Savar building collapse: confusion over missing estimates

The Savar tragedy rolls onto a week but there is no definitive statistics of how many are missing, raising doubts over how many corpses are buried under the pile of rubble at the Rana Plaza collapse...

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Update: Two North Korean sailors from missing ship turn up dead in Japanese waters

The bodies of two North Korean sailors from the missing cargo ship Taegakbong turned up in separate locations in Japan, almost four months after the ship went missing in late December. The ship went...

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2 more bodies found from Savar rubbles

With the latest recovery, nine bodies have so far been unearthed since the rescuers started using heavy machinery. Savar police SI Saiful Islam said the bodies were recovered at around 9:30pm. He...

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Unclaimed bodies to be buried on Tuesday

Twenty nine unidentified bodies that were retrieved from the debris of collapsed Rana Plaza will be buried on Tuesday at Jurain graveyard. Their DNA samples have been collected. The bodies were kept...

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Migrant smugglers abandon boatloads of people at sea, according to Mexican Officials

The Mexican navy says it has detected a disturbing trend of migrant smugglers abandoning boatloads of people at sea off the coast of Baja California. The Navy says that each month it has been finding...

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Seven killed in US cargo plane crash at Afghan base

A US civilian cargo plane has crashed at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan, killing its seven crew, officials say. The plane came down shortly after take-off and crashed within the boundaries of the...

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