Action urged over building deaths
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The government holds a summit in an attempt to take action over the number of deaths on building sites.
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Councils are urged to improve housing services for people with long-term illnesses or disabilities.
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United Nations experts called on governments around the world to build early-warning systems that can cut death tolls from natural disasters like the Indian Ocean tsunami that has killed nearly 40,000.
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PM launches drive to avert 200,000 deaths a year in new attempt to regain initiative from Tories
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City ladder trucks should never roll without at least four firefighters onboard and protective gear should be updated, a panel recommended Wednesday in response to a furniture store inferno that killed nine firefighters.
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Inquest into death of baby burned when a heating system exploded criticises lack of government warning
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&quot;Our latest data shows 16 dead with most of them killed after their houses collapsed on them. This. He said the quake damaged more than 600 houses, six schools, several churches and mosques.
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The World Health Organization on Thursday called on governments to improve air quality in their cities, saying air pollution prematurely kills two million people a year, with more than half the deaths in developing countries.
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The deaths of four cyclists prompt an MP to urge greater safety measures in a Westminster debate.
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A bill to create an independent panel of experts and municipal workers to probe child-care deaths was introduced into the City Council yesterday as lawmakers move to tackle the rising fatality rates.
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A committee of MPs and peers warns the numbers of deaths in custody have reached "shocking levels".
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Government safety regulators are considering a new fire safety standard for mattresses that officials say could save hundreds of lives a year.
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Â· Work pressures 'reduced woman to despair' Â· Coroner urges rule makers to consider effects on staff
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The mother of a boy killed in a school bus accident calls for more action to ensure school transport safety.
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BEIJING  Construction deaths  Twenty-nine electrical construction accidents claimed the lives of 72 people in the first 10 months of this year, the State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) reported yesterday.  Fifty-one of them died in 11 major accidents.
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As damage to homes hit by the London tornado is assessed,  an MP calls for government help.
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City Council leaders yesterday pushed a bill that calls for a new panel to review and log all child fatalities in the city. The Child Fatality Review Advisory Team would