At least 24 migrants dead after boat capsizes in Aegean Sea off Turkey’s coast

At least 24 people drowned early Wednesday after a boat carrying illegal immigrants trying to reach Europe capsized off western Turkey, local media reported. The speed boat carrying 30 illegal migrants...

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India: 2 killed, over 40 feared drowned as bus falls into canal

Two passengers were killed and at least 42 feared drowned after a Punjab roadways bus fell into a canal near Sirhind in Fatehgarh Sahib district of Punjab in the wee hours today, police said. The ill-fated...

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Nine unidentified bodies on Delhi streets everyday: govt data

An average nine unidentified bodies, largely of drug addicts and beggars, are recovered from the streets of the national capital every day. According to a recent data of the National Crime Records...

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10 children dead in school bus accident in India

At least 10 children died in an accident Tuesday morning in Rajasthan and another 20 are in hospital after their school bus collided with a truck on a national highway in the district of Ganganagar...

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17 killed in Pakistan bus accident

At least 17 people have been burned to death in northwest Pakistan when a gas cylinder exploded on a bus after it collided with a truck. The bus was carrying passengers to the city of Bannu when...

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Italian bus crash: mass funeral for the 39 victims of the Italian bus disaster

Thousands of mourners packed into a sports hall today for a mass funeral to commemorate the 39 victims who died in the Italian coach disaster. Prime Minister Enrico Letta joined an estimated 4,000...

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8 Killed, 5 Missing in Floods in East Indonesia

Rescuers have found eight dead bodies and are searching for five others reported missing as floods hit Ambon, capital of Maluku Province in eastern Indonesia, local official said on Tuesday. The...

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Four refugees found dead after sea search in Greece

The bodies of four drowned refugees were found last Friday on a beach on the holiday island of Kos, Greece, after a boat carrying immigrants illegally into the country from nearby Turkey was reported...

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Iran death boat victims slipped past Jakarta visa crackdown

Iranian asylum-seekers involved in last week's West Java boat tragedy spent only one night in Jakarta, flying in on visas-on-arrival before being transported to the fatal boat, investigators say. An...

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No bodies found, but more victims identified in Lac-Mégantic

After taking two days off, workers in Lac-Mégantic’s Red Zone continued to search on Monday for the remains of the last five victims believed to be buried in the rubble. Unfortunately, said Sûreté...

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Bangladesh factory collapse victims and workers get help to cope with trauma

When she went to work, Amrita said a grim goodbye to her three children and asked relatives to take care of them if she didn’t come back. She felt as though she were going to her death. That was...

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Japan: Volunteer divers continue search for victims of 3/11 tsunami disaster

Heading out to sea, Junichi Sato takes medicine to control his motion sickness, a problem he never had until the 2011 tsunami killed his mother and young daughter and son. “I used to have resistance...

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Death in "Dev Bhoomi": disaster in Hinduism’s holiest place

Prakash Kabra recites his elder brother’s mobile number and I carefully tap it into my phone – already knowing the response, but still with a naïve sense of hope. "The number you are calling is either...

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Now civilian volunteers to get disaster management training

A force of civilian volunteers is being trained in disaster management and rescue, especially during the monsoons, by North Goa district administration. The force would mostly comprise well-built...

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Hidden Maryland: Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

Hearses enter the six-story building in West Baltimore through garage doors that snap open and shut quickly, to keep business discreet. Researchers who work across from the $43 million, Forensic...

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Death toll rises in Italy coach crash: 'At least 36 dead' near Avellino

At least 36 people have been killed in southern Italy when a coach plunged 30m (98ft) down a steep slope, Italian media report citing rescue services. The coach hit several cars before coming off...

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Seven dead in Italy bus accident

Seven people have been killed after a coach came off a flyover and plunged down a 98ft slope, according to police. Some of the dead were children, according to the daily newspaper Corriere della...

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Spain train crash: New death brings toll to 79

The death toll rose to at least 79 on Sunday morning when another person died, a representative for the regional health department said. Authorities said forensic experts have identified the last...

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Search for missing Lac-Mégantic bodies resumes Monday

Searchers will resume efforts Monday morning to find the bodies of the last five victims of the Lac-Mégantic train tragedy, the Sûreté du Québec said. A total of 42 victims have been found since...

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31 migrants drown en route to Lampedusa

Thirty-one people are believed to have died while trying to reach the Italian island of Lampedusa, the latest tragedy to occur on the perilous sea crossing between north Africa and Europe. Survivors...

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Spain police identify all 78 victims of train crash

Spanish police have finished identifying all 78 victims of the nation's deadliest train crash in decades, a court in the northern region of Galicia where the accident happened said Saturday. "The...

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15 bodies from the capsized boat carrying Sri Lankan asylum seekers recovered

The death toll from an overcrowded asylum seeker boat carrying more than 200 people that sank off Indonesia's coast has climbed to 15 after four more bodies were recovered, a rescuer said Friday. A...

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9 more dead, 8 missing in Quake-Hit Gansu Province

The death toll from mudslides that have ravaged an earthquake-shattered region of northwestern China rose to 21 on Saturday, with another four missing, state media reported. The landslides triggered...

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Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics yet to receive DNA samples of Uttarakhand victims

The identification of Uttarakhand flood victims will take a long time as the DNA samples of the unidentified victims are yet to be sent to the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD)...

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Coroner’s office continues search for bodies in Lac-Mégantic

Although it has been almost a week since search-and-rescue teams have found any human remains amid the rubble in Lac-Mégantic, the coroner’s office is not ready to call off the search for the five...

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Death toll from horrific train crash in Spain climbs to 80

The Interior Ministry raised the death toll to 80 in what was Spain's deadliest train wreck in four decades, while 95 remained hospitalised, 36 in critical condition, among them four children. The...

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Indonesians search for those missing after asylum seeker boat sinks off Indonesia

The confirmed death toll from the sinking of a boat carrying Australia-bound asylum-seekers has risen to 11, as rescuers continue searching the seas off Indonesia for survivors. Local police spokesman...

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Dozens missing after boat sinks in Indonesia, killing three including baby

Rescuers are still searching for dozens of asylum seekers believed missing after their boat sank in Indonesian waters on the way to Australia. More than 150 survivors were taken to safety and three...

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Many killed as Spanish train derails in Galicia

A train has derailed in north-western Spain, killing at least 35 people and injuring many more, officials in the Galicia region have said. All 13 carriages of the train, which was travelling from...

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Bus, truck collision on busy Thai highway kills 19

A double-decker passenger bus caught fire after colliding with a truck on one of Thailand's busiest highways early Tuesday, killing 19 people and injuring 23, authorities said. The bus drivers and...

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40 feared dead as KSRTC bus plunges into lake near Belur

More than 40 people are feared to have died and 35 others escaped with injuries after a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus fell into Vishnusamudra lake near Belur on Tuesday morning....

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South Korea brightens Libya’s forensic hopes

After a bloody revolution that costs the lives of many rebels, soldiers, and civilians, Libya wants to recover and identify the bodies of those who have died during the campaign. With the help of South...

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Death toll climbs to 89, 5 still missing in Gansu quake

The death toll has climbed to 89, with 5 others still unaccounted for, in an earthquake that hit northwest China's Gansu Province Monday morning, local authorities said. As of 6 p.m. on Monday,...

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Eight killed‚ 10 missing in landslips

At least eight persons were killed and 10 went missing in landslips triggered by incessant rainfall in several districts this morning. Three persons died each in Palpa and Syangja, whereas two others...

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Baltic Ace capsize: Two more victims identified

[Translated with Google Translate] Two more crew members of the Baltic Ace car freighter that sank in December on the North Sea, have been identified. It involves two men of 42 and 34 from the Philippines....

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Son of Guatemalan 'desaparecido' brings hope to families of disappeared Filipino activists

Samuel Villatorro was only 8- years old when his father, Amancio, was abducted and disappeared by the Guatemalan army on March 11, 1984. Amancio was 47 years old and had just assumed leadership in...

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8 bodies believed to be migrants found in Bahamas

The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of eight bodies on the beach in Grand Bahama early Saturday. They initially found six bodies, including that of a child on...

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Search resumes in Lac-Mégantic with new specialized equipment for 5 still missing

Recovery work in Lac-Mégantic resumed early Sunday morning after taking a day off to wait for specialized equipment coming in from Montreal. Three cranes are now on site in the red zone in Lac-Mégantic,...

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