DNA tests a must

KATHMANDU: With the bodies of the Sita Air Dornier crash victims charred beyond recognition in the fire that engulfed the plane after yesterday’s disaster, forensic experts are finding it tough to...

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Bodies of French climbers killed in Nepal reached Paris

The bodies of four French climbers who were killed in an avalanche on Manaslu peak in Nepal nearly a week ago reached in Paris on Saturday, sources at Charles de Gaulle airport said. The four —...

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Gyari operation: two more bodies found

The dead bodies of two of the soldiers who were buried under an avalanche in the Gyari Sector on April 7 have been recovered on the 176th day of the operation. A total of 140 people—soldiers and civilian—were...

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Kin of Nepali passengers receive bodies

KATHMANDU, Sept 30: The kin of five Nepali passengers who died in Friday´s Sita Air crash received their dead bodies on Sunday. The bodies were identified on the basis of dental data and personal belongings...

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Nepal plane crash victims' bodies may not be released to families for weeks

Officials told The Telegraph it could be more than a month before their bodies are released. Seven British men, Raymond Eagle, 58, Christopher Davey, 51, Vincent Kelly, 50, Darren Kelly, 45, Timothy...

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Nepal ends hunt for climbers missing in avalanche

Nepalese rescuers on Thursday called off a search for three climbers who have been missing since a huge avalanche that killed eight mountaineers at the weekend, presuming them dead. The two French...

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New Mass Grave Found in Bosnia: Victims' Bodies near Cerska, Srebrenica - Likely Bosnian Muslims

27 September 2012 - A mass grave containing remains of nine persons was found during an exhumation in the area of Hajvazi in the Osmici municipality in northeastern Bosnia. Bosnia's Institute for...

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Somaliland: Large-scale Exhumations Started

Thursday 27, 2012 (Saxafi News) - For the first time in 24 years since 1988 people of Somaliland will finally find out the truth on what happened to almost 60,000 people and the Massacre that was inflicted...

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A different outlook of death in Guatemala City

Rodrigo Abd / AP — In Guatemala, which has one of the highest mortality rates in the world and where violence is rampant, burial grounds have transformed into social spaces where relatives and friends...

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9 dead in tanker-bus collision in Nueva Ecija

SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ—Leoncio Pajarillo, 39, was ferrying his wife, Evangeline, 42, on his motorcycle to the city center here to catch a bus for Metro Manila. She was to attend an orientation for an...

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At Least 14 Killed in Nigeria Gasoline Tanker Fire

Police in north central Nigeria say at least 14 people have died after a gasoline tanker caught fire and exploded. The Niger State police spokesman told The Associated Press on Thursday that some...

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One more victim of Arkankergen massacre identified via DNA test

ASTANA. September 27. Experts of German Legal Medicine Institute have identified remains of one more soldier killed on Arkankergen border post in Kazakhstan, two more corpses remain unidentified, Kazakh...

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Seven Britons, five Chinese dead in Nepal air crash: police

Seven Britons and five Chinese are among the dead in a plane crash Friday on the outskirts of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu which killed all 19 on board, according to a revised toll by police. "The...

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Body not found but 58th massacre victim recognized

Although his body has not been found, Reynaldo Momay, a photojournalist from General Santos City, has been formally recognized by the Department of Justice (DOJ) as the 58th victim of the “Maguindanao...

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Maharashtra Bus accident: 18 dead

Many school children are feared dead in Buldhana district, Maharashtra after a bus had fell off a bridge. The state transport bus was carrying the school children along with several other passengers...

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Tests prove Smolensk victims’ bodies were 'mixed up'

The plane crash in Russia that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others back in 2010 may once again stir controversy as two families in Poland discover that bodies they received for burial...

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10 years on, little justice in Senegal shipwreck disaster

ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal (AFP) - Ten years after one of the world's deadliest maritime disasters, relatives of those killed when a Senegalese ship sank in the Atlantic continue to clamour for some kind...

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Vietnam finds mass grave of communist soldiers

HANOI, Vietnam — Farmers have found a grave containing the remains of at least 20 communist soldiers killed during the Vietnam War. Military officer Nguyen Van Phat said Tuesday that the bodies were...

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22 Chinese coal miners trapped in accidents

Efforts to rescue a total of 22 miners, who were trapped following three separate accidents in different parts of China, continued on Monday. Eleven people were trapped after a fire at Longshan Coal...

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Nepal avalanche hit climbers as they were sleeping

KATMANDU, Nepal -- Mountaineers who survived a pre-dawn avalanche high on the world's eighth-tallest peak say they waited an hour for the sun to come up and then saw pieces of tents and bodies of...

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15 persons still missing, believed to be buried under landslide debris

Family members of the 15 ‘missing’ victims of the Ukimath cloudburst are still hopeful that their dear ones may return home someday. The Rudraprayag district administration, has however, apparently...

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Flash floods and landslides kill 21 in Sikkim

GANGTOK: At least 21 bodies, including those of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) personnel, have so far been found while eight persons are still missing...

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9 climbers killed, 6 missing in Nepal avalanche

KATMANDU, Nepal - An avalanche swept away climbers on a Himalayan peak in Nepal on Sunday, leaving at least nine dead and six others missing, officials said. Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar...

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Remains of Russia fire victims handed to families

Families of fourteen Vietnamese workers who had died almost two weeks ago in a fire erupting about 114 kilometers from Russia’s capital Moscow received Sunday the victims’ bodies and ashes at the Noi...

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YouTube unearths 50's plane crash

The 60-year-old wreckage of a Second World War-era bomber in the mountains above Metro Vancouver prompted a search by RCMP for human remains. Mounties in Pitt Meadows, BC, received a call about human...

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7 die, 5 still missing as boat sinks off Bongao

Seven people drowned – three of them children – while five others were still missing as of press time as passenger boat sank off Tampat Point, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi Wednesday morning. Coast Guard Zamboanga...

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Families give DNA to ID gas fire victims

DOZENS of grieving Mexicans have lined up to give DNA samples to help authorities identify 22 relatives who died in a gas plant explosion. The inferno at a gas distribution centre owned by state-run...

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Update Mexico pipeline fire: Toll rises to 29

The death toll in a pipeline fire at a distribution plant near the U.S. border has risen to 29, Mexico’s state-owned oil company said Wednesday. At least 46 others were injured, and more might be missing....

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Paternity Testing: 50% Nigerian first born children belong to other men – Expert: incidences recorded at Dana investigation

Geneticists claim rising cases of deceptions, infidelity and adultery among couples have made the need to popularise Deoxyribonucleic Acid testing otherwise known as DNA test inevitable, BUKOLA ADEBAYO...

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Polish family claims Russia 'mixed up' remains of Smolensk victims

Anna Walentynowicz, who as the forefront of the Solidarity movement in its struggle against communist rule, died along alongside Lech Kaczynski, the then Polish president, and 94 others when their...

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15 Die in Southwest Nigeria Truck Crash

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Police in Nigeria's southwest say at least 15 people have died in a crash involving two trucks and many other vehicles. Ogun state police spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi said Wednesday...

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Boat capsizes in Bihar, 10 people feared drowned

Patna, September 19: Ten people were feared drowned when a boat carrying about 25 people capsized in Punpun river near Karwa village in Arwal district on Wednesday. While 15 people swam to safety,...

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Nine more dead bodies recovered from flood areas

QUETTA: The destruction by unprecedented floods is continuing in Jaffarabad, Naseerabad and Jhal Magsi districts of Balochistan as 9 more dead bodies have been recovered, rising the death toll to 108,...

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18 killed in road accident in Rajasthan

Jaipur, Sep 18 - Eighteen people were killed while at least 11 others were injured when four vehicles collided in Rajasthan’s Pali district Tuesday, police said. Local residents placed the bodies...

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10 dead; 49 injured in Reynosa Pemex refinery explosion

Ten people died and 49 were injured in an explosion Tuesday at a Pemex refinery on the outskirts of Reynosa. Mexican firefighters and emergency personnel are working to suppress a fire in the Petroleos...

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