The Death Toll for the Great East Japan Earthquake Nuclear Disaster

The Tears of Sanriku (三陸の涙) The Japanese government is many years away from declaring a final death toll for the Great East Japan Earthquake (東日本大震災), which occurred on March 11, 2011. More bodies...

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'Dead' man surprises family by walking into his own funeral - while identical looking murder victim lies in casket

Another example of the risks of visual identification: A family gathering to mourn the death of a relative were shocked to tears and fainting when the deceased man in question pitched up at his own...

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Ogun Accident: NEMA recovers 5 more bodies from river

ABEOKUTA – THE National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) announced Tuesday that it had recovered five more bodies from the commuter bus that plunged into the river on Ijebu-Ode-Ore Expressway on...

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Saitoti ‘may have died before helicopter crash’

A pathologist who examined the bodies of former Internal Security minister George Saitoti and his deputy Orwa Ojode a day after the crash has said the deaths may have occurred before the aircraft came...

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Bus plunges down ravine, kills 14

Rio de Janeiro - A Brazilian bus transportation company says that the death toll in the accident of one of its vehicles has risen to 14. According to Brazil 's federal highway police, with 29 passengers...

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Italy’s disaster management chief quits

The head of Italy’s disaster body, Luciano Maiani, has resigned to protest against prison sentences passed on seven colleagues over the 2009 earthquake in L’Aquila, the BBC reports. Six scientists...

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