Morbid tradition of ‘ghost marriages’ persists in rural China

It’s a strange and morbid tradition, all but abandoned by modern China. But ghost marriages, the pairing of a deceased bachelor and bride to keep each other company in the afterlife, are quite the...

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Digital tombstones: Life, death and Facebook

On Facebook, a billion users around the world document their relationships and share their children’s first steps, growing and aging in plain view. But what happens when they die? Preserved forever...

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Family holds memorial at deadly minivan crash site

News article demonstrating the importance of religious ceremonies at the scene: The family of three of the seven people killed in a horrific minivan crash earlier this month held religious services...

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South African bus crash kills 22, toll could rise

At least 22 people were killed in South Africa on Friday when a double-decker bus crashed into the side of a mountain while navigating the dangerous Hex River Pass 140 km (80 miles) northeast of Cape...

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Vizag chopper crash: two bodies recovered

Almost four days after a Naval helicopter, with four crew members on board, crashed into the sea off Vizag coast in Andhra Pradesh, the rescue teams on Saturday retrieved bodies of a Lieutenant Commander...

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Pakistani made items found on killed terrorists: Shinde

Interesting news article about the use of personal effects for identification purposes: Making identical statements in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said some items...

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13 most bizarre stories of famous corpses

In 1658, English writer Thomas Browne knew what he was taking about when he wrote, "But who knows the fate of his bones, or how often he is to be buried?" That's the unofficial tagline for Rest in...

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