5 deadliest disasters in the Philippines in 2013

The year 2013 proved to be one of the most challenging years for the country because of the sheer number of fatalities the Philippines had sustained from earthquakes, cyclones and even a military crisis....

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Trailer, minibus collision kills 10 in Bolivia

At least 10 people were killed and another five were seriously injured Monday in Bolivia when a minibus collided with a trailer, media reported. The accident occurred at an exit along the highway...

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Ghana: Road accident at Antado claims 15 lives

15 people lost their lives on the spot Monday afternoon when a Mercedes Sprinter Benz Bus landed in a ditch in an attempt to swerve an articulated truck that has blocked its way at Antado near Komenda...

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Philippines: NBI to resume identifying Yolanda victims

Forensic experts from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) are cutting short their vacation to attend to the thousands of corpses rotting in the open in Tacloban City, two months after the devastation...

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Andhra Pradesh: Bodies of all Nanded Express fire victims identified

The confusion over the identity of passengers charred to death onboard the Bangalore City-Nanded Express was ended on Monday with the Railway authorities confirming the identity of all the 26 deceased...

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Nigeria: Benue boat mishap - 17 bodies recovered

Two days after the Boxing Day boat mishap that claimed the lives of over 40 persons at River Buruku, in Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State, the state Police Command says it has recovered 17...

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Body remains of 14 Bosnian war victims found

Body remains of at least 14 persons were found at the Rogatica site, southeastern Bosnia, spokeswoman to the Institute for Missing Persons (IMP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina Lejla Cengic confirmed to...

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10 prefectures say Nankai quake toll may top state’s estimates

Ten prefectures predict they will see more deaths than the state’s estimate if a big earthquake occurs along the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan, based on tougher conditions, such as the...

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State program identifies remains of bodies found in Mahoning County

Ohio Attorney General DeWine announced late last week that remains found in Mahoning County nearly 17 years ago have been identified through DNA technology. The remains, discovered in December 1996,...

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Tacloban buys lot for mass grave of 1,400 unburied Yolanda dead

The city government of Tacloban, Leyte has bought a 6,000-square meter lot for the mass burial of at least 1,400 corpses that remain unburied almost two months after super typhoon Yolanda struck on...

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12 die in Bayelsa boat mishap

At least 12 persons among them four undergraduates were killed in a boat mishap along the Ikoli River at Ayama in Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa State leaving two others with fatal injuries....

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Some families prefer to wait for DNA matching

The agonising wait to claim the bodies of victims of the Nanded Express fire accident continued for their kith and kin on Sunday, as authorities struggled to expedite the process of matching the DNA...

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18 killed in one of Jakarta's worst road accidents of the year

Eighteen people who were on their way to attend a funeral at a village were themselves killed in a road accident when a pick up truck they were travelling in collided with a lorry laden with flour...

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Remains of 104 Tohoku disaster victims still not identified

The National Police Agency says that the remains of 104 victims of the March 11, 2011 disaster in the Tohoku region have yet to be identified. The NPA collated the information from prefectural police...

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Andhra Pradesh train tragedy: 20 of 26 bodies identified, relatives wait for DNA confirmation

Bangalore's Victoria Hospital became the centre of grief as family and friends of those who died in Saturday morning's horrific train fire in Andhra Pradesh waited to claim the bodies that were brought...

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Nigeria: 15 bodies recovered from Benue boat mishap

No fewer than 15 corpses have been recovered after a boat capsized on River Buruku in Buruku local government area of Benue state. The boat conveying over 50 passengers, including men and women...

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30 picnickers feared dead in boat accident

No fewer than 30 persons were feared dead in a boat accident which occurred at River Buruku in Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State. According to a source, the passengers, who were being...

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Group helping families of Guatemala's wartime missing returns to LA

When a federal court in Riverside sentences an accused Guatemalan war criminal on immigration fraud charges next month, onlookers will include members of a forensic anthropology team from Guatemala....

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Gaul trawler crew DNA test results 'in January' after human remains found in Russia

Families of the lost crew of the Gaul could know the results of DNA tests on human remains discovered in Russia by the end of January. Up to ten bodies are being examined after they were discovered...

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Memorials for those killed in Tay Bridge disaster

Memorials to commemorate the Tay Bridge disaster have been unveiled. It is 134 years since the bridge collapsed during a storm sending a train plunging into the river below. Fifty-nine people...

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Indian train inferno kills at least 26 people in Andhra Pradesh

Fire raced through an Indian train carriage packed with sleeping passengers on Saturday, killing at least 26 people, and forcing terrified passengers to smash windows in a frantic bid to escape. Some...

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Last 4 bodies found from Russian plane crash

Emergency workers have recovered the four remaining bodies of the nine victims of a plane crash outside the eastern Siberian city of Irkutsk, a local official said Friday. The bodies, along with...

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1,000 copses remain unburied in Tacloban City

Close to two months after monster typhoon Yolanda in Tacloban City, people find it hard to move on, as thousands of bodies have yet to be identified and buried. A lot at Suhi Village serves as a...

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The corpse collector on the Yangtze River

Rope, pole and life jacket: These are the mundane tools of the unpleasant trade plied by 62-year-old boatman Chen Yangxi, a corpse collector on the Yangtze River in Wuhan, Central China. Living a...

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South Korea identifies remains of police killed in Korean War

A South Korean police officer who was killed in the Korean War has been identified 63 years after his death in battle, the defense ministry said Friday, marking the 10th set of remains sent home for...

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Asian tsunami disaster anniversary

Bitter memories of December 26, 2004, were relived in the coastal villages of Chennai, Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Kanyakumari and Tuticorin districts when the ninth anniversary of tsunami was observed...

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32 killed as bus plunges into ravine in Thailand

At least 32 people were killed and five critically injured today when a speeding bus plunged into a ravine in northeast Thailand. The bus, coming from Khon Kaen was enroute to Chiang Rai province,...

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Turks and Caicos Islands: Search resumes for more migrant bodies from capsized boat

At least 17 migrants from Haiti died on Wednesday when their overloaded sailboat capsized as it was being towed to shore in the Turks and Caicos Islands, officials in the British territory said. A...

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9 dead as Russian transport plane crashes in Siberia

A Russian An-12 cargo plane has crashed near the Siberian city of Irkutsk. None of the nine people onboard survived the crash, the Emergencies Ministry said. Rescue workers were working at the scene...

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Body in France crash site surprises police searching for Chinese billionaire Kok Lam

French authorities have fished out a body from the Dordogne River, the site of a helicopter crash thought to have killed Chinese billionaire Kok Lam and a French winemaker – but the find was not what...

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Bangladeshi workers still missing eight months after Rana Plaza collapse

Almost 200 workers are still missing from the Bangladesh factory that collapsed eight months ago, compounding the misery for relatives who have received little in the way of compensation. More than...

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Brazil floods kill 20, force 40,000 to evacuate

Floods and mudslides caused by heavy downpours in southeastern Brazil have killed at least 20 people and forced another 40,000 to evacuate. The heavy rains, which began last week, affected 45 Brazilian...

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Has the mystery of nine skiers who died in the Siberian wilderness in 1959 been solved? Author claims new 'scientific' explanation for the Dyatlov Pass incident

A mysterious case of nine experienced skiers who died in bizarre circumstances on an expedition into Siberia may have been solved by an America researcher. Donnie Eichar, a film-maker and author,...

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Tsunami memories build for mass return for tenth anniversary in 2014

Thailand's leading forensic expert, Dr Porntip Rojanasunan, is to appear at a tsunami memorial service and a public workshop at this year's anniversary on December 26. Next year's anniversary marks...

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