Russian Mine Blast Kills 38
All the miners in a Russian coal mine when methane gas exploded Thursday morning have been accounted for, with 38 dead and seven injured.
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Blast Hits Russia-EU Gas Pipeline
An explosion in Ukraine on Monday knocked out of service one of the main pipelines exporting Russian natural gas to the European Union, but was not expected to affect supplies, officials said.
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May 8, 2007Safety Systems Disabled Before Lethal Coal Mine Blast
A system designed to prevent miners working in unsafe conditions was knowingly switched off before a gas blast at a Russian colliery that killed more than 100 miners last month, the Reuters news agency reported quoting official statement by the state safety watchdog.
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April 17, 20072 Dead as Blast Hits School in Latvian Capital
A gas explosion in a cafe in a school building in the Latvian capital Riga killed two people and injured one on Monday, the DPA press agency reported on Monday quoting rescue officials.
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March 26, 2007Police Arrested 6 Suspected in St. Petersburg McDonald’s Blast
Police have detained six suspects in last month’s bomb attack in a fast food McDonald’s restaurant in Russian city of St. Petersburg, RIA Novosti reported Thursday.
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March 22, 2007- Posted in: Russia, St. Petersburg, Politics, Russian Youth, McDonalds, Extremists, Blast
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British Citizen Among Victims of Russian Coal Mine Blast
A British citizen was among dozens of people killed in a gas explosion at a remote Siberian coal mine, Telegraph.co.uk reported March 20. Total number of victims of the deadly blast is currently 106 people, at least a dozen have not been found yet.
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March 21, 200797 Dead, 13 Missing in Siberian Coal Mine Blast
Death toll in Russian Siberian coal mine explosion reached 97 on Tuesday morning and rescuers desperately toiled to save 13 miners still trapped in the mine, the Reuters news agency reports.
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March 20, 2007Blast Rips Through Siberian Coal Mine
According to Russian emergency officials an explosion occurred in a Siberian coal mine on Monday, no casualties have been reported yet.
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March 19, 2007Russian Gas Specialists Wounded in Algerian Bomb Attack
One Russian citizen was killed and another injured in a bomb explosion in Algeria, Russia’s foreign ministry said Sunday.
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March 4, 2007Russia Condemns Baghdad Terrorist Attacks
Russia’s Foreign Ministry condemned Thursday a series of terrorist strikes in the Iraqi capital earlier in the day, which left more than 150 people dead and some 300 wounded.
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