National Survivors of Suicide Day marked
KPAX Missoula
Saturday is National Survivors of Suicide day, recognizing those who have lost a loved one to suicide, and Missoula survivors came together for emotional support.
92 perish in China mine disaster: state media
YAHOO!
The explosion early Saturday tore through the state-run mine in Heilongjiang province, near the Russian border, after a build-up of gas, survivors said. With the main entrance blocked by debris, rescue teams equipped with oxygen tanks were ...
Burn survivors gather in Chapel Hill to celebrate life
News 14 Carolina
More than 200 burn survivors and their friends and family celebrated life on Saturday. Robert Leffer and his family were in attendance. Leffer was discharged from the burn center Nov. 2 after spending more than nine months there in recovery...
Rwanda genocide survivors may boycott U.N. court
AlertNet
Source: Reuters * Genocide survivors may boycott U.N. court over acquittals * U.N. tribunal has convicted 39 of 47 cases heard By Hereward Holland KIGALI, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Survivor groups from Rwanda's ...
Bereaved families gather on National Survivors of Suicide Day
KTUU Anchorage
The University of Alaska Anchorage teleconference provided support for the two types of survivors of suicide: those left behind by loved ones, and those who survived a failed attempt.
China Coal Mine Blast Death Toll Jumps to 87
ABC News
Survivors recounted their harrowing escapes. Wang Jiguo, 35, a miner who monitored gas levels in the shaft, said he suddenly grabbed two other workers near him and started scrambling to the door, shouting: "Run quickly, don't carry anything...
China mine blast kills 92
Stuff
The death toll from China's latest coal mine disaster has reached 92, as hopes dim that more survivors will emerge, after a gas blast at a colliery in the nation's far northeast. Chinese television news said 528 workers were in the mine at ...
Indonesian Ferry Sinks; 29 Dead, Some 240 Rescued
NPR News
Enlarge Associated Press Sinking ferry survivors are seen on board of a rescue ship off Karimun island, Indonesia on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. Rescuers saved more than 240 people aboard an Indonesian passenger ferry that sank Sunday in rough w...
Vigil offers comfort to survivors of suicide
Tribune Chronicle
Violet Kopiak lights a candle Saturday at St. Pius X Church in Warren with her 3-year-old daughter Gianna Decost. She was one of about 30 people taking part in an annual candlelight service for survivors of suicide. Violet was remembering h...
232 rescued from sinking ferry
Channel 4 News
Rescue teams have found nine bodies, including those of two children, and rescued 232 survivors from the Dumai Express 10, said Nurdin Basirun, a local government official. These news feeds are provided by an independent third party and Cha...
Hundreds protest Iranian president's Brazil visit
Daily Oklahoman
About 500 people gathered Sunday for the protest at Rio de Janeiro 's Ipanema Beach. Groups representing gays, Afro-Brazilian artists, Christians, Jews, and Holocaust survivors carried protest banners and a giant cage containing white ballo...
Survivors asked to decorate tree
Tulsa World
The Tulsa County District Attorney's Office is inviting those affected by violent crime to decorate a Christmas tree this holiday season. A tree-lighting ceremony will be 6:30 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Buddy LaFortune Community Center, 5202 S. Hud...
Panel shares stories on National Survivors of Suicide Day
Register-Star
The 11th annual National Survivors of Suicide day was held Saturday across the country with a local event held at the Columbia County mental health building in Hudson.
Indonesian ferry sinks with 260 aboard
CNN
The passenger ferry sank off the Indonesian island of Sumatra Survivors were sighted in life jackets; rescuers dispatched The ferry carries passengers between Riau and Batam island Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- A ferry carrying about 260 pass...
