Florida to exhume bodies buried at former boys school

This weekend, Florida will begin digging into its tragic past as anthropologists start unearthing what they believe are the remains of dozens of children buried on the grounds of a former reform school....

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ICMP: Missing persons issue deserves attention of whole world

The Sarajevo-based International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) issued a statement on Friday to mark August 30, the International Day of the Disappeared, saying that the issue of missing persons...

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Ecuador’s missing persons

The type of missing person announcement you see here can be found at practically any bus stop or busy street in Quito. Friends from Cuba often ask me what has struck me the most about Ecuador so far....

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3D maps created in real time could aid disaster search and rescue

Highly detailed 3D maps of indoor and outdoor environments can now been created in real time with no drift thanks to a new mapping algorithm. The maps could be created in the immediate aftermath of...

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The downing of Flight 007: 30 years later, a Cold War tragedy still seems surreal

The idea that Soviet fighter jets would shoot down a Boeing 747 airliner seems shockingly unbelievable. Two-hundred sixty-nine innocent people died in a largely forgotten Cold War attack that took...

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Ombudsman calls for Agency to identify disappeared during terrorism years

Peru’s ombudsman has called for the government to create an agency responsible for finding those who were reported missing during the country’s internal conflict in the 1980s and 1990s, state news...

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Minister moves fast on Pike mine re-entry plan

Solid Energy's board has approved a staged re-entry proposal and it's in the hands of Energy Minister Simon Bridges, RadioLive reports. "I'm not prepared to put a timeline on this but we're moving...

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Cebu ferry tragedy toll now 96

Two more bodies were recovered from the wreck of the MV St. Thomas Aquinas late Thursday afternoon, bringing the confirmed death toll in the August 16 sinking of the ferry off Cebu to 96, with 41 still...

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Enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka

As the world marks the International Day of the Disappeared today the London based human rights group Amnesty International (AI) called on the government to investigate thousands of cases of enforced...

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Enforced disappearances still an appalling reality in the Americas

Enforced disappearances in the Americas are not only an inheritance of the dark past of the authoritarian governments of the 1970s and 80s, but also an appalling ongoing practice, Amnesty International...

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Nepal marks Int'l Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

Nakkali Budhamagar had given birth to her first child, when the ‘people’s war’ was launched in Rolpa in 1996. She was so focused on raising her child that she hardly noticed the rebellion around her....

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Five things you should know about disappearances

Every year in dozens of countries around the world, thousands of men, women and children are detained by state authorities for no reason, never to be seen again. They are the “disappeared”. In 2012...

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In Kashmir, 'half-widows' suffer in silence

Forty-year-old Haleema Begum was once a proud and happy homemaker, but now she lives on the support of her parents and neighbours. Haleema became a half-widow 12 years ago when her husband, Mushtaq...

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30 August: International Day of the Disappeared

The International Day of the Disappeared (30 August) is a reminder that a great number of people are missing as a result of conflicts around the world. Each year, on this day we commemorate those...

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Thailand must do more on The Day of The Disappeared

Thai authorities have failed to honor past pledges to resolve cases of enforced disappearance and hold those responsible to account, Human Rights Watch said today. August 30, 2013 is the International...

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Chile marks International Day of the Disappeared

It has been 40 years, but Gabriela Zuñiga is no closer to knowing what happened to her husband than she was the day he was taken by Chilean security forces on Aug.15, 1974. “I don’t know where he...

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Nepal: ICRC support programme for families of disappeared

A comprehensive support programme, aptly named ‘Hatemalo Accompaniment Programme’, run by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) with support from the local NGO Kopila Nepal has served...

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Ghosts linger in Halifax

In April 1912, the Titanic went down after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. But it was Halifax, on Canada's eastern coast, which dealt with...

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INS Sindhurakshak: Six submarine victims identified

The Indian Navy on Thursday identified the bodies of six victims of the August 14 INS Sindhurakshak submarine disaster. The remains were handed over to their respective families. FSL director Dr...

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Mexico train accident toll rises to 11

The number of confirmed fatalities in last weekend's train derailment in the southeastern state of Tabasco stands at 11, but the search for additional victims continues, Mexican authorities said. "Civil...

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One more body of Lac-Megantic train disaster victim ID'd

The Quebec coroner's office announced Thursday that it has identified the body of four-year-old Alyssa Charest Begnoche, who died in the July 6 Lac-Megantic train disaster. Begnoche was the 39th...

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Sao Paulo building collapse kills at least 8 and injures dozens

At least eight people were killed and 25 injured when a building collapsed in Sao Paulo, officials said. Firefighters worked through the night and into today searching with sniffer dogs to rescue...

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Three more bodies recovered; Cebu ferry disaster toll rises to 94

The number of fatalities from the collision of a passenger vessel and a cargo ship in Cebu last Aug. 16 further rose to 94 as of Thursday morning, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. n a post...

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Enumclaw service honors 32 Marines killed in 1946 Rainier crash

The annual memorial service honoring military men who died on Mount Rainier more than 66 years ago will take place Saturday. The event, hosted by Pierce County Detachment 504 of the Marine Corps...

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