Relatives seek news of Hazaras missing at sea

Hazara communities across the world are desperately seeking news about relatives who may have been aboard an asylum boat that sank in the Sunda Strait last week following the failure of Indonesian...

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Mistaken identity adds to family's grief over Boston victim

Patty Campbell worried her daughter Krystle might face amputation after a bomb blast at the Boston Marathon wounded her. The family said doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital told them Campbell...

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Rescuers head to site of earthquake near Iran-Pakistan border

Rescue teams were on their way to remote border regions between Iran and Pakistan on Tuesday night, after a powerful earthquake struck. Though tremors were felt across the Gulf region, Pakistan and...

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45 districts of Pakistan at high risk of being hit by disasters

Forty-five districts in Pakistan are at high risk of being hit by disasters, said Naunehal Shah, the head of Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund’s (PPAF) team on disaster management. “An integrated...

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Indonesia’s natural disaster risks, costs rise

When the Ciliwung River breached its banks in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, in January, Abdul Majid rushed to move his family and belongings upstairs. “When I knew the flood was going to be large,...

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Work stops in recovery of bodies buried in Ghana mine collapse

Recovery of miners buried in the collapse of an open-pit mine in Ghana was halted Tuesday, a day residents of the area do not traditionally work, officials say. The bodies of 17 people had been recovered...

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Iran-Pakistan quake casualty reports vary

The Pakistani army says it has evacuated 16 seriously injured people by helicopter from the site of a deadly earthquake near the Iranian border. There were conflicting reports about the death toll...

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Forensics investigators decode the Boston bombings

Authorities in Boston are looking for those who are behind the bombings. And people from around the world are monitoring their progress. Do not walk too closely to SUVs parked near Copley Square...

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