81. A gas explosion killed a worker when he was welding a pipeline near the western Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk, an official said Thursday. 82. A railway station worker was killed and two others badly injured in central Ukraine after a train accidentally ran over them, officials said Tuesday. 83. A landslide killed three workers who had been installing safety nets to protect houses from falling stones and mud in western Japan Monday. 84. A sudden rush of nitrogen gas killed three workers and injured four others at a plant that makes equipment for the offshore oil industry, fire officials said Friday. 85. A Syrian worker was killed in southern Lebanon early Tuesday when a land mine accidentally exploded. 86. A vat of molten iron exploded at a factory in western Japan on Sunday, killing three workers and severely burning another, police said. 87. A Swiss aid worker has been killed in Mozambique, the government said Wednesday. 88. A U.N. refugee worker was killed and a second was kidnapped in a raid Sunday in West Africa, officials said. 89. Aid workers have pulled out of that region since June, when six Red Cross workers were killed in a roadside attack under still-mysterious circumstances. 90. An accident Wednesday during construction of a rocket launch facility killed one worker and injured another at a space center in southern Japan, officials said. |