Tornado kills 20 in Brahmanbaria

At least 20 people, including a child, were killed and more than 300 others injured when a tornado ripped through scores of villages in Brahmanbaria district on Friday afternoon. The district’s...

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Into the wake of the quake: A witness to the Japanese Tsunami

Two years ago this month, an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale off the northeastern coast of Japan unleashed the energy of 600 million Hiroshima bombs, followed by massive seismic tidal...

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Philippine government offers to assist in identifying the remains of Sulu gunmen

Not discounting the possibility of Malaysians being among the slain gunmen, the Philippine government has offered to assist in identifying the remains of the enemy that were retrieved from two villages...

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Missing bodies: Araria police to investigate organ smuggler syndicates

Are bodies of those who died due to thunder being smuggled and sold at an exorbitant price in foreign countries by a smuggler syndicate operating along the Indo-Nepal border? ArariaSPShivdeepLande,...

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The city of the dead

One of the most extraordinary areas of Cairo is the city of the dead, as a testament to the interest of people in the afterlife while their worldly lives continue. Travellers and chroniclers, like...

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Death toll from heavy rains climbs to 30 in Brazil

,br> The death toll from torrential downpours lashing the mountain areas of southeast Brazil has reached 30, Civil Defense authorities said yesterday. Rescue workers found two more bodies that...

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Bringing back the missing of WWII

From World War I through the Gulf War, the United States military suffered 631,628 casualties and had 94,416 brave souls missing and unaccounted for. World War II alone accounts for 405,399 of those...

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Dignity in death is passé with rise in number of unclaimed bodies

While dignity during life time can be ensured by the living person, it becomes the bounden duty of the near and dear ones of that person to ensure that there is dignity in death. While some are lucky...

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At least 30 die in boat capsize off Gabon

At least 30 people died when their boat capsized off the Gabonese capital Libreville, AFP journalists and rescue workers said Thursday, the latest disaster off the west African coast. Police said...

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