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Indian worker killed in logging accident in Singapore

According to ndtv.com, a 36-year-old Indian worker has died while clearing a tree in a forested site of a subway interchange project in Singapore. Workers were trying to loosen soil around the tree when it fell on an excavator. It took two hours to extricate the worker, known only as Gunasegaran, from the excavator which was crushed by the tree, The Straits Times reported today. Gunasegaran suffered spinal and nick injuries. Read article

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China: American stunt pilot dies in air show crash

According to Yahoo News New Zealand, a Hollywood stunt pilot and his Chinese translator were killed when their plane crashed in northeastern China during a practice flight ahead of a local air-show, state media reported Friday. The body of David Riggs, a US acrobatic pilot, was recovered in a lake where his plane crashed on […]

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France: One Moroccan killed and another seriously injured on bus to Italy

According to Le Parisien, a Moroccan woman is dead and a dozen other people were injured, one seriously, in a collision Monday between a bus carrying Moroccan nationals to Italy and a small truck on the A8 motorway at Saint- Maximin (Var), it was learned from the police. The bus was carrying 56 Moroccans living […]

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Malta: Eritrean man dies in traffic accident in Lija

According to maltastar.com, a 33 year old Eritrean residing in Valletta died early on Monday morning after he was involved in a traffic accident in Naxxar Road, Lija. Preliminary investigations revealed that the man was driving his Peugeot 309 from Birkirkara towards Mosta when he lost control of his vehicle and hit a pole and […]

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Norwegian prisoner dies in jain in the Republic of the Congo

News24.com reports that Tjostolv Moland, one of two Norwegian citizens imprisoned in Congo since 2009 on murder charges, has died in prison, his lawyer and government officials said Sunday. The cause of death wasn’t immediately clear. British-Norwegian citizen Joshua French, who was imprisoned alongside Moland in 2009, is upset, but in good health, attorney Hans […]

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New Zealand: Chilean man dies after falling down a waterfall

According to tvnz.co.nz, a 19-year-old man from Chile has died after falling down a waterfall in New Zealand. The man was believed to have been taking photos when he slipped and fell about 160 metres at Bowen Falls in Fiordland yesterday. The man – whose name has not been released – had been working in […]

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Russia: Omani embassy employee found dead in Moscow hotel room

According to rian.ru, an official from the Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman has been found dead in a Moscow hotel room, the Russian capital’s investigative committee said in a statement on Thursday. The man’s body was found in a hotel room in downtown Moscow late Wednesday and an investigation is underway, the statement said. […]

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Irish teacher found dead at her appartment in Singapore

As reported by Straitstimes.com, a young Irish teacher was found dead in her apartment in Queenstown on Wednesday night. The police received a call at 10.59pm that night requesting assistance at a residential unit along Stirling Road, said a spokesman. Read article

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United States: Irishman dies in car accident near his home in Florida

According to independent.ie, an Irishman has died in a road crash in Florida. Patrick John Lynch (20) was fatally injured in the incident, according to local police. The incident happened nine days ago near Hudson where he lived. Read article

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Five Syrian refugees drown en route to Greece

Peopledaily.com.cn reports that the Greek Coast Guard found on Friday five bodies, two children among them, who are believed to have drown off the south eastern Aegean Sea island of Kos after the sinking of a boat carrying illegal immigrants to Greece from neighbouring Turkey. Based on the testimony of a Syrian man who was […]

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