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• 20 November 2009: Victims of London jetliner crash sue Boeing
• 20 November 2009: Severe flooding hits Cumbria, England
• 19 November 2009: At least nineteen dead after suicide bomb blast in Pakistan
• 17 November 2009: Rockets kill ten civilians in Afghanistan
• 17 November 2009: 50 dead after ferry in Myanmar capsizes
• 17 November 2009: Family seeks prosecution over loss of UK Nimrod jet in Afghanistan
• 17 November 2009: Four dead after explosion at police station in Peshawar, Pakistan
• 17 November 2009: At least 32 dead after snowstorms in China
• 14 November 2009: Four teenagers killed in car crash in Birmingham, England
• 14 November 2009: Bomb blast kills at least eleven in Pakistan, over twenty wounded

Africa One dead after jet crashes into airport in Rwanda At least twenty dead after landslides in Tanzania At least 25 dead after train crash in Egypt 70 killed after tanker explosion in Nigeria Mortar raid kills 15 in Somalia Asia At least nineteen dead after suicide bomb blast in Pakistan Rockets kill ten civilians in Afghanistan 50 dead after ferry in Myanmar capsizes Four dead after explosion at police station in Peshawar, Pakistan At least 32 dead after snowstorms in China Central America Emergency declared in El Salvador after torrential rains Drug cartel and police shootouts erupt in Mexico Authorities arrest 7 state officials over Mexico childcare centre fire Tourists evacuated following shootout between Mexican army and drug hitmen Dozens of children killed in childcare center fire in Mexico Europe Four teenagers killed in car crash in Birmingham, England Bridge collapse kills at least five in Massana, Andorra Actor Ryan Thomas involved in car crash in Manchester, England Two killed in landslide in Tenerife Man arrested after fatal accident in Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Middle East Two US pilots killed in Iraq after helicopter crash British soldier killed by explosion in Afghanistan Car bombings near Iraq government offices kill at least 130 Suicide bomber attacks Iraqi mosque; twelve dead Suicide bomber at Iraqi funeral kills at least six North America Illinois police departments try to reduce number of road fatalities this year US president Obama honors soldiers killed in Afghanistan 6-year-old boy in Colorado found alive, unhurt after runaway balloon allegedly carried him away Bus driver convicted of killing eleven after falling asleep in California crash Corks fly in wine truck fire in Wyoming, US Oceania Baby survives after stroller hit by train in Melbourne, Australia New 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes South Pacific Death toll from tsunami in Southeast Asia increases Australian offshore drilling rig leaks oil, could take weeks to plug Indonesian court jails Garuda pilot over air disaster South America Massive power failure hits Brazil British pilot dies in plane crash; nine passengers survive 24 error messages sent by Flight 447 False dawn for Air France flight; debris not from crash, search continues Bomb threat delayed an Air France flight to Paris days before Flight 447 crashed

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