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Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police tactics
Authorities now believe that nearly 2,000 miners were working illegally in the mine near the town of Stilfontein, southwest of Johannesburg, since August last year.
Mine Standoff That Saw Hundreds Trapped Ends With 87 Declared Dead
More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.
South Africa criticized for ‘horrific’ mining crackdown after 78 bodies pulled from underground
The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...
How Roki Sasaki’s life, career and outlook were shaped by disaster
Sasaki's baseball career to this point has been marked by transcendent highs and complicated lows. His life story may help explain why.
Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and feared starving in an abandoned South Africa mine
South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...
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Japan's Nuclear Plants Rattled As Magnitude 6.9 Quake Hits Hyuga-Nada
A tsunami warning was issued on Monday after the magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the Hyuga-nada Sea off the coast of the Japanese island of Kyushu at a depth of 18.6 miles at 7.19 E.T., the Japan ...
Meet The Extinct Monkeys That ‘Rafted’ Across The Atlantic Over 30 Million Years Ago
Once found in the jungles of Africa, researchers in South America have now discovered links tying these extinct primates to the continent—painting an incredible story of survival against the odds.
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Is Florida ready for a tsunami?
A new Netflix series making its own waves centers on the scenario of a volcanic eruption on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands off west Africa. A mega tsunami more powerful than any ...
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Sea nomads in Thailand who survived the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 are slowly losing their identity
PHANG-NGA, Thailand: When the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the south-western coast of Thailand in 2004, it claimed over 5,000 lives. But the local indigenous Moken people miraculously survived with ...
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Tears, prayers as Asia mourns tsunami dead 20 years on
"I thought it was doomsday," said Hasnawati, a 54-year-old teacher who goes by one name, at the Indonesian mosque that was damaged by the tsunami ... (56 miles) south of Colombo.
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Tears, prayers as Asia mourns tsunami dead 20 years on
Join our Whatsapp channel BANDA ACEH: Tearful mourners prayed and lit candles on Thursday at ceremonies across Asia to remember the 220,000 people killed two decades ago when a tsunami hit ...
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Thousands mark 20 years after deadly Indian Ocean tsunami
Survivors and families of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years ago visited mass graves, lit candles and comforted one another across Southeast and South Asia in ceremonies on Thursday to mark ...