Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Missing identified in SW China landslide

February 20

Rescuers have identified the five people who went missing after a landslide in southwest China's Guizhou Province. The disaster struck on Monday morning in Longchang Township in the city of Kaili,...

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Sri Lanka: The need for the preservation and proper inquiries into the remains of about 200 bodies found in the mass grave at Matale

February 20

A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status 1. The ALRC and its sister organisation, the Asian Human...

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Peru returns bodies of war victims to families

February 20

Authorities in Peru's southern mountains have returned to their families the remains of 26 people killed in fighting between the army and Shining Path rebels in the 1980s. The remains, including...

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Pasta de Conchos mine disaster: ‘bodies must be recovered’

February 20

On Tuesday, the seventh anniversary of the Pasta de Conchos mine disaster, the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) announced that it will begin inspecting the site in an effort to recover the bodies of...

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