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Criminal International 

Hundreds of Nigerian Schoolgirls Taken in Mass Abduction

February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
children, kidnapping, Nigeria, rescue

Gunmen abducted 317 girls from a boarding school in northern Nigeria on Friday, police said, the latest in a series of mass kidnappings of students in the West African nation.

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Regional 

Cat That Vanished 15 Years Ago Is Reunited With Owner

February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
cats, Los Angeles, pets, rescue

A cat that went astray about 15 years ago has been reunited, older and maybe wiser, with its owner.

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Environment International 

Ape Escape: Indonesian Orangutans Airlifted Back to the Wild

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Indonesia, primates, rescue, wildlife

Borneo’s orangutans have plummeted by more than 100,000 since 1999 amid increasing fatal conflicts with people and their jungle habitat

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Environment International Science 

In Israel, Mayo Provides Miracle for Endangered Turtles

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Disaster, endangered species, food, Israel, oil, rescue, toxic spills

Only a handful of sea turtles survived after a disastrous oil spill blackened most of Israel’s shoreline and reached beaches of neighboring Lebanon.

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Environment International 

Koala Rescued After 5-Car Pileup on Australian Freeway

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia, automotive, rescue, wildlife

A koala has been rescued after causing a five-car pileup while trying to cross a six-lane freeway in southern Australia.

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Environment Health International 

Turkish Man Strikes Up 37-Year Friendship With Swan

February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
birds, rescue, Turkey

An unusual friendship between a Turkish man and a swan he rescued has endured for decades.

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Health International Latest Headlines 

Rescuers in India Digging for 37 Trapped in Glacier Flood

February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Disaster, floods, India, rescue

Rescuers in northern India worked Monday to rescue more than three dozen power plant workers trapped in a tunnel after part of a Himalayan glacier broke off and sent a wall of water and debris rushing down a mountain in a disaster that has left at least 26 people dead and 165 missing.

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Health International Latest Headlines 

9 Workers Found Dead in China Gold Mine Explosions

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
China, explosion, mining, rescue

Chinese rescuers have found the bodies of nine workers killed in explosions at a gold mine, raising the death toll to 10, officials said Monday.

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Environment International Latest Headlines 

Norway: ‘No Longer Hope’ of Finding Landslide Survivors

January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Disaster, dogs, Norway, rescue

Norwegian authorities said Tuesday they “no longer hope to find survivors” of a landslide that swept away homes in a residential area almost a week ago, killing seven people.

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Environment International 

Search Continues for Survivors After Major Norway Landslide

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Disaster, Norway, rescue, Weather

Rescue workers in Norway on Thursday continued searching for 10 people, including children, who are missing a day after a massive landslide struck a residential area near the capital.

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International 

Russian Fishing Trawler Sinks in Barents Sea, 17 Missing

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
rescue, Russia, shipping

A Russian fishing trawler sank Monday in the northern Barents Sea and 17 of its crew are still missing, emergency officials said. Two other crew members have been rescued.

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International 

20 Migrants Dead Off Tunisia After Boat Sinks, More Missing

December 24, 2020December 24, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Africa, immigrants, rescue

About 20 African migrants were found dead Thursday after their smuggling boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe, Tunisian authorities said. Five survivors were rescued and the Tunisian navy is searching for up to 20 others still believed missing.

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Environment Regional 

Motorist Rescued After 10 Hours in Car Buried by Snow Plow

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York, rescue, Storms

A New York State Police sergeant rescued a man stranded for hours in a car covered by nearly 4 feet of snow thrown by a plow during this week’s storm, authorities said.

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International Politics 

Freed Nigerian Schoolboys Welcomed; Calls for More Security

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
children, kidnapping, Nigeria, rescue

Bleary, barefoot, apparently numbed by a week of captivity, more than 300 Nigerian schoolboys, freed after being kidnapped in an attack on their school, were welcomed by the governor of Katsina state Friday.

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Entertainment Regional 

Chihuahua Dog Missing for 5 Years in California Is Found

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
California, dogs, rescue

A Chihuahua dog named Sweet-Pea who went missing five years ago in Southern California has been found and is back home.

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Environment International 

‘World’s Loneliest Elephant’ Arrives Safely in Cambodia

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Asia, Elephants, rescue, zoo

The pachyderm dubbed the “world’s loneliest elephant ” after languishing alone for years in a Pakistani zoo was greeted on his arrival in Cambodia on Monday by chanting Buddhist monks and was then sent on his way to a wildlife sanctuary.

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International 

Jumbo Task: Elephant Hoisted From Deep Well in India

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Elephants, India, rescue

DHARMAPURI, India (AFP) — A wild elephant that fell into a well in southern India was lifted out with a

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Environment International Science 

Quake Toll Rises to 116 in Turkey; Rescuers Finish Searches

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Earthquake, Greece, rescue, Turkey

The death toll in last week’s Aegean Sea earthquake rose to 116 on Wednesday as rescuers in the Turkish city of Izmir finished searching buildings that collapsed in the quake.

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International Latest Headlines 

Turkish Rescuers Pull Girl From Rubble 4 Days After Quake

November 3, 2020November 3, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
children, Earthquake, rescue, Turkey

Rescuers in the Turkish city of Izmir pulled a young girl out alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building Tuesday, four days after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greece and as hopes of reaching survivors began to fade.

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Environment International 

Race to Save Whales in Sri Lanka’s Biggest Mass Stranding

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
marine biology, rescue, sri lanka, whales

Rescuers and volunteers were racing Monday to save about 100 pilot whales stranded on Sri Lanka’s western coast in the island nation’s biggest-ever mass beaching.

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