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Rescuers search for woman swept away by river as Spain and Portugal battle Storm Leonardo
MADRID (AP) — A woman in Spain who was swept up by a swollen river remained missing Friday as Storm Leonardo pummelled the Iberian…
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Rescuers in Colombia try to dig out 20 miners trapped in a collapsed gold mine
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A collapse at a gold mine in northern Colombia trapped more than 20 miners, and rescuers were working Tuesday to…
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Rescuers in Nigeria search for dozens missing after boat capsizes
Rescue workers in northern Nigeria are searching for more than 40 missing passengers after a boat accident in Sokoto state, the…
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3 workers trapped in a Canadian mine have air, food and water as rescuers try to gain access to them
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Three workers remain trapped at a gold and copper mine in Western Canada on Thursday as a…
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DR Congo rescuers dig with bare hands for trapped miners
People in a gold-mining area in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo have been using their bare hands and basic tools to free…
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Rescuers in South Africa search for the missing after floods leave at least 49 dead
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Rescue teams began a third day searching for missing people Thursday after floods devastated parts of South…
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Rescuers search for a girl missing after a migrant boat sank near Greek island
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard said Friday that a search and rescue operation off an eastern island near the Turkish coast had…
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'In every street there are dead': Gaza rescuers reckon with scale of destruction
On the first full day of peace in Gaza on Monday, rescue workers and civilians began to reckon with the sheer scale of the destruction to…
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Rescuers pull six more bodies from South Africa mine
Six more bodies have been pulled up from a South African mine as efforts continue for a second day to help scores of illegal miners still…
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Rescuers send water through holes to building collapse trapped
Rescue teams in Tanzania say they have managed to establish contact with people who are still trapped a day after a four-storey building…
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Israeli strike on Gaza house kills many, medics and rescuers say
Dozens of people have been killed and wounded in an Israeli strike on a house in Jabalia in northern Gaza, Palestinian medics and rescuers…
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Rescuers recover first body from 2 buses that were hit by landslide and fell into a river in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers in Nepal recovered Saturday the first body after a landslide swept away two buses, pushing them into a…
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American tourist dies after sudden illness during excursion on Sicily's Mount Etna, rescuers say
ROME (AP) — A 55-year-old American tourist died after being taken ill during an excursion on the southern side of Mount Etna, in Sicily,…
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South Korean rescuers search burned factory after a blaze killed 22, mostly Chinese migrants
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Rescue workers were combing through the charred ruins of a factory building near South Korea's capital to find…