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38 wounded in fire at police headquarters in Egypt

STORY: 38 wounded in fire at police headquarters in Egypt DATELINE: Oct. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:09 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the fire site STORYLINE: At least 38 people were wounded after a huge fire erupted at a security directorate in the Egyptian Suez Canal city of Ismailia in the early hours of Monday, Egypt's Ministry of Health and Population said in a statement. Fifty ambulances rushed to the scene and transferred the wounded to Ismailia Medical Complex. Twenty-four persons suffered serious burns and suffocation, according to the statement. Local civil defense and armed forces were sent to put out the fire, while the cause of the blaze hasn't been verified yet. State-run Nile TV reported the facade wall of the police premises was pulled down by the blaze that reached four floors. All workers in the building were ordered to evacuate until the blaze is contained. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Cairo. (XHTV)

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Freezing weather claims 104 lives in Afghanistan in 2 weeks

STORY: Freezing weather claims 104 lives in Afghanistan in 2 weeks DATELINE: Jan. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views after a snowfall in Kabul, Afghanistan 2. various of countryside views after a snowfall in Jawzjan Province, Afghanistan STORYLINE: Heavy snowfall and freezing weather have claimed 104 lives including children and women in Afghanistan over the past two weeks, spokesman for the Ministry of Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs Shafiullah Rahimi said on Monday. In talks to local media, Rahimi said the 104 people had lost their lives due to heavy snowfall, freezing weather and gas suffocation in Takhar, Badakhshan, Nimroz, Kandahar, Laghman, Ghazni, Uruzgan, Jawzjan, Sari Pul, Faryab, Paktika, Balkh, Samangan, Bamyan and other parts of the country. In cash-strapped Afghanistan where there is no heating system, people often use coal, wood or liquid gas to keep themselves warm, which in many cases claims human live

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Couple dies after falling into pit dug for birthday prank

KAHOKU, Japan - Police investigators on Aug. 28, 2011, probe the site where a 23-year-old man and his wife, also 23, died the previous night after falling into a pit that she and her friends dug as a birthday surprise for the husband on the beach in Kahoku in Ishikawa Prefecture. Hiroki Demura and his wife Risa died of suffocation from being buried with sand after accidentally falling into the pit -- some 2.4 meters in width and 2.5 meters in depth -- together.

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Kin of victims of product-related deaths seek consumer agency

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) meets with relatives of people who died as a result of using defective products or in product-related accidents at the prime minister's office on May 19. Yukiko Joshima (2nd from L), 54, the mother of Hiroyuki Joshima who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in 2005 due to a defective heater, and Yuka Murata (L), 46, whose 7-year-old son died of suffocation in 2007 after eating konjac jelly, presented Fukuda with a petition urging the government to set up a new government agency in charge of consumer affairs.

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Dozens of Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers in West Bank: medics

STORY: Dozens of Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers in West Bank: medics DATELINE: Nov. 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Gaza CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Palestinian clashes with the Israeli soldiers in Kafr Qaddum village near the West Bank city of Nablus STORYLINE: Dozens of Palestinians were injured on Friday during the weekly clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, Palestinian medical sources said. Israeli forces cracked down on anti-land-pillage rallies in villages near the West Bank city of Nablus, injuring some 30 people, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. According to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, Israeli forces cracked down on anti-land-pillage rallies in villages near the West Bank city of Nablus. Some 30 people were injured. Khairy Hunian, a local Palestinian activist, told Xinhua that Israeli soldiers attacked the protesters with rubber-coated rounds and tear gas canisters, causing many cases of suffocation from gas in

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Over 110 female workers fall ill over gas leakage in south India

STORY: Over 110 female workers fall ill over gas leakage in south India DATELINE: Aug. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:34 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of incident place (courtesy of ANI) 3. various of workers admitted in hospital (courtesy of ANI) STORYLINE: More than 110 female workers at an apparel factory fell ill in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh after unidentified poisonous gas leaked inside the factory premises, a local official said on Wednesday. The gas leakage happened in the Anakapalli district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday evening. All the women have been hospitalized and responding well to the medical treatment. "Nearly 112 women were admitted to local hospitals last evening and are fine now. Those affected complained of nausea, headache, cough and suffocation. Some of them are pregnant and they fainted at the factory," a district public relations official said over phone. "The source of the gas leak is not known yet," said the of

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Israeli army forces suppress anti-settlement protest in Jordan Valley

STORY: Israeli army forces suppress anti-settlement protest in Jordan Valley DATELINE: June 7, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:34 LOCATION: TUBAS, Palestine CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of clashes between the Palestinians and Israeli army STORYLINE: The Israeli army on Monday suppressed an anti-settlement protest that started at the occupied West Bank city of Tubas in the northern Jordan Valley, Palestinian eyewitnesses said. The eyewitnesses told Xinhua that the Israeli army fired tear gas toward the protestors while they were carrying Palestinian flags and standing near a military checkpoint east of Tubas. A number of protesters suffered from suffocation due to inhaling tear gas fired at them by the Israeli forces. Members of the press were also assaulted. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tubas, Palestine. (XHTV)

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Kin of victims of product-related deaths seek consumer agency

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) meets with relatives of people who died as a result of using defective products or in product-related accidents at the prime minister's office on May 19. Yukiko Joshima (2nd from L), 54, the mother of Hiroyuki Joshima who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in 2005 due to a defective heater, and Yuka Murata (L), 46, whose 7-year-old son died of suffocation in 2007 after eating konjac jelly, presented Fukuda with a petition urging the government to set up a new government agency in charge of consumer affairs. (Kyodo)

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Black Christmas (2006)

Robert Mann Characters: BILLY LENZ Film: Black Christmas (USA/CAN 2006) Director: Nick Cassavetes 15 December 2006 Date: 15 December 2006

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Boy dies after getting head stuck in China-made electric bed

TOKYO, Japan - A 4-year-old boy in Aichi Prefecture died of suffocation earlier this month after he got his head stuck in an Chinese-made electric reclining bed (shown in this hand-out photo), the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan said Dec. 26. (Kyodo)

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Couple dies after falling into pit dug for birthday prank

KAHOKU, Japan - Police investigators on Aug. 28, 2011, probe the site where a 23-year-old man and his wife, also 23, died the previous night after falling into a pit that she and her friends dug as a birthday surprise for the husband on the beach in Kahoku in Ishikawa Prefecture. Hiroki Demura and his wife Risa died of suffocation from being buried with sand after accidentally falling into the pit -- some 2.4 meters in width and 2.5 meters in depth -- together. (Kyodo)