Nocere – Earth Disasters

Even though the mining industry has become safer in Columbia and the conditions have improved, there are still accidents happening.

The latest explosion that has taken the lives of 20 miners, injured 6 and left 12 or more still in the mine has left many not wanting to return to the mines to work.

It is doubtful that the miners that have yet to be brought up out of the mine are still alive.

The explosion happened on Wednesday at a coal mine located in the northeastern part of Colombia.

Columbia is the 5th largest exporter of coal in the world. It is mostly run by large mining companies whose mines are open pit type.

In Andean nation, there are still small mines that have been dug underground. The trouble with this type of mine is it allows methane gas to develop and can eventually cause explosions.

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Domodedovo Airport in Moscow, one of Moscow’s busiest airports was struck by a suicide bomber on Monday. The bomber took the lives of 35 people and injured 180 others. Of the wounded 86 required hospitalization. The other 94 were checked over and treated as necessary.

The bomber entered the low security airport wearing a belt loaded with explosives and metal items. He intended to as much harm and cause as many deaths as possible.

The area of the airport hit was the international terminal.

Witness’s heard the loud explosion of the bomb, but were luckily out of the direct area to be hit. They saw massive amounts of smoke and pieces of bodies and blood scattered everywhere. Survivors in the area were blood soaked. Many had their clothing tore by the pieces of metal that had been placed in the bomb.

Security measures were immediately improved at the other Moscow airports and many transportation areas as ordered by the President Dmitry Medvedev.

The president also canceled his plans to take a flight on Tuesday to Davos. He was planning on telling how Russia is a safe and a profitable place to the world business leaders there.

There was no organization that has taken responsibility for the attack yesterday. It is thought that it could be the work of Chechen activists.

The attack happened at 4:32pm Monday.

There has been no identification of the bomber other then his head was located.

It is suspected that there were 3 people that had a part in the bombing, that were there at a distance to witness the event, then left.

It’s possible that the authorities had prior knowledge of the bombing happening. It is being said that they were told of a bombing this week at an international terminal of an airport.

They searched for people using flashlights in the dark smoke filled area after the blast. Many people were able to exit the area on their own, but others were taken out on stretchers.

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City of Karbala in Iraq has been shocked by two bombs explosive and had slaughtered at least 50 people and injured more than 150. The detonations eventuated on couple ways being adapted by pilgrims taking component in the Shia Muslim joyful occasions of Arbaeen.

Couple of days before, a suicide bomber slaughtered at least three population in the inside city of Baquba – the second deadly criticize in the city in as many days. Violence in Iraq has diminished in recent years, but criticizes continue.

Thursday’s bombings eventuated near police checkpoints chastising the northern and southern openings to Karbala. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are converging on the city from all through the countryside for the Arbaeen joyful occasions, which comes its conclusion subsequent week. It is shadowy whether the criticizes were caused by suicide bombers. At one arises to have been a car bomb. No assembly has said it carried them out, but correspondents say they endure the hallmarks of Sunni militants. The Karbala bombings came hours later an attacker broke higher his motor vehicle into the open police headquarters in Baquba, slaughter three and wounding come seal 30.

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A roadside bomb has  slaughtered  13 civilians in eastern Afghanistan. The indoors ministry said in an assertion that a motorized rickshaw was beat in the morning. The dead include women and children. The criticize took location in Khoshamand locality in Paktika province. It is not known any person who progressed to the criticize, but the paddock on Pakistan’s perimeter is a stronghold of the Taliban and al-Qaeda militants.

The indoors ministry blamed the criticize on “enemies of Afghanistan’s people” – a remark regularly adapted to describe the Taliban. Civilian and military casualties are at stage not supposed for a decade – terminal year more than 2,400 civilians died, with roadside bombs the greatest lineage of casualties,Paktika Governor Mohibullah Samim conveyed the BBC that the criticize took location as families were taking youngsters to a provincial medicinal clinic.

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PARACHINAR, Pakistan – A bomb slashed digression a minibus in a volatile component of northwestern Pakistan on Monday,  slaughter all 19 passengers. The bus was traveling between the cities of Hangu and Kohat not far from Pakistan’s lawless tribal region. Moeslem militants frequently bring out attacks within the frontier against both civilians and protection forces.

Hangu police leader Abdur Rasheed remarked the bomb that spoilt the bus consisted tall explosives, and the fire was specially deadly because the bomb exploded the vehicle’s gas cylinder. Authorities initially idea the gas cylinder independently inflicted the explosion. The explosion blew out the windows of a second minibus neighbor and knocked it onto its side, homicide two civilians and hurting ten others, two of them critically, remarked Rasheed. AP television footage indicated the curly carcass of the former bus laying nearby the route with little deserted except its wheels and undercarriage. The second bus rested onto its side with blood spattered across its roof and hood.

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On Friday, as prayers were about to begin, men were gathered in the bathhouse cleaning up when a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself and 17 others up. It is possible there could be more dead.

There were 23 others wounded in the explosion which happened in Spin Boldak a town located on the Pakistan border.

There was a particular person that the suicide bomber was aiming to take out, a police commander. The bomber succeeded in his mission.

The Taliban has admitted the attack was planned by them.

Most of the people that died, are thought to be civilians, not military members.

There has been other attacks by the militants in Spin Boldak but Friday’s is the bloodiest they have seen in months.

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A Russian jet,  taxing down a snow covered runway as it prepared to take off, caught fire and exploded on Saturday.

The Russian passenger jet had 124 people on board at the time. 3 died at the scene, and 43 others were wounded. Of the wounded, 6 people were severely burnt.

As the fire started on the plane that was on a Siberian runway in Russia, many people hurried to escape the plane before the explosion happened.

One person described the whole thing as very disorderly. Reported seeing panic-stricken people running through the fire trying to escape the jet.

Most were out of the jet before it blew up.

The problem has been narrowed down to an engine problem. The fire started in the engine as the plane began it’s taxing to take flight. The fire resulted in a strong explosion that demolished the Tu-154 jet.

There was a massive ball of fire that spread over 11,000 square feet.

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It is a sad day for people living in the city of San Martin and surrounding area.

In the predawn hours on Sunday, an explosion of a pipe line and fire killed 27 people. 12 of the dead are children.

The fire and explosion followed by two more small blast sent many fleeing from their homes.

Pictures of San Martin and the surrounding area looked like pictures taken in a ghost town. Or out of a horror story. Not homes that people had just recently been sleeping in.

The explosion was from the pipeline. People had been trying to steal crude oil out of the pipeline and caused the explosion plus the small ones that followed.

They apparently lost control of what they doing because of the high pressure inside the pipeline.

It isn’t uncommon for people to try and steal the crude oil. It happens every year.As much as 10 percent of the crude oil is stolen yearly. Then it is illegally transported over the border and sold. There are some companies being sued and some fined due to purchasing the stolen oil.

The fire is under  control now. It is still buring, but only the remains of the oil. There have been no more explosions.

The area hit by the turmoil is without water or electricity at this time.

There were 115 homes burnt, possibly more then 52 people were wounded and another 27 that perished.

President Felipe Calderon has conveyed his condolences to the households who lost loved ones. He has voiced  his support for the wounded and families affected by this disaster.

The president has told of how the federal government will fully support in the investigation of finding the people who did this horrible act and make sure they are brought to trial.

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