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Survivor

Europe 7 months ago

Dutch child survivor of Japan's WWII camps breaks silence

"Now I can talk about it without crying," said the Dutch woman who was four when she and her family were captured and held in "horrible" conditions in a camp in Java.

Asia & Pacific 11 months ago

Myanmar quake victim rescued after 5 days as aid calls grow

Rescuers on Wednesday pulled a man alive from the rubble five days after Myanmar's devastating earthquake, as calls grew for the junta to allow more aid in and halt attacks on rebels.

Asia & Pacific 1 year ago

Nobel prize a timely reminder, Hiroshima locals say

With the average age among the roughly 105,000 hibakusha still alive now 85, it is vital that young people continue to be taught about what happened.

Europe 1 year ago

Japanese atomic bomb survivor group Nihon Hidankyo wins Nobel Peace Prize

The group, founded in 1956, received the honour "for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again".

Asia & Pacific 2 years ago

Japan quake toll rises to 62 as weather hampers rescuers

The 7.5-magnitude quake on January 1 that rattled Ishikawa prefecture on the main island of Honshu triggered tsunami waves more than a metre high, sparked a major fire and tore apart roads.

Asia & Pacific 2 years ago

China earthquake death toll rises to 149, two still missing after a week

The epicenter of the quake straddled the provinces of Gansu and Qinghai in an area where many of China's Hui people, a tight-knit ethnic minority characterized by its distinctive Muslim identity, are found.

Archipelago 2 years ago

11 hikers dead after Marapi volcano erupts, survivors found

Mount Marapi, with a peak of 2,891 (9,484 feet) metres erupted on Sunday, spewing an ash tower 3,000 metres into the sky that rained volcanic debris onto nearby villages.

Middle East and Africa 3 years ago

At least 386 dead in Syria after Turkey earthquake

AFP correspondents in northern Syria said terrified residents ran out of their homes after the earthquake hit before dawn near the Turkish city of Gaziantep, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the Syrian border.