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Indonesian volcano kills 18 in new eruption: hospitalRandusari, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 5, 2010 Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano killed 18 people in another huge eruption on Friday, a hospital source said, as the government widened the danger zone and ordered new evacuations. The latest deaths bring the total toll to more than 60 since the the country's most active volcano started erupting on October 26. "The death toll rose to 18 people. Their bodies are badly burnt," said Sri Suyatini, a spokeswoman for Sarjito general hospital in Yogyakarta near the volcano on the central island of Java ... read more |
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  Discovery Swan Song Carries Two Final Payloads From Boulder NASA's space shuttle Discovery will make its swan song flight Nov. 1 carrying two University of Colorado at Boulder-built biomedical payload devices, including one to help scientists better understa ... more | .. |
Cholera-hit Haiti told to prepare for worst as toll rises Officials warned Wednesday that Haiti should prepare for the worst as hundreds more patients packed into hospitals amid a deadly cholera outbreak that has claimed almost 300 lives. ... more | .. |
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Haiti cholera victims drank treated water In the sparse rooms of a small town Haitian hospital, patients lied helpless on cots connected to hydration drips, too weakened by cholera to move. ... more | .. |
  Chinese iPhone workers poisoned by chemical: report Workers who say they were assembling Apple computers and iPhones in southern China have spent months in hospital after being exposed to a harmful chemical, an Australian media report said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
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At least one civilian dead in Yemen air strike against Qaeda Two air strikes against suspected Al-Qaeda hideouts in southern Yemen killed at least one civilian on Sunday, security and medical sources said. A security official said the raids targeted moun ... more | .. |
  Ecuador suspends senior police officers over mutiny Thirteen senior police officers were put on administrative leave Wednesday and could be fired for their role in a September 30 police mutiny, officials said. Scores of other police officers have ... more | .. |
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