What's going on: 19 killed in panic at German Love Parade music festival

Also: Taliban says missing U.S. sailor is dead; Eastern U.S. battles heat.

Hermann J. Knippertz / The Associated PressCollapsed people get first aid after a panic on this year's techno-music festival "Love Parade 2010" in Duisburg, Germany, on Saturday, July 24, 2010. German police say that 19 people were killed and 342 others injured when mass panic broke out in a tunnel at the Love Parade.

From The Associated Press:

Duisburg, Germany -- The death toll rose to 19 on Sunday and police said that 342 had been injured in a panicked crush of partygoers in an overcrowded tunnel that served as the sole entrance to a German festival billed as the world's largest techno music party.

The tragedy shocked the nation and dominated news coverage on Sunday. Many were wondering how such a tragedy could occur in a country that in recent years has organized much bigger events, such as the World Cup four years ago, that went off smoothly.

This year's organizer of the Love Parade said the event - which was held this year for two decades now - would never be held again.

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