kept away from the badly damaged bridge that crosses the Macuilxochitl river near the town of Tlacolula, Mexico Tuesday Sept. 28, 2010. Rescue operations attempting to reach the town of Santa Maria de Tlahuitoltepec have been delayed due to the condition of the bridge. Authorities fear hundreds may have died in this community after a hillside collapsed over several homes. (AP Photo/Agencia Quadratin)AP - A huge mudslide first thought to have buried hundreds of people has left only 11 missing and there are no confirmed dead, authorities said Tuesday night, backing off…

Japan missing more than 230K listed centenarians (AP)

September 10th, 2010

AP - More than 230,000 Japanese citizens listed in government records as at least 100 years old can’t be found and may have died long ago, according to a government…

Death toll 45 in Guatemala mudslides; more missing (AP)

September 6th, 2010

Rescue workers look for survivors at a mudslide area in Nahuala, western Guatemala, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. At least 38 people were killed after torrential rains caused mudslides in different areas of the country, injuring 20 others and leaving over 60 people missing. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)AP - Searchers on Monday pulled five more bodies from a mud-covered highway where back-to-back landslides buried bus passengers and people trying to save them. Yet more mudslides raise Guatemala’s…