Around a hundred people in northern Myanmar was killed by a landslide. Which took place near a jade mine. Most victims are probably people in mountain garbage were searching for small pieces of gemstone.
At least 75 people in northern Myanmar was killed by a landslide. Which took place near a jade mine. Most victims are probably people in mountain garbage were searching for small pieces of gemstone.
Afghanistan want the Taliban to prevent smuggling the precious stone lapis lazuli and to earn money. The government therefore private scholarship for selling the stone, which for thousands of years is traded from the Hindu Kush mountain range in the northeast of the country.
A group of eminent Indians wants to file a lawsuit to get one of the largest diamonds in the world back in India. The diamond is worth an estimated 140 million and called Koh-i-Noor, or Mountain of Light. Small detail : the diamond is part of the British crown jewels and is partly worn by Queen Elizabeth at her coronation in 1953.
After two snowy winters and dry summer camps municipalities in the Bavarian Forest with a lack of drinking water.
The earthquake that struck Monday the rugged border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan was the strongest in 66 years. The death toll so far amounts to about 180. They were mainly on the Pakistani side of the border. The earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 was felt from Kabul to Islamabad and New Delhi.
The death toll from the earthquake in northeastern Afghanistan runs Monday quickly. According to the newspaper The Times of India, there have been counted 180 deaths, 147 in Pakistan and 33 in Afghanistan. A thousand people were injured, reported the authorities.
An exercise with a gondola in the mountains of Bavaria has turned into a real disaster. A 48-year-old man when he came to life 14 meter depth occurred to when switching from one to the other gondola. The man with serious injuries was taken to a hospital where he later died. That has provided the Bavarian police Monday.
The United Nations existed seventy years. Which is celebrated worldwide on October 24 by exposing 180 sites in more than fifty countries in the official blue of the UN. The Peace Palace in The Hague in the Netherlands the blue object. Which announced the UN.
No fewer than 65 have several hundred war- separated Korean couples have to wait for a reunion and after three days it was already over.
One by the US Air Force bombed hospital MSF in Afghanistan has again become corrupted. This time it is the fence around the hospital rammed by an army vehicle with American soldiers. It is a misunderstanding , said the US Department of Defense Monday .
On the Indonesian island of Java on Sunday at least seven mountaineers were killed when they found themselves in a sudden occurrence of forest fire. The boss of the security forces announced on Monday that five bodies were found Sunday and Monday another two . Two more people are missing. The casualties and missing all come from Indonesia .
The Spanish authorities are in their stomach with a mountain tires. In a residential location north of Toledo are five million tires. 90,000 tons of rubber have been dumped since 2002 and cover an area of 117,000 square meters.
The summit of Mount Everest for the first time in a long time achieved by anyone. A 33 -year-old Japanese man who made a desperate attempt to climb the mountain , Sunday return empty-handed to the Nepalese capital Kathmandu. Since no other climbers have registered for the rest of the year , the top is first removed by anyone since 1974 .
