Mothers from Central America search for missing kin in Mexico

The mothers knock on the doors of flophouses and morgues. They sift through pictures of prisoners and the dead. Clutching pictures of their own, some from long ago, they ask the same questions, over...

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More than 40 corpses subjected to Sandy’s wrath inside Bellevue Hospital's morgue

Not even the dead could rest in peace during Hurricane Sandy’s merciless rage. More than 40 corpses were subjected to the superstorm’s wrath inside Bellevue Hospital's morgue on Oct. 29. Staff in...

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Kashmir women seek justice in cases of disappeared people

Srinagar, Indian Administered KASHMIR: For over two decades, it has been an endless wait for families in the Indian Administered Region of Kashmir. Missing what they fondly call “their dear ones”...

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Migrants killed by the elements identified by the personal items left behind

TUCSON - On a quest for a better life, migrants south of the border risk it all in their trek into the U.S. Their dreams are often cut short in an attempt to get here. A cultural anthropology grad...

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Disappearances on the rise

Police have reported that the number of disappearances and recovering of bodies is on the rise in the country. According to a report issued by the Police Media Unit, the body of a 25-year-old youth,...

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9 tsunami victims’ remains misidentified, given to wrong families

A Japanese newspaper has uncovered that there was a misidentification of the bodies of nine tsunami disaster victims, and thus returned to the wrong families. Japan’s National Police Agency told the...

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