Ten killed in stampede at Kumbh Mela festival India

At least 10 people were killed and a dozen more injured Sunday after a stampede broke out at a train station in the northern Indian town where millions of devout Hindus gathered for a religious festival,...

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Ndola Mass Burial for 36 Set for Monday

Copperbelt minister Mwenya Musenge has said 36 bodies of the Zampost Bus accident will be buried in Ndola on Monday at a mass burial. Five bodies will be buried in Lusaka, one in Mansa, one in...

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Ayacucho remembers its long years of suffering

They say the past is a distant land and people are different there. But Adelina Garcia Mendoza recalls the events of Dec. 1, 1983, as if they were part of a film that’s unreeling still, as if she...

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Five dead on Canary Islands cruise ship

Five crew have been killed after a lifeboat they were in fell from the Thomson cruise ship Majesty while it was docked in the port of Santa Cruz de la Palma in the Canary Islands. The accident...

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Turkey: Search For Sierra Turns Spotlight On Families Of Missing People

The Turkish police last week performed excellent work in their operation to locate missing US tourist Sarai Sierra, whose body was found near the ancient city walls of Istanbul, causing much agony...

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5 Dead After Costa Rica Motel Fire

Five people died and another two were injured Friday when a small motel burned down in the rural community of Puriscal, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of the Costa Rican capital. All the victims...

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At least six dead after torrential rains and floods in Arequipa, Peru

At least six people have been killed after torrential rain in the southern Peruvian city of Arequipa caused flooding, inundating hundreds of homes. Authorities reported that three of those who...

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Mumbai Government Railway Police failed to identify 1,111 bodies in 2012

The Mumbai Government Railway Police (GRP) failed to identify 1,111 unclaimed bodies out of 3,541 found on railway premises in 2012. The bodies included those of beggars and drug addicts. This means...

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65,000 Soldiers For ‘DNA Banking’

Soon, the ever-popular ‘Unknown Soldier’ and mass burial resulting from the inability of medical personnel to identify members of the Nigerian Armed Forces, who die in certain circumstances would...

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