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NEWS ABOUT: injured

injured stories: 7 news summaries

Injured Vets Seeking Closure Return to Iraq

Operation Proper Exit reveals war's progress to wounded

Oct 15, 09 4:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The military has been aiding injured veterans to return to Iraq to help them find closure and assure them that their sacrifices were worth it. Operation Proper Exit—believed to be the first such program to facilitate vets' return to a battlefield while a war is still in progress—has... More »

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Iraq • veterans • US military • Wounded Warriors • PTSD • Iraq veterans • Iraq war • injured

 41 Women, Kids Die in 
 Kuwait Wedding Blaze 

Guests stampeded to party tent's only exit

Aug 16, 09 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A fire at a wedding near Kuwait City claimed the lives of 35 women and six children today, the BBC reports. Another 60 women and children were also injured as a tent holding the wedding caught fire and caved in over the course of just 3 minutes, causing a brutal... More »

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women • children • wedding • Kuwait • stampede • fire • injured

(Newser) - Casey Aldridge, father of Jamie Lynn Spears’ daughter, was hospitalized following a car crash early yesterday, People reports. The 19-year-old was charged with careless driving after flipping his truck during a Louisiana bachelor party. Police found no evidence of drugs or alcohol, TMZ notes, adding that three of the five... More »

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car accident • celebrity • car crash • Jamie Lynn Spears • Casey Aldridge • hospitalization • injured • bachelor party

 Cairo Blast 
 Kills French 
 Teen, Injures 
 17 Schoolmates 

Tourists targeted in possible Gaza retaliation

Feb 23, 09 2:08 AM CST
(Newser) - A French teenager was killed and 17 others in her visiting school group were injured when a bomb tucked beneath a bench exploded in a bustling Cairo bazaar last night, the Times of London reports. Police later dismantled a second device in a souvenir market. Three suspects are in custody.... More »

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Gaza • Egypt • Cairo • bomb explosion • tourists • Arab Israeli conflict • injured

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 Up to 15 Dead in 
 LA Train Smashup 

Commuter and freight trains collide during rush hour, sparking blaze

Sep 12, 08 7:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ten to 15 people are dead and 70 injured after two trains collided in Los Angeles during rush hour today, the Los Angeles Times reports. At least 10 are critically hurt and dozens are likely trapped after a freight train slammed a Metrolink commuter train and derailed several cars. Firefighters... More »

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Los Angeles • train crash • fatalities • injured

 Chinese Athletes
 Destitute After
 Glory Days 

80% are jobless, injured, or impoverished

Jul 23, 08 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zhao Yonghua was a Chinese national skiing champion and won several gold medals. But now, at 31, she is bedridden from diabetes, exacerbated by overtraining. With no hope of recovery or employment, the former star finally had to sell one of her gold medals to raise money for treatment. As... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • Chinese athletes • gold medal • injured

Nonprofit Builds Free
Houses for Wounded Vets

Mass. group provides 'great ending to bad beginning'

Mar 20, 08 3:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - A nonprofit group is putting up customized homes for badly injured vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Massachusetts-based Homes for Our Troops is building in 20 states, fueled by donated supplies, land, and labor. “When a vet is in need, people come out of... More »

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military • soldier • volunteer • wounded • Iraq veterans • Afghanistan veterans • Iraq war • returning troops • Homes for Our Troops • troops' families • injured

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