Dozens feared dead as Myanmar ferry sinks
A crowded double-decker passenger ferry capsized in northwestern Myanmar after being slammed by huge waves, killing 34 people and leaving more than ...Egypt sacks 41 judges for supporting Brotherhood
An Egyptian disciplinary court ordered 41 judges into compulsory retirement on Saturday for supporting the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, judicial sources said, the ...Serbian military helicopter crashes, seven dead including child
A Serbian military helicopter evacuating a five-day-old baby for emergency medical treatment has crashed in heavy fog, killing all seven people on ...Cyclone Pam devastates South Pacific islands of Vanuatu
One of the Pacific Ocean\'s most powerful ever storms devastated the island nation of Vanuatu on Saturday, tearing off roofs, uprooting trees ...Sierra Leone vice president requests asylum at U.S. embassy
Sierra Leone\'s vice president, Samuel Sam-Sumana, said on Saturday that he had requested asylum at the U.S. embassy in Freetown after soldiers ...Thousands evacuated in Chile as forest fire spreads
Chile declared a state of emergency and ordered the evacuation of up to 16,000 people as a raging forest fire led to ...Angola storm death toll rises to 69, half of them children
The death toll from torrential rains that pounded the Angolan town of Lobito has risen to 69, including 36 children, officials said ...Egypt announces plans to build new capital
Egypt plans to build a new administrative capital east of Cairo within five to seven years at a cost of $45 billion.Typhoon Pam hits Vanuatu, UN fears high casualties
Widespread casualties are feared after a powerful typhoon battered Vanuatu overnight, triggering flash floods and knocking out telephone lines in the isolated ...Costa Rica volcano spews ash in most powerful eruption in 20 years
Costa Rica\'s Turrialba volcano belched a column of gas and ash up to 3,280 feet (1 km) into the air on Thursday ...
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