Four dead as two trains collide in Bangladesh

DHAKA: At least four people died and 60 were injured when two passenger trains collided at a station just outside the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Wednesday, hospital staff told AFP.

Doctors at one hospital in the Narshingdi district reported four people had died and 26 were being treated for injuries, while another hospital said it had admitted 35 injured. AGENCIES

Heavy rains in Japan kill two, three missing

TOKYO: Heavy rains have killed two women in western Japan and left three people missing, local officials said Thursday, as the weather agency warned of the risk of more floods and landslides.

Police said a woman, 72, had died in a mudslide, a day after the body of a 77-year-old woman was pulled from a river, both in Hiroshima prefecture.

Torrential rains have for days battered western Japan, including Kyushu island, leaving vast areas of farmland flooded. Authorities had issued evacuation advisories for some 300,000 people as of late Wednesday.

Three more people were listed missing Thursday — two elderly women in Hiroshima and an 82-year-old man in neighbouring Shimane prefecture.

The Japan Meteorological Agency forecast up to 50 millimetres (two inches) of rain an hour Thursday, warning of more possible mudslides and flooding.

Last year 25 people died in the same region after torrential rains triggered flash floods and landslides, including one that devastated a retirement home.

Gunmen storm Jinnah Hospital, 8 dead

LAHORE: At least eight people died when armed persons stormed the emergency ward of Jinnah Hospital here, Medical Superintendent said Monday.

According to Geo correspondent, two gunmen entered the emergency ward and opened fire at the injured of Model Town and Garhi Shahi attacks.

According to Geo, three to four guards and attendants are among the dead.

The firing is still underway while police have surrounded the hospital.

87 dead in Polish president’s plane crash

MOSCOW: Eighty-seven people died when a plane flying from Warsaw crashed near its intended destination in the Russian city of Smolensk, Russian news agency reported on Saturday, citing the Russian Emergencies Ministry.

Polish Foreign Ministry says Polish president and wife were on plane that crashed in Russia.

Russian authorities also confirm Polish president”s plane crash.

Army Copter Crashes in Bajaur, 3 killed

Bajaur Agency, Pakistan: Army Copter Crashes in Bajaur, 3 killed, Three people died and 2 were injured when an Mi-17 helicopter crashed in Bajaur. The MI-17 helicopter crashed in Army Nawagai Tehsil. Three people aboard were killed and 2 wounded, the sources said.

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Army Copter Crashes in Bajaur, 3 killed was first posted on October 24, 2009 at 9:27 pm.