Small boat sinks off Greek island, 20 migrants drown

A small boat carrying migrants hoping to get to Greece sank near the eastern island of Lesvos early on Saturday, drowning 20 people, Greek police said. The boat had set off from the nearby Turkish...

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Authorities Identify All Victims in Connecticut Shooting Massacre

Authorities have finished the grim process of identifying the dead in the Connecticut shooting massacre at an elementary school that left 27 people dead, including 20 children and the shooter, as the...

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Update: Typhoon 'Pablo' death toll nears 1,000

The death toll from Typhoon "Pablo" is now close to 1,000 while hundreds more remain missing, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Saturday. As of 6 a.m., the...

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Dogs become heroes in Comval rescue efforts

Two Belgian Malinois dogs are proving to be the best help for a 10-man rescue team from Makati and the Philippine K-9 Search and Rescue Foundation who have recovered 28 bodies so far in New Bataan...

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Accident along Masvingo-Beitbridge road kills four, 17 seriously injured

Four people were killed, three of them on the spot, while 17 others were seriously injured after a mini-bus and a commuter omnibus collided head-on near Ngundu growth point along Masvingo -Beitbridge...

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Jenni Rivera's remains returned to U.S. after crash

Jenni Rivera, the Mexican superstar killed in a weekend plane crash, has made her final journey home. The remains of the U.S.-born singer arrived by plane in California from Mexico on Thursday night,...

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Sri Lanka Matale 'mass grave could be a crime site'

Human remains in what appears to be a mass grave unearthed last month in central Sri Lanka could be "the site of a crime", a forensic medical specialist has told the BBC. The remains of nearly 60...

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Thousands homeless in Samoa amid fears Cyclone Evan death toll will rise

Over three thousand people have sought temporary accommodation in Samoa after the country felt the brunt of Tropical Cyclone Evan twice in two days. The category four cyclone caused extensive damage...

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