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# dead - Thursday 16 May, 2013
Suicide bombing targets NATO convoy in Kabul
At least 15 people have been killed and dozens wounded in the attack in the Afghan capital.
# dead - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
At least 32 dead in Iraq bombings
11 bombings struck Baghdad, as well as the cities of Kirkuk and Tarmiyah.
# dead - Monday 29 April, 2013
# dead - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
Pedestrian dies after being hit by lorry in Monaghan
The incident happened on Main Street, Castleblayney at around 12.50pm this afternoon.
# dead - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
Syrian missiles kill at least 141 in Syria
At least half of those killed were children when the Syrian military fired at least four missiles into the northern province of Aleppo last week.
# dead - Monday 18 February, 2013
Road deaths up by 23% compared to the same time last year
The Road Safety Authority said they are alarmed and concerned about the figures.
US country singer Mindy McCready dies of apparent suicide
The 37-year-old was found dead on the porch of a house in Heber Springs, Arkansas yesterday afternoon.
# dead - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
Eye-witnesses did ‘all they could’ for victims of Longford DIY store accident
Two men died and four others were injured when the nine metre high internal wall collapsed and fell on them.
# dead - Friday 21 December, 2012
Four dead, including gunman, in Pennsylvania shooting
Three state troopers were also injured in the incident which left three men and one woman dead.
# dead - Thursday 20 December, 2012
Man, 69, dies in Letterkenny house fire
The fire broke out at about 9.30pm last night at a cottage in Glenkeogh.
# dead - Sunday 2 December, 2012
Fifteen killed in Syria car bombing
Straight after the attack, hundreds of people began to protest against President Bashar al-Assad, according to activists, as some blamed the regime for the attack.
# dead - Friday 23 November, 2012
Two killed, dozens injured in 140 car pileup in Texas
Almost 90 people were brought to hospital with around 12 of them believed to be in a critical condition.
# dead - Friday 19 October, 2012
15 wedding guests killed in roadside bomb in Afghanistan
The passengers were on their way to a wedding in northern Afghanistan when the bomb went off.
# dead - Monday 10 September, 2012
9 people who were pretty sad about the Queen’s corgi dying
The news of Monty’s passing yesterday has hit some a little hard….
# dead - Saturday 8 September, 2012
80 dead in China as premier visits earthquake zone
Over 700 people were injured when twin tremors struck the southwest of the country yesterday
# dead - Thursday 16 August, 2012
Police open fire on striking miners in South Africa
A number of people were shot and injured in the incident, which occured as striking workers gathered near the Lonmin PLC platinum mine this afternoon.
# dead - Monday 6 August, 2012
23 football supporters killed in bus crash following Angolan premier league match
The Kabuscorp supporters were travelling home following their team’s 2-0 defeat.
# dead - Sunday 5 August, 2012
UN staffer shot dead in Sudan
The driver was killed when his vehicle was attacked by two assailants.
# dead - Monday 23 July, 2012
Obama cries with relatives of movie massacre victims
Meanwhile, suspect James Holmes is to appear before a US court for an initial hearing this morning.
# dead - Wednesday 18 July, 2012
Bashar Assad’s brother-in-law killed in Damascus suicide bombing
A suicide bombing targeted the national security headquarters in central Damascus with Syrian state TV reporting that Defence Minister General Daoud Rajha was also killed.
# dead - Sunday 15 July, 2012
Young girl “shot in front of her home” in Iraq
Gun and bomb attacks north of Baghdad have left a five-year-old girl dead and 10 others wounded.
# dead - Tuesday 12 June, 2012
Olympic boxing legend Teofilo Stevenson dies aged 60
The Cuban, one of only three fighters to win gold at three different Games, has passed away after suffering from heart disease.
# dead - Thursday 3 May, 2012
#RIPTriggs: 6 pics of Roy Keane and football’s most famous dog
We thought he died in 2010, but Roy Keane said this morning that his legendary labrador Triggs only passed away recently.
# dead - Thursday 22 March, 2012
Gunman in Toulouse standoff “filmed killings”
Mohamed Merah (24) was involved in a stand-off with police in Toulouse since yesterday. He is believed to have killed four people outside a Jewish school and three soldiers.
# dead - Thursday 1 March, 2012
School teacher shot dead by pupil in Iraq
The school teacher was shot dead by a student who then turned the gun on himself in the calssroom, eye-witnessess said.
# dead - Friday 24 February, 2012
Dolphin and seal found dead on Waterford beach
The animals had injuries consistent with gunshot wounds – just days after two other seals were found shot dead on the same beach.
# dead - Friday 10 February, 2012
Man shot dead in Buncrana named as Andrew Allen
Gardaí have made an appeal for information from anyone who may have seen anything unusual in the Links View Park area of Buncrana or Ballybone, Fahan last night.
# dead - Saturday 31 December, 2011
State of Emergency declared in Nigeria
The president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, declared a state of emergency in certain areas of the country following an attack that left 39 dead on Christmas Day.
# dead - Sunday 18 December, 2011
More than 440 wounded during clashes in Egypt
Military police have been shown in video footage dragging women by the hair, even stripping the shirt off one veiled woman, and ferociously beating, kicking and stomping on protesters.
# dead - Monday 14 November, 2011
Springbok international Solly Tyibilika shot dead – reports
The former South African flanker was killed in a shooting in a Cape Town bar yesterday, according to reports.
# dead - Tuesday 11 October, 2011
Respiratory failure is the official cause of Steve Jobs’s death
The death certificate listed Jobs’s occupation as a high-tech entrepreneur.
# dead - Tuesday 26 July, 2011
Amy Winehouse’s family and friends attend her funeral
Winehouse’s father, Mitch, ended his eulogy with the words “Goodnight, my angel, sleep tight. Mummy and Daddy love you ever so much.”
# dead - Tuesday 16 November, 2010
Man arrested after mum, her two children and friend found dead
Second family tragedy in Munster as two children – aged 1 and 3 – are stabbed to death.
# dead - Tuesday 5 October, 2010
Rugby legend Moss Keane dies at the age of 62
Tributes flow in as the Munster legend succumbs to cancer.
















































