Argentina floods: Dozens dead in La Plata and Buenos Aires

Dozens of people have died in the province of Buenos Aires in Argentina after heavy rains caused flash floods. One of the heaviest storms recorded moved through the province hitting both the capital,...

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Disaster communications: covering the 'last mile'

In the immediate aftermath of a disaster, from earthquakes to armed conflicts, survival depends on knowing the answers to questions such as: Is it safe to go back home? Should I stay where I am or...

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Pinochet military coup: Chile's renowned poet Pablo Neruda to be exhumed on Monday

A team of national and international experts are to start work this weekend on a new project to determine for certain the cause of death of Pablo Neruda, in September 1973. His death, which occurred...

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Jakarta - It’s a gravedigger’s life

Cemeteries in Jakarta today are not spooky like they used to be. The spaces have become instead playgrounds for children in the neighborhood or places to feel at “peace”. At Srengseng Sawah Cemetery...

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China plots more sea burials; faces grave space limitation

On April 4 Chinese everywhere will honor their deceased loved ones by packing up bags of gifts, flowers and fare to take to their graves as part of Qingming festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day, a national...

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Cleanup efforts under way at scene of Lhasa landslide; Rescue workers still looking for 47 victims

Rescuers have started disinfecting the site of Friday's huge landslide that buried 83 workers in a mining area near Lhasa, in the Tibet autonomous region, to prevent the outbreak of disease. Though...

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More human remains found at World Trade Center 9/11 debris

In a newly-resumed excavation for finding human remains at the site where two airplanes crashed into the World Trade Centers on September 11, 2001, more pieces of bone fragment have been found, which...

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Rwanda: Genocide Victims' Remains Still Missing 19 Years Later

Remains of hundreds of victims of the1994 Genocide against the Tutsi are still missing in several sectors of Ngoma communities, 19 years after the Genocide. This was disclosed by residents of Kibungo sector in Ngoma district, while preparing for the upcoming 19th commemoration of the Genocide yesterday. The commemoration week is scheduled to begin on Sunday, April 7. According to Clarisse Kabaliza, a Genocide survivor, those who participated in the Genocide are still adamant to reveal where they buried their victims' bodies. "It is a shame that people who killed our relatives and neighbours cannot show us where they dumped them. Most of them live with us today, after serving time in jail," she complained. Another survivor, Claude Mbonimana, said this means they have been denied the chance to accord their loved ones a decent burial. "If only they could show us where they dumped the bodies then we can try to give them a befitting...

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18 more bodies recovered; 2 survivors narrate horror of pirate attack on fishing trawlers in Bay

Eighteen more corpses of the fishermen missing since March 25 were recovered from the Bay of Bengal yesterday, pushing the body count to 21. Earlier on Monday, three bodies were recovered by locals. In...

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Fate of stranded migrants in Yemen 'very grim'; reports of organ trafficking and many unclaimed bodies

The plight of thousands of migrants stranded in Yemen after trying to reach Saudi Arabia and the Gulf has reached desperate proportions, the International Organisation for Migration warned on Tuesday....

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