Dutch trucker charged in 58 deaths of illegal immigrants
Prosecutors charged Perry Wacker, a Dutch truck driver, with 58 counts of manslaughter after 60 Chinese illegals suffocated in an airtight truck compartment at Dover. He faces smuggling counts and will appear in Folkestone magistrates court amid a widening smuggling investigation linked to racketeers and a global hunt.
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Australia hostel fire kills eight
A pre dawn fire at a hostel in Childers 130 miles north of Brisbane killed at least eight. About 70 people were evacuated by hydraulic platforms, nine were treated for smoke inhalation, and eight bodies were recovered as investigators searched the ruins for a cause.
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Letter to Putin costs student school honors
A Russian teen lost high school honors after writing a letter to President Putin asking for a video camera for her graduation. The Kremlin reportedly intervened, sending a camera to Anya Provorova just before the weekend ceremony.
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