A noisy rumble sparked panic at a school outside the Haitian capital Wednesday, killing one student and wounding dozens as jitters remained nearly two weeks after a deadly school collapse, authorities said.

`The accident occurred when a trailer passing by caused a panic. Schoolchildren then rushed towards the exit,` civil protection director Alta Jean-Baptiste told the AFP.

Police will indict 10 former government, airline and airport officials, and seek sanctions for Airbus employees, in Brazil`s worst plane crash that killed 199 people in Sao Paulo in 2007, a top investigator said Wednesday.

Seven people died and one man survived a plane crash Sunday on an island off Canada`s rugged west coast, a rescue center spokesman told AFP.

French police launched a major search and rescue operation Sunday after a solo flyer`s aircraft vanished in the English Channel.

French police launched a substantial search and rescue operation Sunday after a solo flyer`s aircraft vanished in the English Channel.

The toll in one of West Africa`s deadliest road accidents rose to 67 Sunday with the discovery of another body following the crash in Burkina Faso, authorities said, warning it could rise further.

A landslide that swept over part of an upscale development in the Colombian city of Medellin was feared to have killed at least 12 people, authorities said Sunday.

Traffic through the Suez Canal was halted briefly on Sunday after a collision between a Panamanian cargo ship and an Egyptian passenger ferry, a canal official told AFP.

There were no injuries reported in the accident, which happened near the Red Sea entrance of the waterway and closed the canal for just half an hour.

Safety conditions in Romanian mines came under scrutiny Sunday after the country`s deadliest mining accident in recent years left 12 dead and 13 injured.

`This is too big a tragedy not to wonder about the causes,` said President Traian Basescu, who travelled overnight to the scene.

PARIS, Nov 17, 2007 (AFP) - Two firemen died in an overnight fire in Paris when the blazing multi-storey carpark they were fighting to put out collapsed on top of them, police said Saturday.

Matthieu Mercier, 23, was found dead on the scene and his body was removed from under three storeys of concrete debris on Saturday morning.

Ludovic Martin, 21, died in hospital of his injuries early on Saturday morning, despite nine hours of attempts to revive him.

Both were non-commissioned officers in the Paris fire brigade, which is a branch of the military.

ALGIERS, Nov 17, 2007 (AFP) - A gas explosion in an old house in eastern Algeria killed six people and injured another eight Saturday, emergency services said.

The blast levelled the two-storey building in an old quarter of Annaba, 600 kilometres (375 miles) east of Algiers, killing two women, one of them pregnant, a man and three children.

One of the eight injured was in serious condition, the emergency services added.

GOMA, DR Congo, Nov 17, 2007 (AFP) - Seven people were killed and eight injured when a tunnel collapsed on illegal miners digging in workings in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a local official said Saturday.

Dieudonne Tshiku, administrator of the Walikale district, 90 kilometres (55 miles) north of the Nord-Kivu provincial capital of Goma, said local people had pulled the victims out after the collapse happened on Thursday.

He said an investigation had been launched into the accident at the workings operated by the Mining Processing Company.

BEIJING, Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - A fire erupted at a shoe factory in southeast China, killing 37 people in the latest industrial accident to hit the world's fourth-largest economy, officials and state media said Monday.

The blaze at the Feida workshop, located near the city of Putian in coastal Fujian province, broke out at 9:50 pm (1350 GMT) Sunday and was extinguished an hour later, the official Xinhua news agency said.

BEIJING, Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - At least 16 people were killed and 15 injured in a massive explosion at a fireworks factory in southwestern China that also levelled nearby houses, state media reported on Monday.

One person was also missing after the blast which occurred Sunday morning in a remote county of Chongqing municipality, Xinhua news agency said, citing local government sources.

The force of the blast levelled several houses nearby and casualties could rise further as rescuers search through the rubble, the report said.

BEIJING, Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - A fire erupted at an unlicensed shoe factory in southeastern China, killing 37 people in the latest industrial accident to hit the world's fourth-largest economy, officials and state media said Monday.

The blaze at the Feida workshop, located near the city of Putian in coastal Fujian province, broke out at 9:50 pm (1350 GMT) Sunday and was extinguished an hour later, the official Xinhua news agency said.

JAKARTA, Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - About 30 people are believed to be missing after an Indonesian ferry sank off Sulawesi island last week, killing at least 31 people, an official said Monday.

The boat capsized last Thursday when passengers rushed to the roof to pick up a mobile phone signal as it approached the coast, officials have said.

'After synchronising reports from various parties, we have concluded that 30 people are missing after the Acita 03 sank,' said an official at the disaster management centre in Bau Bau, where the boat was supposed to have docked.

BEIJING, Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - Thirty-four people were killed and 21 others injured in a fire at an unlicensed shoe factory in southeastern China, state media reported Monday.

The fire at the workshop, located near Putian city in Fujian province, broke out at 9:50 pm (1350 GMT) Sunday and was extinguished an hour later, the Xinhua news agency said.

Safety and law enforcement officials have launched an investigation to determine what caused the blaze, according to the agency.

BEIJING, Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - Thirty-four people were killed and 21 injured in a fire at an unlicensed shoe factory in southeast China, state media reported Monday.

The fire at the workshop, located near Putian city in Fujian province, broke out at 9:50 pm (1350 GMT) Sunday and was extinguished an hour later, the Xinhua news agency said.

While the injured were being treated at hospital, safety and law enforcement officials launched an investigation into the blaze, according to the agency.

MOSCOW, Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - At least seven people were killed after going down in an abandoned mine in south Siberia, the Russian emergency situations ministry said Sunday, according to the Interfax news agency.

Local officials said 19 people on Friday went down into the mine which had been closed in 1996. Seven left the mine by themselves, three were hospitalised with injuries, one wasfound alive, while seven were found dead and one is still missing.

Ministry officials later said that up to 22 people could have gone down into the mine.

MEXICO CITY, Oct 21, 2007 (AFP) - Recovery efforts continued Sunday for nine victims believed to have drowned when a boat carrying Central American migrants capsized off Mexico's Pacific coast, officials said.

Mexico's navy rescued two survivors and recovered 15 bodies, but another nine passengers remain unaccounted for, officials said.

The mishap Friday came after heavy seas churned tropical storm Kiko, off the coast of southern Mexico.

Officials said the missing were illegal immigrants from Central America.

PARIS, Oct 21, 2007 (AFP) - A foreign truck driver with a forged license faces possible deportation after running over a user of Paris' new self-service bike system, the first fatal crash involving the scheme, officials said Sunday.

The victim, a woman in her sixties, died after being knocked off her rented bike on Thursday night in the southeastern 12th district of Paris.

MOSCOW, Oct 21, 2007 (AFP) - A US-built helicopter crashed in an isolated part of Siberia on Sunday killing four people, authorities were quoted as saying.

The wreckage of the helicopter was found by a forest guard in a wooded region about 400 kilometres (250 miles) south of the city of Kemerovo, news agencies quoted Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman Viktor Beltsov as saying.

The bodies of the pilot and of three passengers were found nearby. None were immediately identified and an investigation was started into the cause of the accident.

VANCOUVER, Canada, Oct 21, 2007 (AFP) - A pilot who died when his light airplane crashed into a ninth-floor suburban apartment was an 82-year old man who had been flying since he was a teenager, police said Saturday.

The six-seater Piper Seneca aircraft ploughed right into the apartment in a densely populated residential suburb of Vancouver just after taking off on Friday, injuring two people inside.

Police said the pilot had more than 60 years of flying experience, having started when he was 18.

MEXICO CITY, Oct 20, 2007 (AFP) - At least 15 people drowned, two survived and nine went missing when a boat carrying Central American migrants capsized off Mexico's Pacific coast, the Mexican Navy said Saturday.

'We have a total of two survivors rescued and 15 bodies recovered,' the Navy said in a statement

Earlier reports said 24 people had drowned when their boat capsized amid heavy seas churned by tropical storme Kiko, off the coast of southern Mexico.

MEXICO CITY, Oct 20, 2007 (AFP) - At least 11 people drowned, two survived and 10 went missing when a boat carrying Central American migrants capsized off Mexico's Pacific coast, Oaxaca state authorities said Saturday.

'Up to now, law enforcement personnel at the Tehuantepec Isthmus have reported picking up 11 bodies and two survivors,' an official statement said.

Earlier reports said 24 people had drowned when their boat capsized amid heavy seas churned by tropical storme Kiko, off the coast of southern Mexico.

VIENNA, Oct 20, 2007 (AFP) - The sudden arrival of winter across Austria Saturday caused a rash of road accidents, killing one elderly man, while one person was reported missing following an avalanche, officials said.

Alpine rescue services were searching for a Hungarian man in the southern province of Styria after he was caught in an avalanche while hiking in the Hochschwab region with altitudes of 1,800 metres (5,900 feet).

MEXICO CITY, Oct 20, 2007 (AFP) - At least 24 people drowned Friday when a boat carrying Central American migrants was wrecked off Mexico's Pacific coast on a route used to head to the United States, authorities said.

'On Friday morning, a boat carrying undocumented immigrants capsized in a zone known as the Dead Sea,' an official with the public ministry of San Francisco Ixhuatan in Oaxaca state told AFP.

'They were boats that usually pass the coast of Oaxaca with Central Americans,' he added. 'Local residents recovered 24 bodies.'

CAIRO, Oct 20, 2007 (AFP) - Twelve people were killed south of Cairo on Saturday when their minibus was in collision with a truck on one of Egypt's most dangerous roads, a police official told AFP.

The minibus driver and 11 passengers on board were killed when they crashed head-on with the truck which was coming in the opposite direction, the official said.

Seven people were also injured in the crash.

The narrow Assyut desert road linking Cairo to southern Egypt is pitted with potholes and the scene of regular accidents.

MEXICO CITY, Oct 20, 2007 (AFP) - At least 24 people drowned Friday when a boat believed to be carrying Central American immigrants sank off Mexico's Pacific coast on a route used to head to the United States, authorities said.

'On Friday morning, a boat carrying undocumented immigrants capsized in a zone known as the Dead Sea,' an official with the public ministry of San Francisco Ixhuatan in Oaxaca state told AFP.

'Local residents recovered 24 bodies,' the official said.

BLANTYRE, Oct 20, 2007 (AFP) - Twenty-six political activists have been killed in central Malawi after a speeding truck carrying 62 people overturned, police and hospital authorities said Saturday.

'So far 26 people have been confirmed dead and 12 are critically injured,' police spokesman for Dedza district Frankiln Gausi told AFP.

Hospital authorities in Dedza also confirmed 26 deaths. A nurse at the district hospital said five people died on arrival at the hospital.

VANCOUVER, Canada, Oct 20, 2007 (AFP) - One person died and two were injured Friday when a light aircraft smashed into a ninth-floor suburban apartment in this western Canadian metropolis, police said.

'There was one fatality believed to be the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft,' said a police statement.

The Piper Seneca, a twin-engine, six-seater aircraft, crashed into the densely populated residential neighborhood of Richmond just after lifting off from Vancouver International Airport Friday afternoon.

MONTREAL, Oct 20, 2007 (AFP) - One person died and two were injured Friday when a light aircraft smashed into a ninth-floor suburban apartment in this western Canadian metropolis, police said.

'There was one fatality believed to be the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft,' said a police statement.

The Piper Seneca, a twin-engine, six-seater aircraft, crashed into the densely populated residential neighborhood of Richmond just after lifting off from Vancouver International Airport Friday afternoon.

MONTREAL, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - A small plane crashed into a building Friday outside the Canadian Pacific coast city of Vancouver, local media reported.

The plane was circling above Richmond, a densely populated suburb of Vancouver, before plunging into a building, CBC television reported.

Several ambulances were at the scene of the crash, but no casualties were immediately reported.

The aircraft had taken off from Vancouver International Airport.

MEXICO CITY, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - At least 24 people drowned Friday when a boat believed to be carrying Central American immigrants sank off Mexico's southern coast on a route usually used to head to the United States, authorities said.

'On Friday morning, a boat carrying undocumented immigrants capsized in a zone known as the Dead Sea,' an official with the public ministry of San Francisco Ixhuatan in Oaxaca state told AFP.

'Local residents recovered 24 bodies,' the official said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - A Malaysian man was killed Friday when a relative mistook him for a wild boar and shot him with a pellet gun, the state news agency Bernama reported.

Ajun Imang Jau, 53, from a village in Sarawak state on Borneo island, was visiting relatives when he was invited on a hunting party by his wife's uncle, the report said.

The uncle later returned to inform the villagers that he had shot Ajun after mistaking him for a wild boar.

BUCHAREST, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - Two people were killed after their helicopter crashed Friday in a forest in south-eastern Romania, authorities said.

The helicopter was on its way to the Black Sea resort of Mamaia when it crashed in a forest in Ialomita county and burst into flames.

The pilot and the passenger died in the fire, the head of the emergency services said.

Police and prosecutors were on site to investigate the causes of the accident and identify the victims.

JAKARTA, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - At least 31 people were killed and 125 rescued after a ferry sank off Indonesia's Sulawesi island in the latest of a series of transport accidents to hit the archipelago nation, officials said Friday.

Residents near the town of Bau Bau on southeast Sulawesi heard survivors screaming and pleading for help after the Acita 03 capsized at about 9:00 pm (1300 GMT) Thursday, ElShinta radio reported.

JAKARTA, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - At least 29 people were killed and 125 rescued after an Indonesian ferry sank in high seas off the island of Sulawesi, officials said Friday.

Residents near the town of Bau Bau on southeast Sulawesi heard survivors screaming and pleading for help after the Acita 03 capsized at about 9:00 pm (1300 GMT) Thursday, ElShinta radio reported.

ElShinta's reporter said 151 people were believed to be on board. Indonesian ferries however are known for carrying more passengers than the number officially registered on their manifestos.

JAKARTA, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - At least 29 people were killed and 125 rescued after an Indonesian ship sank in high seas off the island of Sulawesi, officials said Friday.

Residents near the town of Bau Bau on southeast Sulawesi heard survivors pleading for help after the ship sank at about 9:00 pm (1400 GMT) Thursday, just 500 metres (yards) from shore, ElShinta radio reported.

JAKARTA, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - At least 29 people were killed and scores were missing after an Indonesian ship carrying 151 people sank off the island of Sulawesi, local radio reported Friday.

'There are 29 people dead but there is no information about who they are yet, the number of children, the number of adults,' an Elshinta reporter said, adding that 151 people were believed to have been on board.