Wife wants DNA test on bodies of slain OFWs

The wife of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) asked for more proofs that her husband, identified as Iluminado “Bong” Santiago, was among six overseas Filipino workers killed by during a hostage taking...

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Ritual killings that have terrorised Cameroon: 18 young women are abducted, murdered and found with brains, eyes and genitals missing

A series of ritual killings of young women in the West African nation of Cameroon has caused panic in the capital city Yaounde. Families are now refusing to let their daughters go out after a spate...

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Home Buipe accident: Six bodies identified

Six bodies have so far been identified in Monday’s accident at Buipe in the Northern region. The gory accident which occurred on the Tamale-Buipe road claimed 24 lives. The bodies have been deposited...

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Update: Chitungwiza mysterious explosion deepens

More than 24 hours after the blast that rocked Zengeza 2, Chitungwiza, killing five people, police had still up to yesterday afternoon no idea what caused the explosion. The mysterious explosion...

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New evidence of indentured Indians' mass graves in Suriname

As the Suriname government granted permission in early January to researchers to begin operations to discover the forgotten mass graves of Indian indentured workers killed in police firing in 1902...

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Unusual ways of identifying dead bodies at US-Mexico border

Through an investigation from BBC, it revealed the difficult process of identifying the bodies of migrants, who die in the desert of Sonora during their struggle to cross illegally into the United...

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Update: Coal mine explosion kills 10, leaves 3 missing in southwestern China

State media say the death toll from a coal mine explosion in southwestern China has risen to 10, with three workers still missing. State-run China Central Television said rescuers were able to recover...

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Five foreigners still missing at Algeria hostage site

Algerian authorities searched on Tuesday for five foreigners still missing and tried to identify seven charred bodies, days after a bloody hostage crisis, a security source said. "Still no news about...

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Disposal of bodies in Ganga unabated

On the eve of the first ritual bath of Mahakumbh, which started over a week ago, a group of pilgrims from Bangalore spot a body in the Ganga where it meets the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati....

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