Libyan scientists get DNA training to identify Libya’s mass grave victims

DNA experts at the UNT Health Science Center will help train Libyan scientists to analyze the remains of an estimated 20,000 people found in mass graves in Libya following the uprising of 2011 in...

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San Diego Company to Help Identify up to 20,000 Human Remains Found in Libya's Mass Graves

Life Technologies Corporation today announced it will provide a complete laboratory solution to identify an estimated 20,000 human remains found in various mass graves in Libya following the uprising...

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8 killed, 13 wounded in factory blast in southeast Turkey

Eight people were killed and 15 were wounded in an explosion at a galvanization plant in the southeastern province of Gaziantep today, Dogan news agency has reported. Those injured in the blast...

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Tazreen victims: some solace for families

After two months of agonising wait, the family members of 11 victims of Tazreen fire could finally find a sense of closure as they paid respect to their loved ones at Jurain graveyard in the capital...

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Ireland: Law Reform Commission publishes report on civil law of missing persons

REPORT RECOMMENDS LAW TO ALLOW FAMILY OF MISSING PERSONS TO DEAL WITH ANY IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL ISSUES FOR MISSING PERSONS; AND TO ALLOW FAMILY APPLY FOR A DECLARATION OF PRESUMED DEATH TO A CORONER...

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Bodies of 17 victims in the plane crash identified

Relatives identified 17 bodies of victims of the Chellenger-200 air crash near Almaty, BNews.kz correspondent reports. This morning the identification of the victims, who were aboard of the plane Challenger...

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Jewish views on tattoos

Twenty five years ago, you would have been hard-pressed to find a Jewish person with a tattoo that they did not receive at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. Even more so, you would have had a hard...

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Police recover 17 bodies from well in northern Mexico, 14 identified as missing musicians

Police pulled 17 bodies from a well in northern Mexico and 14 of them have been identified as members of a musical band kidnapped by gunmen last week, an official said Tuesday. Investigators have...

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7 dead, 6 trapped in NE China mine accident

Seven workers died and six others were trapped in a coal mine accident in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province,the provincial coal mine safety administration said Wednesday. Three worker entered...

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