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Some 135 people were killed in a crush at a soccer stadium in southeast Guinea on Sunday, a local group of human rights organizations said, sharing an estimated death toll more than twice as high as the official toll of 56. CBC | World News
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56 people killed in Guinea soccer stampede
Fifty-six people were killed and several injured in a stampede at a soccer stadium in southern Guinea, following clashes between fans, Guinea’s government said Monday. CBC | World News
Read More »Papua New Guinea orders thousands to evacuate from path of landslide
Thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate from the path of a still-active landslide in Papua New Guinea by the government on Tuesday, after parts of a mountain collapsed, burying an initial estimate of more than 2,000 people. CBC | World News
Read More »More than 2,000 buried alive in Papua New Guinea landslide, government says
More than 2,000 people were buried alive by a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea last week, the national disaster centre said on Monday, as treacherous terrain and the difficulty of getting aid to the site raises the risk few survivors will be found. CBC | World News
Read More »More than 670 people believed killed in Papua New Guinea landslide, says UN agency
More than 670 people are assumed to have died in Papua New Guinea’s massive landslide, the UN migration agency estimated on Sunday as rescue efforts continued. CBC | World News
Read More »Hundreds feared buried after landslide hits Papua New Guinea
Hundreds are feared dead after a massive landslide levelled dozens of homes in a remote village in northern Papua New Guinea early Friday, according to local residents and media. CBC | World News
Read More »Papua New Guinea tribal ambush leaves at least 50 dead
Authorities in Papua New Guinea have appealed for calm – but say the death toll is likely to rise Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Asylum seekers ordered to leave detention centre in Papua New Guinea as it’s sealed off
Papua New Guinea police sealed off an officially shuttered Australian-run detention camp on Thursday and ordered asylum seekers occupying it to leave as they confiscated food and water the men had stockpiled, asylum seekers told Reuters. CBC | World News
Read More »Asylum seekers say police have entered abandoned Australian-run detention camp in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (PNG) police have entered an abandoned Australian-run detention camp seeking to get some 380 asylum-seekers who have barricaded themselves in there to leave, two of the men told Reuters on Thursday. CBC | World News
Read More »Statins patients ‘used as guinea pigs’
PATIENTS prescribed statins are being used as unwitting “guinea pigs” because the side effects have not been properly investigated say experts. Daily Express :: Health Feed
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