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There were a total of 75 shark attacks worldwide in 2011, including 29 in the U.S. At Surf Beach, northwest of Los Angeles, warning signs were put up after a surfer was attacked.

Fifa demands a full report into the violence at a match in Egypt which has left more than 70 people dead and over 1,000 injured.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources investigated 20 incidents involving injured hunters in 2011, virtually unchanged from recent years, but there were no hunting-related deaths in 2011, down from a single fatality last year.

State wildlife officials say two people have died in hunting-related incidents but overall the 2011-12 season has had a safe start.

Authorities won't prosecute a Florida man in the deaths of his mother and sister in a 2008 boating crash on the Alabama coast.

Bangkok, Nov 3 The government of Thailand recommended total evacuation at eight of the 50 city districts because of the floods, so far blamed for at least 437 deaths.

Nepal's government says a footbridge over a river gorge has collapsed as dozens of people were crossing it and three plunged 50 feet to their deaths.

This July 10, 2011 file photo shows competitors swimming in the Seine River during the Paris Triathlon competition in Paris.

The deaths of 36 ice hockey players in a plane crash in Russia is described as an "irreparable loss" for the sport.

The Orlando Sentinel reports the high school teacher had a large cut on his head, apparently from hitting the sea floor.