Thursday, 14 March 2013

Medical knowledge used to depend on grave robbing

March 14

Last week’s chilling discovery that bodies within Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois were routinely being dug up and moved so that the burial plots could be sold again offers an opportunity to remind...

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Korean War Remembered

March 14

In the heart of South Korea's capital, nestled on the side of a hill lay the remains of some of country's fallen heroes. Grave after grave, row after row are victims of the brutal and devastating...

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First DNA matches from Libyan mass graves

March 14

The Libyan government has received the first of a number of DNA matches from bodies that were found in a mass grave, one of which could be that of photographer Anton Hammerl. The seven samples,...

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Report on investigation of Sri Lanka's mass grave to be presented to court

March 14

Sri Lanka's Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) says the report on the investigation conducted into the skeletal remains unearthed from the Matale mass grave will be submitted to court on...

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In Cambodia, worry grows that Khmer Rouge leaders will die before being punished

March 14

Decades after Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge movement oversaw the deaths of 1.7 million people by starvation, overwork and execution, the regime’s imprisoned top leaders are escaping justice one by...

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Plane crash kills 10 in northern Brazil

March 14

Ten people were killed when their single-engine plane crashed in the small town of Almeirim, in northern Brazil, local authorities said Wednesday. The plane disappeared from the radar screens late...

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More than One Immigrant a Day Found Dead Near Border with Mexico

March 14

Agents patrolling the border between the United States and Mexico routinely find dead bodies of immigrants trying to sneak into the country. The toll of those who fail to make the difficult journey...

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