Tag Archives: Death
Bangladesh building collapse death toll rises to 661
DHAKA, BANGLADESH (BNO NEWS) — The death toll from one of the world’s worst industrial disasters in modern history surpassed 660 Monday after rescue workers in Bangladesh recovered dozens of… Read more
China reports 27th death from H7N9 bird flu
BEIJING, CHINA (BNO NEWS) — The death toll from a new strain of avian influenza that had never before been transmitted to humans has risen to 27 after a man… Read more
Death toll in Bangladesh building collapse reaches 481
DHAKA, BANGLADESH (BNO NEWS) — Rescue workers in Bangladesh have recovered the remains of dozens of people at the site where an eight-story factory building collapsed more than a week… Read more
Pope condemns Bangladesh ‘slave labor’ as death toll hits 411
DHAKA, BANGLADESH (BNO NEWS) — Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned as “slave labor” the poor conditions for thousands of people who worked at a Bangladeshi factory that collapsed last week…. Read more
Dutch crime boss Holleeder arrested for alleged death threats
HILVERSUM, THE NETHERLANDS (BNO NEWS) — Dutch crime boss Willem Holleeder, who is notorious for the 1983 kidnapping of beer tycoon Freddy Heineken, was arrested Saturday after allegedly making death… Read more
Death toll rises to 193 after quake rocks southwest China
BEIJING, CHINA (BNO NEWS) — The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck southwestern China last week has risen to at least 193, the government said on Tuesday, adding… Read more
Death toll reaches 6 after boat capsized in central China river
CHANGSHA, CHINA (BNO NEWS) — The death toll in Tuesday’s boat accident in a central China river rose to six on Thursday, local authorities said. The accident took place on… Read more
Death toll rises to 17 after landslide in Tibet; 66 still missing
BEIJING, CHINA (BNO NEWS) — Chinese rescue workers have recovered sixteen more bodies after a massive landslide buried more than 80 workers at a polymetal mining site in Tibet, raising… Read more
No sign of foul play in death of exiled Russian tycoon Berezovsky
LONDON, ENGLAND (BNO NEWS) — Officers investigating the death of self-exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky have so far found no evidence to suggest he was the victim of foul play,… Read more
UK: Schoolgirl stabbed to death on Birmingham bus
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND (BNO NEWS) — A young girl on her way to school was stabbed to death Thursday on a bus in the British city of Birmingham, local authorities said,… Read more
