Stampede at Indian temple festival kills 109
In Madhya Pradesh on the Sindh River bridge, panicked crowds during the Navaratri Durga festival caused a stampede killing 109 people including 17 children and 31 women. Police faced stone-throwing after using sticks to regain control. over 100 injured were hospitalized. A judicial inquiry was ordered.
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New Delhi
India
Sindh
Chambal
Madhya Pradesh
D.K. Arya
Police
Press Trust of India
Datia
Cyclone Phailin Evacuations Save Lives In India
Behrampur India authorities report mass evacuations for Cyclone Phailin reduced fatalities to 17 initially with final toll rising as remote areas become accessible. Widespread damage to crops and thatch homes, tangled power lines, and flooded towns remain. Officer Amitabh Thakur notes extensive property damage.
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Behrampur
India
Phailin
Orissa
Amitabh Thakur
Tragic Niger boat disaster leaves many missing after capsizing
Kousi Mali-Mah moudou Ibrahim searched frantically for his family as hundreds of passengers were thrown into the Niger River when the boat capsized. By Sunday morning rescuers pulled three of his children from the water and, by nightfall, 43 bodies had been recovered. Officials said the vessel was believed to carry hundreds and that the owner had no complete passenger list, complicating the tally of those missing.
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Kousi
Mali
Mahmoudou Ibrahim
Niger
Hamadoun Cisse
Gunmen abduct seven Red Cross workers in Syria
In northwestern Syria seven aid staff including six ICRC employees and a Syrian Red Crescent volunteer were seized from a convoy near Saraqeb in Idlib province around 11:30 a.m. local time as they returned to Damascus. The attackers fired on four vehicles before kidnapping them, with no nationality details released. The government labeled the attackers terrorists.
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Beirut
Red Cross
Syrian Red Crescent
Syria
Simon Schorno
International Committee of the Red Cross
Damascus
Saraqgeb
Idlib
ICRC
Bashar Assad
Douglas County Marriage Licenses and Divorces Summary
Obade marriage licenses issued in Douglas County list couples including Ishan Shah and Kinjal Amin in Lowell and Anish Singh with Alexandra Blessing in Sunnyvale. Additional licenses feature Vaughan and Dudley in Lawrence, Duvall and Turner, Meyers and Maksimowicz, Powell and Scott, Keller and Johnson-Wanzer, Kirwan and Henry, Altenhofen and France, Isaman and Schaffer, Corbin and Jones, Wheatley and Griffin, Shuck and Hawkins, Vestal and Lankford, Rubow and Abram, Bahret and Mohr, Beard and Bush, Stratton and Ames-Oliver, Richardson and Cloud, Flaherty and Andrews. Divorces granted in Douglas County include Harrell and Harrell, Pem and Pem, Fisher and Fisher, Cook and Cook. Bankruptcies listed for Liberty and nearby addresses include Beauchamp, Parker, Simmons families, McFadden and McFadden. Correction notes a marriage between Flaherty and Andrews was previously entered incorrectly.
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Douglas County
Ishan Sanjeev Shah
Lawrence
Kinjal Piyush Amin
Lowell
Anish Singh
Sunnyvale
Alexandra Marie Blessing
Nicholas Roy Vaughan
Alicia Sue Dudley
Patrick Lindsay Duvall
Heather Marie Turner
Brooke Daniel Meyers
Melissa Marie Maksimowicz
Matthew Leonard Powell
Topeka
Victoria Ann Schaffer
Steven Alan Corbin
Lecompton
Heather Marie Jones
Justin Dalton Wheatley
Elizabeth Frances Griffin
Kirsten Andrew William Shuck
Baldwin City
Rachel Catherine Hawkins
Lenexa
Scott Lee Vestal
Charity Kristian Lankford
Robert Glenn Flaherty
Amy Lee Andrews
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Sonia Gandhi
Congress Party
Obade
Penny R. Harrell
Michael E. Harrell
Ryann Dori Pem
Daniel Grier Pem
William A. Fisher
Tecumseh
Patricia A. Fisher
Concord
Calif
Caroline Elizabeth Cook
Warner Lorraine Cook
Olathe
Liberty Jo Beauchamp
W. 26Th St
Apt
Karen Marie Parker
E. 19Th St
Brian Christopher Jam Simmons
Shannon Kimberly Lyn Simmons
Mississippi St
Kirk Preston McFadden
Brenda Jo McFadden
Road
Eudora
Casey
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