The bones tell the story: The search for Peru's missing

In Peru last week, forensic anthropologists revealed that for the first time, they had confirmed the identities of three individuals who had been disappeared by government forces during that country's...

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28 Dead in China Mine Gas Blast

Twenty-eight miners have been killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in northeast China, state media have confirmed. The accident at the Babao Coal Mine in the city of Baishan in Jilin province...

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First body reportedly found after China landslide buries 83

Rescue teams found the first body Saturday almost 36 hours after a giant landslide in Tibet buried 83 mine workers under two million cubic metres of earth, China's state media reported. Xinhua...

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Rescuers dig through rubble seeking missing in Tanzania building collapse

Rescuers planned to search for survivors under a mountain of concrete and twisted metal Friday night after a high-rise building collapsed in Tanzania. At least four people were dead and 60 were missing...

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Military torture chamber near Matale mass grave

The survivors of a military-run detention centre that existed during the southern counter-insurgency campaign have alleged the army had operated a torture chamber in a government school in the vicinity...

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