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High death rate in Haiti cholera epidemic slows: WHO (Reuters)

October 27th, 2010

Residents wear protective masks in St. Marc, the center of the cholera epidemic in Haiti, October 25, 2010. REUTERS/Sophia Paris/MINUSTAH/HandoutReuters - The unusually high death rate in Haiti’s cholera epidemic is slowing as people become aware of the disease and health experts provide treatment, the World Health Organization said…

Rain slows hunt for air crash bodies in Pakistan (AP)

July 29th, 2010

People carry a casket of a plane crash victim during a funeral prayer in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. The Airbus A321 operated by local carrier Airblue crashed into hills overlooking the country's capital, Islamabad, during stormy, monsoon weather, killing all 152 people on board. (AP Photo/Karachi)AP - Anguished relatives sought the remains of loved ones killed in Pakistan’s worst-ever plane crash, some grieving at a hospital collecting bodies Thursday and others joining the recovery effort…

Rain slows search for dead in Pakistan plane crash (AP)

July 29th, 2010

A video grab shows debris from a commercial Pakistani passenger plane lying scattered amid shrubbery in hills near the capital, Islamabad, July 28, 2010.  Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of at least 20 people from the wreckage of a Pakistani passenger plane which crashed near the capital on Wednesday, an official said.  The Airblue jet was carrying 146 passengers and six crewmen. REUTERS/via Reuters TVbr /<br /></a> (PAKISTAN - Tags: TRANSPORT DISASTER)AP - Emergency teams battled heavy rains and mud Thursday to recover bodies strewn over hills overlooking the Pakistani capital following the country’s worst-ever plane crash.


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