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# casualties - Sunday 2 June, 2013
Column: The victims of the Troubles were not ‘collateral damage’ and they deserve justice
The introduction of a bill that would ban people convicted of serious offences from being appointed as a special advisor to a minister in Northern Ireland has raised more serious questions: who are the victims of the Troubles – and have we forgotten them?
# casualties - Sunday 5 May, 2013
1 dead, 49 injured as ‘toxic chemical’ train derails in Belgium
The freight train was carrying highly toxic chemicals when it derailed and exploded.
# casualties - Sunday 17 March, 2013
10 years on, Iraq War said to have cost at least 112,000 civilian lives
Including combatants on all sides and as-yet undocumented civilian fatalities that figure could be as high as 174,000, according to the Iraq Body Count organisation.
# casualties - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
18 injured in toxic gas leak in Co Down
The Fire and Rescue Service said a toxic substance became unstable on board a vessel at the harbour. A 50 meter cordon has been put in place in the area.
# casualties - Tuesday 29 May, 2012
Qatar launches investigation into fatal mall fire
Thirteen children and six adults, including two firefighters, were killed in yesterday’s blaze.
# casualties - Sunday 29 April, 2012
One dead and dozens injured as heavy winds tear through beer tent in St Louis
‘All hell broke loose’ as heavy gusts and lightning strikes led to multiple injuries for sports bar patrons in Missouri.
# casualties - Wednesday 29 February, 2012
More injury woe for Dubs as two more ruled out
Anthony Daly has penciled Liam Rushe and Peter Kelly onto the end of a long injury list.
# casualties - Sunday 30 October, 2011
Gaza militants offer ceasefire as attacks continue
Ten people have died this weekend in some of the worse violence in the area in months.
# casualties - Thursday 11 August, 2011
Taliban forces who downed US helicopter ‘killed by air strikes’
The US military says the insurgents who killed 38 US and Afghani troops have themselves been killed by F16 fighter jets.
# casualties - Sunday 7 August, 2011
Killed US troops ‘were from unit which took out Osama bin Laden’
Members of the now-famous Seal Team 6 were among 38 people killed when insurgents shot down a helicopter in Afghanistan yesterday.
# casualties - Saturday 25 June, 2011
Libya claims NATO has killed more civilians
Libyan state media says a NATO airstrike has killed 15 people after hitting a restaurant and a bakery.
# casualties - Sunday 19 June, 2011
Civilians killed in NATO airstrike, says Libyan government
NATO has described Libyan government figures as “pure propaganda”, but admits to mistakenly striking rebels on Thursday.
# casualties - Friday 25 March, 2011
More than 65 killed after earthquake strikes Burma
Around 111 people reported to be injured in quake, which caused buildings – including monasteries – to collapse.































