Police use sketches to ID disaster bodies

Facial sketches have helped identify some of the people killed in the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, with 15 people identified since May from sketches drawn by police based on photos of the...

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Flash Flood In Pakistan-Administered Kashmir Kills 13

PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN — Thirteen people were killed on Wednesday when a group of people was washed away by a flash flood in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, emergency officials said on Thursday, raising...

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Toll in bus tragedy rises to nine

The toll in the bus tragedy in West Bengal's Bankura district on Friday rose to nine with recovery of seven more bodies. Police superintendent of Bankura Mukesh Kumar said five bodies, including...

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Deadly bus crash in south Morocco

At least 42 people died when a bus plunged into a ravine in southern Morocco, officials say. More than 20 others are reported to have been injured, some seriously. The bus, travelling between the...

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Death toll in southwest China quake rises to 64

BEIJING - The death toll from two earthquakes that struck in southwestern China has risen to 64, the Xinhua state-run news agency said on Friday, citing provincial authorities. Residents described...

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Fireworks factory blaze in India kills at least 40 people

A massive blaze raged for hours at a fireworks factory in southern India, killing at least 40 workers and injuring 60 others on Wednesday, police said. Some reports put the death toll at more than...

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At least 61 die in Turkey boat sinking

At least 61 migrants including Palestinians and Syrians have drowned after their overcrowded boat sank just tens of metres off Turkey’s western Aegean coast. More than half of them are children. The...

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