ISLAMABAD -- Two laborers were killed and several others missing when a phosphate mine collapsed in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday, rescue sources confirmed.
The accident happened in Abbottabad district where the mine caved in due to landsliding when the laborers were working inside, sources from the state-owned Rescue 1122 told Xinhua. (Pakistan-Mine Collapse-Death)
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NEW DELHI -- At least 13 people died and several others were injured in a floor cave-in at a temple in India's central state of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, the state's Home Minister Narottam Mishra said.
The mishap occurred in the state's Indore city when the cover of a stepwell suddenly collapsed as more than 30 people were standing on it. (India-Temple-Mishap)
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ISLAMABAD -- Four policemen were killed and six others injured in two coordinated attacks on police in Pakistan's northwestern Lakki Marwat district in the wee hours of Thursday, a police spokesperson said.
Some unknown attackers stormed a check post with sophisticated weapons in the district located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, injuring five cops in an exchange of fire, the spokesperson said. (Pakistan-Attack-Death)
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MANILA -- A ferry carrying more than 200 people caught fire in the southern Philippines late Wednesday night, killing at least 10 passengers, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Thursday.
Commodore Marco Antonio Gines, the commander of the PCG District in Southwestern Mindanao, said the M/V Lady Mary Joy 3, a passenger and cargo vessel, was headed to Jolo from Zamboanga City when it caught fire in the waters off Baluk-Baluk Island in Hadji Muhtamad town of Basilan province past 10 p.m. local time on Wednesday. (Philippines-Ferry-Fire) ■
