City mourns as families bury fire victims

More news on the factory fire in Karachi.. As rescue teams concluded their efforts at the factory in Baldia Town on Thursday, around 40 relatives of the victims deposited their blood samples at hospitals...

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DNA samples being obtained from relatives

KARACHI, Sept 13: With bodies of 82 victims of the Baldia factory blaze still unidentified, the Sindh health department collected around 65 blood samples from the victims’ relatives for DNA analysis...

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Dana Crash: Lagos issues 89 death certificates to victims’ families

Ikeja – No fewer than 89 families of victims of the June 3, ill-fated Dana plane crash have been issued death certificates. Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State disclosed this on Thursday while...

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Death toll rises to 18 as search for bodies called off

KARACHI - The search for the bodies of drowned fishermen of Al-Rahman fishing trawler was called off on Wednesday after the volunteers found two more bodies from the sea, bringing the total death toll...

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Nigeria: 10 Drown, Three Missing in Taraba Boat Mishap

Kano — Ten teenage girls drowned while travelling by canoe to a wedding in Taraba, a region hit by severe seasonal flooding, Red Cross said, yesterday. Three others, who were in the canoe that capsized...

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30 bodies recovered from flood-hit areas in Balochistan

QUETTA: Rescue workers recovered 30 bodies washed away in heavy floods from different locations in the Naseerabad and Dera Murad Jamali districts of Balochistan on Wednesday. The heavy rains triggered...

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