Cyclone Nilam: Bodies of three missing sailors found

The bodies of three of the five missing sailors of ship MT Pratibha Cauvery, which was grounded by cyclone Nilam, have been found. One of the bodies was washed ashore near the Chennai harbour while...

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Delay in DNA tests for Baldia factory fire victims

At the only morgue in Pakistan’s largest city lie the blackened remains of 32 people killed in one of the worst industrial accidents in the country’s history, wrapped in white plastic body bags waiting...

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Families await bodies after Pakistan factory fire

KARACHI, Pakistan—At the only morgue in Pakistan's largest city lie the blackened remains of 32 people killed in one of the worst industrial accidents in the country's history, wrapped in white plastic...

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Jnaneswari victims' kin to move court

KOLKATA: Miffed over delay in issuing death certificates, members of 16 families, who lost their kin in the Jnaneswari Express accident on May 28, 2010, are planning to move the court. According to...

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Six Indian ship crew missing after cyclone crash

Rescuers in southern India searched Thursday for six tanker crew that went missing after their lifeboat capsized as a cyclone slammed into the coast overnight, forcing thousands to flee and killing...

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Pinoy among 22 dead in tanker blast in Riyadh

At least one Filipino was killed while ten others were hospitalized in a fuel truck explosion that killed at least 22 people in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Thursday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said....

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OR crime lab helps solve nameless mysteries

In murder investigations, detectives are usually searching for a killer. But in dozens of cases, the mystery also includes unidentified remains. Clackamas County Sheriff's forensic artist, Joyce...

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Families remember missing loved ones

Erlinda Malicdem still remembers the last words her husband, Jimmy, uttered in Filipino before the urban poor leader disappeared on Oct. 8, 1987: “When the time comes, you’ll understand what I’m doing.”...

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