Tag Archives: Killed
Dozens killed in Guatemala earthquake
Quake registering 7.4 magnitude leaves at least 39 dead and many more missing amid rubble and devastation.
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Cult of equity killed off by pension funds
Managers have been slowly switching back to bonds to beat volatility of stock markets and receive guaranteed income to meet payments
Full Story: Financial Times – UK Homepage
Policeman had killed twice before
A police officer who killed a man suspected of being part of an armed gang in London had shot dead two other people earlier in his career.
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Dozens killed in Iraq car bomb
Blast targets potential recruits outside an army base in the town of Taji, north of Baghdad.
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British soldier killed in Cyprus
Three UK tourists are arrested after a British soldier stationed in Cyprus is stabbed to death in a nightclub in Ayia Napa.
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Ex-pitcher Pascual Perez killed in home invasion
Police in the Dominican Republic say former major league pitcher Pascual Perez has been killed in his home during an apparent robbery.
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Women killed in Spain Halloween stampede
Three women dead and two others injured at party attended by thousands of people in Madrid.
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3 killed in Halloween party stampede
Three young women are dead and two are in serious condition after being crushed by a crowd at a Halloween party in Madrid early Thursday, police said.
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Syrian troops ‘killed’ in checkpoint attacks
Rebels kill at least 28 government soldiers in attacks on three checkpoints on main road from Damascus to Aleppo.
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56 killed in U.S.
As authorities in nine states tallied the devastation brought by Superstorm Sandy and struggled to restore basic services early Thursday, the human toll mounted.
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23 killed in Saudi Arabian wedding fire
Celebratory gunshots sparked an electrical fire that tore through a wedding party in Saudi Arabia, killing 23 people and injuring more than two dozen others, state media reported Wednesday.
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Syrian general ‘killed by rebels’
A senior air force general has been shot dead by rebels as he leaves a house in a Damascus suburb, Syrian state television reports.
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UK soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Two British soldiers have been shot dead in Afghanistan by a man wearing a local police uniform, the Ministry of Defence says.
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Cyclist killed exchanging details
A cyclist in Sunderland who had stopped to exchange details with a driver after a collision was fatally struck by another car, police reveal.
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R&B singer struck and killed by vehicle
Natina Reed, one-third of the early 2000s R&B trio Blaque, was struck by a vehicle and killed Friday night in Georgia, Gwinnett County police said Saturday.
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Dozens killed in Iraq Eid attacks
At least 30 people are killed in a series of bomb and gun attacks in Iraq, primarily aimed at Shia Muslims and coinciding with the Eid al-Adha holiday.
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Hurricane Sandy slogs toward U.S., 41 killed in Caribbean
MIAMI (Reuters) – Hurricane Sandy, a late-season Atlantic cyclone that threatens to be one of the worst storms to hit the Northeast in decades, slogged slowly northward on Friday after killing at least 41 people in the Caribbean.
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Anti-Taliban elders killed in Pakistan’s Swat
Campaign of targeted killings of peace activists resumes in wake of attack on teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai.
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Scores killed in Myanmar violence
Violence between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya leaves 56 people dead and 2,000 homes destroyed, say officials.
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Two killed in Afghanistan named
A Royal Marine and an Army medic who died after being injured while on patrol in Afghanistan are named by the Ministry of Defence.
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