Beirut, AP/UNB, Aug 07 – Rescue teams were still searching the rubble of Beirut’s port for bodies on Friday, nearly three days after a massive explosion that ripped through Lebanon’s capital, killing about 150 people and wounding thousands.
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Search for Karnaphuli boat capsize missing riders continues
Rescuers are scouring the river on Saturday in search of a woman and her son who had been missing since an overcrowded tourist boat sank on the Karnaphuli River a day ago.
Nepal rescuers search for 7 as avalanche hits hiking trail
Kathmandu, AP/UNB, Jan 21 – Special Nepalese army and government rescue personnel continued searching Monday for four South Korean trekkers and their three Nepali guides missing since an avalanche swept across popular mountain trekking route.
Nepal rescuers search for 7 after avalanche hit hiking trail
Special army and government rescue personnel were searching again on Monday for four South Korean trekkers and their three Nepali guides lost since an avalanche swept a popular trekking route in Nepal’s mountains.
Search for rare species as 1bn Australia flames toll feared
New South Wales, AP/UNB, Jan 18 – Australia’s unprecedented wildfires season has so far charred 40,000 square miles (104,000 square kilometres) of brushland, rainforests, and national parks — killing by one estimate more than a billion wild animals. Scientists fearsome…
Woman offers $7K reward, hires plane in search of stolen dog
Sanfrancisco, AP/UNB, Dec 20 – A San Francisco woman is offering a $7,000 reward and has hired a plane to fly over the city to search for her blue-eyed miniature Australian Shepherd stolen from outside a grocery store last weekend.