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2000 Dec 25 |
In central China as many as 309 young people were killed at an unlicensed disco fire in Louyang city. Links: China, Tragedy, Fire 
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2000 Dec 29 |
A ferry collided with another ferry ship and sank on the Meghna River in southeastern Bangladesh. At least 178 people were killed. Links: Bangladesh, Tragedy, Ship
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2001 Jan 13 |
In El Salvador a 7.6 earthquake hit near San Salvador and at least 79 people were known killed. Some 1200 people were not accounted for in the buried Las Colinas neighborhood. The "slab earthquake" originated 24-36 miles below the surface. The earthquake death toll later climbed to over 707 an damages were estimated at $1 billion. Links: El Salvador, Earthquake, Tragedy
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2001 Feb 13 |
In El Salvador a 6.6 earthquake killed at least 127 people. It was centered between San Vicente and San Salvador. The death toll soon rose to 402 with 2432 injured. It struck one month to the day after another quake killed more than 800 people. Links: El Salvador, Earthquake, Tragedy
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2001 Mar 6 |
In China an explosion at an elementary school in Jiangxi province left 37 stu-dents and 4 teachers dead. 42 people, mostly students, were killed in a schoolhouse explosion in southern China; parents said the students had been forced to make fireworks by school offi-cials. Teachers, to enhance their meager salaries, had forced students to make firecrackers during their lunch breaks. Prime Minister Zhu Rongji said the blast was caused by a "deranged suicide bomber." Links: China, Tragedy
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2001 Mar 6 |
In Nigeria 30 girls died from a fire at the Gindiri Girls School in Jos. They were reportedly locked in for the night so as not to mix with boys. Links: Nigeria, Tragedy, Fire
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2001 Mar 8 |
In Afghanistan the giant Buddha at Bamiyan was destroyed. Links: Tragedy, Afghan
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2001 Mar 9 |
In Afghanistan the smaller giant Buddha at Bamiyan was destroyed. Links: Tragedy, Afghan
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2001 Mar 26 |
In Kenya a dorm fire at the Kyanguli Secondary School in Machakos killed 58 youths. One of 2 doors was bolted shut and arson was suspected. The toll soon rose to 64 as more students died from burns. Links: Kenya, Tragedy, Fire
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2001 Apr 18 |
In Nigeria a mosque collapsed amid a downpour in a Lagos shantytown and at least 12 children were killed. Links: Nigeria, Tragedy
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2001 May 2 |
In China a landslide in Wulong County buried a 9-story building where 76 of 95 residents were home. 65 bodies were recovered. Links: China, Tragedy
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2001 May 24 |
In Jerusalem a Jewish wedding hall collapsed and 23 people were killed in a horrifying scene captured on videotape. Links: Israel, Tragedy
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2001 Jun 5 |
In China 13 children were killed in a fire at a kindergarten dormitory in Nanchang. Links: China, Tragedy, Fire
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2001 Jun 23 |
In southern Peru a 7.9 offshore earthquake killed at least 100 people. 12,500 people lost their homes. Links: Peru, Earthquake, Tragedy
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2001 Aug 6 |
In India’s Madras state a fire at the Badshaw asylum in Erwady killed 27 patients, many of who were chained to their beds. Links: India, Tragedy, Fire
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2001 Aug 8 |
In Bangladesh a stampede of textile workers was caused by a false fire alarm and 23 people were crushed to death. Links: Bangladesh, Tragedy
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2001 Oct 19 |
A refugee ship, enroute from Indonesia to Australia, carrying some 353 emigrants from Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Palestine and Algeria, sank off the island of Java. 44 people survived. Links: Algeria, Australia, Iraq, Indonesia, Iran, Palestine, Tragedy, Ship, Afghan
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2001 Oct 22 |
In Venezuela at least 11 people, mostly children, were killed during a stampede into a bullring for a music concert in Valencia. Links: Venezuela, Tragedy
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2001 Nov 23 |
A crew dug for bodies and survivors under mud after a huge landslide swept over gold miners illegally digging into the side of a mountain in western Colombia, killing at least 28 people. Links: Colombia, Tragedy
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2001 Dec 9 |
In Uganda a gasoline truck crash killed 58 people near Iganga. Many of the victims had tried to gather up fuel when it ignited. Links: Uganda, Tragedy
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2001 Dec 29 |
A fireworks shop exploded and caused a fire in downtown Lima that spread over 4 downtown blocks. At least 290 people were killed. Links: Peru, Tragedy
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2002 Jan 27 |
In Nigeria explosions at the Ikeja military base rocked Lagos. Over 1,000 people died when they fled the area and drowned in Oke Afa drainage canal. Deaths from panic later rose to 600 and then 1,000-2,000. Links: Nigeria, Tragedy
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2002 Jan 31 |
In Indonesia the number of people killed during two days of widespread flooding grew to at least 33. Flooding in Jakarta eventually killed about 60 people. Links: Indonesia, Tragedy, Flood
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2002 May 3 |
In Bangladesh a ferry on the Meghna River capsized with some 400 passengers traveling from Dhaka to southern Patuakhali. Early reports had only 100 survivors. The ferry was raised and the death toll increased to 370. Links: Bangladesh, Tragedy
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2002 May 25 |
In Tenga, Mozambique, a passenger and freight train collided and 195 people were killed. Links: Mozambique, Train Crash, Tragedy
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2002 Jul 7 |
In Indonesia 53 people burned alive or jumped to their deaths when fire ripped through a crowded Palembang karaoke bar on Sumatra island but the final death toll could be double that. Links: Indonesia, Tragedy, Fire
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2002 Sep 20 |
A riot in an overcrowded Dominican prison left 30 inmates dead and 48 others injured, 12 critically. Most of the deaths were by smoke inhalation. Links: Tragedy, Fire, Dominican Rep.
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2002 Sep 25 2002 Sep 26 |
Over 800 passengers and crew were believed to have perished when the Senegal’s crowded MS Joola, a state-run ferry, heaved to its side shortly before midnight in a fierce storm off the coast of Gambia. The toll was later raised to 1,863 dead. The ship had been pushed into service while still needing vital repairs. The ferry was licensed to carry 550 people but had 1,927 passengers on board, of whom only 64 survived. Links: Senegal, Tragedy, Ship, Gambia, Major Event
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2002 Nov 1 |
In Morocco a fire erupted at an overcrowded Sidi Moussa jail in coastal El Jadida, killing 50 inmates and injuring dozens of other people. Authorities blamed electrical short circuit for Morocco's worst prison fire. Links: Morocco, Tragedy, Fire
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2002 Nov 6 |
In France a fire broke out on an overnight express train, filling a sleeper car with smoke and killing 12 passengers. Five Americans were among the dead, including two children. Links: France, Tragedy
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2002 Nov 11 |
In the CAR a baggage-laden roof of an overloaded river taxi near Kouango collapsed on passengers, crushing 58 people. Links: Tragedy, CAR
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2002 Dec 1 |
In Gaibandha, Bangladesh, least 30 people, mostly women and children, were killed in a stampede after a wall collapsed during a give-away of clothes and money. Links: Bangladesh, Tragedy
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2002 Dec 11 |
In Indonesia a mudslide above a resort in East Java killed at least 60 people. Tree-cutting above the resort was blamed and a suit against a state-owned forestry company was planned. Links: Indonesia, Tragedy
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2002 Dec 13 |
In northwest Liberia an overcrowded boat capsized, killing at least 48 people and leaving more than 100 others missing. Links: Liberia, Tragedy
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2002 Dec 18 |
In Brazil a ferry accident on a the Para River killed at least 22 people with 28 more believed missing. The death toll grew to 44. Links: Brazil, Tragedy
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2003 Jan 4 |
A boat from Somalia to Yemen developed engine trouble and capsized and at least 80 people were feared dead. Links: Somalia, Yemen, Tragedy, Ship
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2003 Feb 1 |
Space shuttle Columbia broke apart in flames over Texas, killing all 7 astronauts just 16 minutes before they were supposed to glide to ground in Florida. The astronauts included Michael P. Anderson (b.1959), David M. Brown (b.1956), Laurel Clark (b.1962), Kalpana Chawla (b.1962), Rick Husband (b.1957), William C. McCool (b.1961) and Ilan Ramon (b.1954). An explosion in the wheel well under the left wing was later suspected as the cause. Links: USA, NASA, Tragedy, Texas, Space
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2003 Feb 2 |
The search continued for pieces of the space shuttle Columbia, a day after the spacecraft disintegrated during re-entry over Texas, killing all seven astronauts. Links: USA, NASA, Tragedy, Texas
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2003 Feb 4 |
Pres. Bush visited the Johnson Space Center in Houston, where he led a tribute to the lost crew of the shuttle Columbia and rededicated the nation to space travel. Links: USA, NASA, Tragedy, Texas, BushGW
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2003 Feb 17 |
In Chicago 21 people were killed at the E2 nightclub in an early morning stampede after security guards used mace and pepper spray to halt a fistfight between 2 women. On Sep 23 the owner and 3 others associated with the club were charged with involuntary manslaughter. Links: Chicago, Tragedy
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2003 Feb 18 |
In Daegu, South Korea, a fire raged through two packed subway trains after a man lit a container of flammable liquid and tossed it, killing 196 people and injuring 145. In August the perpetrator was sentenced to life in prison. Links: South Korea, Tragedy, Fire
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2003 Feb 21 |
The owners of The Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., where 100 people perished in a fast-moving fire the night before, denied giving the rock band Great White permission to use fireworks blamed for setting off the blaze, although the band's singer insisted the use of pyrotechnics had been approved. Links: Tragedy, Pop&Rock, Rhode Island
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2003 Mar 27 |
in Kyrgyzstan a fire engulfed a crowded passenger bus, killing 21 victims, believed to have been Chinese vendors of Uighur ethnicity. Robbery was suspected. Links: Kyrgyzstan, China, Tragedy, Fire
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2003 Apr 4 |
In northeastern Bangladesh a river boat carrying more than 170 people capsized, killing 79 people, including 49 children. Links: Bangladesh, Tragedy
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2003 Apr 5 |
A prison riot in northern Honduras left 86 prisoners dead and dozens more injured at the 1,600-inmate El Porvenir prison outside of La Ceiba. Soldiers and police searched for escaped inmates. Honduras' 26 prisons were built to house 5,500 inmates but are crammed with 13,000 prisoners. In 2008 a court sentenced 22 soldiers and police to a combined 740 years in prison for the massacre. In 2008 a Honduran court sentenced Dimas Antonio Benitez, a former prison official, to 1,051 years in jail for the deaths in the prison massacre. Links: Honduras, Tragedy, Fire
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2003 Apr 6 |
In eastern China a fire roared through a food processing plant, killing 21 workers. Links: China, Tragedy, Fire
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2003 Apr 7 |
In the northern Siberian republic of Yakutia a fire engulfed an old wooden school, killing 21 students and a teacher. Links: Tragedy, Siberia, Fire
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2003 Apr 10 |
In Dagestan, Russia, a fire killed 28 deaf children in a boarding school in Makhachkala. Fires in Russia killed some 50 people a day, i.e. 18,000 a year. Links: Russia, Dagestan, Tragedy, Fire
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2003 Apr 12 |
In northern Bangladesh up to 100 people were reported missing after a ferry capsized in the Nagchinni River. Searchers recovered the bodies of victims, bringing the death toll to 16. Links: Bangladesh, Tragedy
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2003 Apr 13 |
In Columbus, Ohio, a fire at a student-rented house left 5 people dead. Links: Ohio, Tragedy, Fire
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2003 May 1 |
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake rumbled through southeastern Turkey. 177 people were killed and 390 injured including 80 students were trapped in the debris of their school dormitory in Bingol. Links: Turkey, Earthquake, Tragedy
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2003 May 14 |
In Texas Victoria County Sheriff's deputies found 17 people dead in and around a tractor-trailer rig at a South Texas truck stop. Another died at hospital. The victims were illegal immigrants. In 2006 a Texas jury convicted 3 US citizens for the suffocation of 19 smuggled immigrants in an airtight truck. In 2007 truck driver Tyrone Williams (36) was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the smuggling. In 2008 the last of 14 people indicted in the smuggling pleaded guilty. In 2010 Octavio Torres-Ortega was sentenced to 14 years in prison for his role in the smuggling operation. In 2011 Williams was resentenced to nearly 34 years after a federal appeals court overturned the multiple life sentences he had received. Links: USA, Tragedy, Texas
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2003 Jun 1 |
In southern Pakistan a motorboat taking people on a sightseeing trip sank in a lake, killing at least 26 people. Links: Pakistan, Tragedy
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2003 Jun 7 |
In southern China 13 school children were reported missing after their ferry sank in rapids on the Qingshui River in Guizhou province. Links: China, Tragedy
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2003 Jun 19 |
In northeastern Nigeria 30 miles north of the city of Umuahia, fuel gushing from a vandalized pipeline exploded, killed at least 105 villagers as they scavenged gasoline. Links: Nigeria, Tragedy
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2003 Jun 20 |
In central Turkey a student dormitory at an Islamic school exploded and collapsed, killing 10 students. Links: Turkey, Tragedy
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2003 Jul 8 |
In Bangladesh a ferry, with an estimated 750 passengers, sank at the confluence of the Padma, Meghna and Dakatia rivers about 40 miles south of the capital, Dhaka. Some 220 survivors were counted. Links: Bangladesh, Tragedy, Ship
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2003 Jul 14 |
In China a mountain on a tributary of the Three Gorges gave way killing 13 farmers. A large tongue of land was sheered into the water and a resulting wave crashed over 20 boats killing 11 fisherman. Links: China, Tragedy
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2003 Jul 16 |
In Santa Monica, Ca., 10 people were killed and over 70 injured when a car driven by George Russell Weller (87) plowed through a crowded street market in an apparent accident. In 2006 a jury convicted Weller on 10 counts of felony manslaughter. He was sentenced to 5 years probation due to his failing health. Links: USA, California, Tragedy
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2003 Jul 21 |
In Haiti a high tension wire snapped and fell, electrocuting 15 people who were gathered to watch the final match of a basketball game in Petit-Goave. All 15 died. Links: Haiti, Tragedy
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