Legendary soul singer Isaac Hayes dies at 65

" Music icon, legendary soul singer/songwriter (who wrote the theme song for "Shaft"), producer, and actor, Isaac Hayes, 65, who began his music career in the early 1960s as a session player for numerous acts for...

Eighteen killed in China coal mine collapse

China seems to having all kinds of problems this year. In this latest incident more than 18 people have been killed.   " Eighteen people were confirmed dead after a coal shaft collapsed in northwest China, the official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday. At...

24 miners rescued from stricken Ukrainian mine

UPDATE  21:34 GMT  June  9th Most of the miners caught in the gas explosion at a Ukrainian mine has been rescued alive."A total of 24 miners have now been brought to the surface and are being...

Mass graves discovered in and south of Baghdad

More than ten corpses were found in hidden graves in Iraq. The victims seems to have died down two years back. This town was bastion of Sunni militants and presumbly was taken over by Al-Qaida linked militant. It could be their handiwork. " Iraqi villagers and soldiers...

Cops stood by as boy drowned

The police community support officers (PCSOs) did not attempt to rescue Jordon as they were not trained to deal with this type of incident."TWO Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) "just stood there" while a ten-year-old-boy drowned trying to save his step-sister, an...

New Utah Mine Images Instill Hope

"CBS) HUNTINGTON, UtahCurtain Could Indicate That Miners Were Able To Find Good Air Images from a video camera lowered Wednesday into the mine where six men were trapped 10 days ago showed an undamaged shaft...

2 stadium workers injured in elevator accident

A cart plunged about 30 feet down an elevator shaft at Citizens Bank Park on Saturday, injuring two Aramark food service workers, officials said. At about 9 a.m., a cart driven by one of the workers hit the elevator doors on the third level of the stadium, opening the...

sewage shaft death

Is this what they call being dropped in the shit? "     Man dies after sewage shaft plunge     A man died after falling 70 metres down an old sewage shaft on a headland in Sydneys eastern suburbs overnight.      Police...

Indonesia to shift 3,000 families away from mud flow on Java

"Indonesia will resettle more than 3,000 families whose houses have been swamped by mud surging from a gas exploration site and will dump the sludge into the sea to avoid more destruction, a minister said Wednesday. The mud appeared after an accident occurred deep in a...

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