Tag: aljazeera
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Four siblings reunited with relatives after Colombia plane crash
Four children found alive after 40 days in the Colombian jungle have been reunited with their relatives. The eldest sibling is 13, the youngest, just one year old. Colombian President Gustavo Petro said they survived like ‘children of the jungle’. Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti reports from Bogota, where the youngsters are recovering in hospital. –…
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Four children found in Colombian jungle 40 days after plane crash
Four children have been found alive, 40 days after the plane they were travelling in crashed in the Colombian rainforest. The single-engine plane they were flying in crashed into the jungle in the southern Caqueta province of the Amazonas region on May 1. People in Colombia are calling their survival “a miracle”. Al Jazeera’s Alessandro…
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Colombia plane crash: New clues in search for missing children
Colombia’s army says it has found new clues in the search for four Indigenous children who appear to have survived a plane crash last month. The group includes an 11-month-old baby. They were on board a small plane that crashed in the southern Caqueta province. Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti reports from Bogota, Colombia – Subscribe…
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Art thieves, child soldiers and the looting of Southeast Asia’s priceless antiquities | 101 East
Watch Part 1: Since the 19th century, thousands of ancient artefacts have been looted from Asian countries, ending up in Western museums and private collections. Now archaeologists, activists, internet sleuths and lawyers are joining forces to hunt down the priceless stolen artefacts and have them returned home. Investigators from Cambodia and Thailand to the United…
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More than 30 people killed in mass shooting in Thailand: Police
More than 30 people have been killed in a mass shooting at a children’s day-care centre in a northeastern province of Thailand, a police spokesperson said. Victims included both children and adults, police said in a statement on Thursday, adding that the gunman was an ex-police officer and a manhunt was underway. The prime minister…
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‘No visible wounds’: 22 people found dead in South Africa bar
At least 22 young people were found dead at a nightclub under mysterious circumstances in a township in South Africa’s southern city of East London. Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana said on Sunday police were alerted by members of the public to the incident at Scenery Park. “The circumstances under which they died are under investigation,” Kinana…