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Indianapolis fire injures four, forces evacuations of 100 homes
Four firefighters were injured Saturday and more than 100 homes near downtown Indianapolis had to be evacuated after a recycling facility caught fire and collapsed. None of the injuries were serious, and by Sunday residents were allowed to return home....
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Explosion hits military airport in Damascus: activists
ReutersAMMAN (Reuters) - A huge explosion shook the Mezze military airport on the western edge of Damascus on Sunday, and ambulances were seen heading to the compound, a major base for President Bashar al-Assad's elite forces, activists said. The Syrian...Tags: Activism, Bashar Assad, Emergency Incidents, Politics, Human Rights
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WRAPUP 2-Putin says West arming Syrian rebels who eat human flesh
Reuters(Updates with blast at military airport near Damascus) By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Alexei Anishchuk AMMAN/LONDON, June 16 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, arriving in Britain before an international summit set to be dominated by disagreement...Tags: Bashar Assad, Rebellions, Lebanon, Religion and Belief, Government
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Art Callaham: No petition necessary to see death-penalty reality
Well, (that’s how Ronald Reagan opened a lot of his remarks) I’m no Ronald Reagan but I’m interested in what’s going on in our nation and in particular our state. First, let me clearly say I’m no fan of Del. Neil Parrott....Tags: Regional Authority, Health and Medical Professionals, Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Emergency Incidents, Hospitals and Clinics
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Investigators seek cause of chemical blasts in Louisiana
State and federal investigators in Louisiana are working to uncover what caused fatal blasts at two different chemical plants in the span of two days. The second explosion took place Friday night at the CF Industries plant in Donaldsonville, a small...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Incidents
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Seven injured in explosion at Tanzanian opposition party rally
ReutersDAR ES SALAAM, June 15 (Reuters) - Seven people were injured on Saturday evening by an explosion at a local election rally being held by the Tanzanian opposition party Chadema in Arusha, state television reported. The blast occurred near the main stage...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Politics, Government
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Worker remains hospitalized after Louisiana plant explosion
ReutersBy Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS, June 15 (Reuters) - One worker remained hospitalized on Saturday following an explosion at a Donaldsonville, Louisiana, nitrogen production plant on Friday that killed one worker and injured seven. CF Industries said one...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Incidents, Fertilizer, Deerfield
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Hospital siege, blasts new Pakistan government's first security test
ReutersQUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Militants in a volatile region of western Pakistan bombed a bus carrying women students on Saturday and then seized part of the hospital where survivors were taken, in the first major security test for the new prime minister,...Tags: Prosecution, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Nawaz Sharif, Minority Groups
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Three killed by explosion at Tanzanian opposition party rally
ReutersDAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - At least three people were killed and several injured on Saturday evening by an explosion at an election rally held by Tanzanian opposition party Chadema, witnesses and the state broadcaster said. Police said they were still...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Politics, Government, Bombings, National Government
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In Pakistan, attackers bomb women's university bus, hospital
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Militants laid siege to a hospital and bombed a women's university bus in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta in a wave of violence that killed at least 19 people and underscored the challenge facing new Prime Minister...
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Government Ministers, Armed Conflicts, Asif Ali Zardari, Health and Medical Professionals
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Explosion reminds La. that plants not always safe
By some measures, chemical plants like the one where a fatal explosion happened Thursday in Louisiana are among the safest manufacturing workplaces in America. But in the "chemical corridor" that lines the Mississippi River from New Orleans north to...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Emergency Incidents, Manufacturing and Engineering, Investments, Heavy Engineering
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Second worker dies from Louisiana chemical plant explosion
ReutersBy Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS, June 14 (Reuters) - A second person died on Friday as a result of an explosion that rocked the Williams Olefins petrochemical plant in Geismar, Louisiana, and injured more than 100 workers a day earlier. Scott Thrower, 47,...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Hospitals and Clinics, Emergency Incidents, Williams Companies Incorporated
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