Afghan earthquake kills at least 3; toll may rise as remote districts hit

A tremor jolted Afghan capital Kabul and eastern provinces of Nangarhar, Laghman and Nuristan at 01: 55 p.m. local time on Wednesday, claiming the lives of three people and injuring 70 others, an official...

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Rescue workers continue search for survivors in Bangladesh building collapse; toll may be higher as bodies taken away by relatives

Rescue workers were searching for survivors late into the night Wednesday after a building containing five garment factories collapsed in Bangladesh, killing at least 113 people. Only the ground...

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Announcement BAHID Conference dates

The next Conference of the British Association for Human Identification (BAHID) will be held at Chancellors Hotel and Conference Centre in Manchester on Saturday 30 November & Sunday 1 December...

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First dental implant identification mobile APP

Have you ever found yourself staring at a new patient’s radiograph puzzled, asking yourself the question, “What implant is that?” whatimplantisthat.com is a free reference that is working to collect...

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11 confirmed dead in SW China landslide

The death toll following a landslide on Monday night in southwest China's Guizhou Province rose to 11 when two more bodies were retrieved on Wednesday morning, sources with the local emergency command...

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No more bodies recovered in West fertilizer factory explosion

Authorities are confident no more bodies will be found in West and the death toll will stay at 15. Mayor Pro Tem Steve Vanek said this afternoon "No more victims. Everything is searched" in the daily...

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Woman’s body brings death toll in Mahakam boat sinking to 20

Search-and-rescue officers have recovered another body from a boat that sank in the Mahakam River in East Kalimantan last Wednesday, raising the death toll in the incident to 20. Wahyu Widi Heranata,...

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Bangladesh building collapse kills at least 76 garment workers

At least 76 garment workers have been confirmed dead in Bangladesh after an eight-storey building containing clothing manufacturing units collapsed. Mohammed Neazuddin, the health secretary, confirmed...

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Doubt cast over Guatemala ex-dictator's genocide trial

The trial of a former dictator accused of genocide has divided the country and pitted judge against judge, becoming the biggest test yet of Guatemala's fragile justice system. Until a few days ago,...

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Another avalanche body of Shaheed soldier recovered from Gayari

The body of another Shaheed soldier was recovered from the Gayari sector of Siachen on Monday, bringing the total number of bodies recovered so far to 123. According to an ISPR press release issued...

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