Families of missing Kosovo Albanians protest at talks with Serbia

Some 1,000 people protested Saturday in Pristina saying Kosovo should not restart talks with Serbia before it clarifies the fate of more than 1,700 people still missing from the 1999 conflict, Beta...

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Storm death toll in U.S. rises to 109

The death toll in the United States from Superstorm Sandy rose to 109 victims on Friday, as Pennsylvania reported four additional deaths and New York City reported two more fatalities. Mayor Michael...

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Chakwal: Bus accident leaves 6 dead

CHAKWAL: A passenger bus turned-turtle in the wee hours on Sunday killed at least six people and wounded thirty here, Geo News reported. Motorway police said that driver’s reckless driving of the...

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Crew, captain blamed for S Korean ship tragedy

An investigation into the sinking of a South Korean trawler southeast of New Zealand with the loss of 22 lives two years ago has found the captain and crew to blame. The Insung I sank on December...

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Korean War soldier’s body identified after 62 years

A Korean War soldier who went missing 62 years ago has been buried with full military honors in a North Carolina veterans cemetery after his remains were finally identified. The Fayetteville Observer...

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Migrant boat sinks off Libyan coast killing 11, 70 rescued

Italy's coastguard has rescued 70 boat migrants who had spent hours clinging to the hull of a capsized vessel while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Libya. Rescuers have recovered 11...

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Indian scientists devise unique radiation-decontamination wipes

They look like the facial wipes available in the market, but what makes them different is that they are meant to clean off radioactive material from the body during a nuclear disaster. Developed by...

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Mining experts look at Pike River recovery plan

Families of the Pike River disaster victims are hoping a group of international mine safety experts will be able to give its approval to a plan aimed at re-entering the mine. The families have enlisted...

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Bodies of two more sailors handed over to relatives

For the families of the five sailors who perished in Cyclone Nilam, it was finally all over as they received the bodies of their dead kin. While three of the families returned home on Friday night...

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