Approximately 28 people disappear daily in Italy

An interior ministry commission report released on Wednesday on disappearances in Italy said that 28 people go missing daily throughout the country. The figure is 10% higher than 2011 numbers. Since...

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3 more bodies recovered from Gayari

ISLAMABAD: Due to continued efforts by the Pakistan Army, three more bodies of soldiers were recovered from Gayari Sector of Siachen on Wednesday, bringing the total number of bodies recovered so far...

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130 missing in Rohingya boat sinking, say police

About 130 people are missing after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees who were headed for Malaysia sank off Bangladesh, according to Bangladesh police and a Rohingya advocacy group on Wednesday. Hundreds...

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Why dead body management in disasters matters

Dead body management is a key element of disaster response: How corpses are dealt with can have a profound impact and long-lasting effect on the mental health of survivors and communities, say experts....

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'Celebratory' gunfire at Saudi wedding brings down electricity cable killing 23 women and children

More than 20 women and children have died and dozens others were injured when traditional celebratory gunfire at a Saudi wedding brought down an electric cable causing a fire to break out. A total...

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Prosecutor confirms second burial mix-up of Smolensk victims

Military prosecutors have confirmed that the last president of Poland's Cold War-era government-in-exile was laid to rest at the wrong site following the 2010 Smolensk air disaster. According to...

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Two Baldia fire victims identified

Two more victims of the Baldia factory incident were identified on Tuesday. DNA tests confirmed the identities of Rafaqat Liaquat, a resident of Ittehad Town, and Shahbaz Mohammad, a resident of Baldia...

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Bahawalpur road accident leaves 26 dead

BAHAWALPUR - A passenger van crashed into a pick-up truck at a busy highway intersection near Bahawalpur on Tuesday, leaving 26 people, including women and children, dead. Sohail Tajik, Bahawalpur...

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Hurricane Sandy kills at least 18 in New York

At least 18 New Yorkers were killed during superstorm Sandy -- including an off-duty cop who drowned in his basement while rescuing his family. And the toll could still rise: two little boys, ages...

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Lagos Boat Mishap: Missing Bodies Recovered

Hours of thorough search of the Imude community lagoon, Otto-Awori Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Lagos, has paid off as the remaining three bodies out of the 10 that drowned in a boat mishap...

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Hurricane Sandy knocks down tree, turns up skeleton

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — In addition to being one of the more devastating storms ever to hit the east coast, Hurricane Sandy can now be counted as a gravedigger. The storm knocked a tree down in New Haven,...

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Hurricane Sandy forces coffins of the dead to rise up from the ground

After having leveled huge swathes of New York City and the East Coast as it rampaged through the region on Monday night, superstorm Sandy inflicted a final indignity as it caused coffins to rise from...

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