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  Congo: 38 dead, over 100 missing after ferry capsizes in Busira river

  World | December 22, 2024 11:44 IST

  The officials in Congo have often warned people against overloading and said to take punitive actions against those who violate safety measures for water transportation. In another accident, at least 78 people lost their lives in October when an overloaded boat sank in the country's east.

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  Assam tea estate MD, wife burnt to death by workers demanding salary

  India | December 27, 2012 11:21 IST

  Guwahati, Dec 27: Workers at Tulapathar tea estate in Tinsukia district, 600 km east of here, on Wednesday burnt the managing director Mridul Kumar Bhattacharya to death, while they were violently protesting  non-payent of salaries