UN staff to aid survivors after refugee-camp fire, victim identification ongoing

The UN refugee agency will dispatch social workers to assist refugees affected by a fire that claimed at least 36 lives and destroyed hundreds of dwellings at a camp in Mae Hong Son's Khun Yuam district...

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A pre conclusion about the period of Mathale mass grave

Kelaniya University Postgraduate Institute Professor Raaj Somadeva who is probing the Maatale mass grave says that a pre-conclusion has been arrived at with regard to the period of the mass grave found...

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Deadly landslide hits Indonesia's main island

A government official has said a landslide triggered by torrential rain has killed at least six people and left 18 others missing on Indonesia's main island of Java. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho of the...

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Mexican forensic expert bathes bodies to solve crimes

Mexican forensic expert Alejandro Hernandez dips dry, yellowish cadavers in a see-through bath, hoping his technique to rehydrate mummified bodies will solve murders in crime-infested Ciudad Juarez....

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Communities can protect themselves from natural disasters

Fewer communities will be affected by natural disasters if they become actively involved in disaster preparedness and emergency response activities, says a representative of a prominent NGO. "Every...

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Painful search for Argentina's disappeared

Marcos Queipo grew up in a place where dead bodies would fall from the sky. In the late 1970s he was a mechanic who worked in the different islands of the Parana Delta, 200km (12.4 miles) north...

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