Bangladesh: Damaged corpses making identification difficult

The damaged corpses of the Savar tragedy have posed a challenge to district administration officials as they struggle to identify them and hand them over to their respective family members. The problem...

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14 people killed in car accident in Iran

At least 14 people were burned to death in a car accident in Iran's southwestern Khuzestan province, semi-official ISNA news agency quoted Iran's traffic police chief as saying. After passenger bus...

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U.S. military plane crashes near Kazakh-Kyrgyz border

A military plane crashed shortly after taking off from a United States airbase in Kyrgyzstan on Friday, officials said, though there were no immediate reports of any injuries. "According to my information,...

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Phuket, Phang Nga to test for Tsunami and Earthquake this month

A three-day earthquake and tsunami seminar and drill is to be held later this month as the ninth anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami approaches. The big wave practice drill, to be held in combination...

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Chibombo accident victims to be buried in mass grave

Government has decided to bury the 17 Chibombo road traffic accident victims in a Mass grave in Kabwe where all the deceased came from. Briefing the press in Kabwe today, Central province Permanent...

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Army challenges 'rumours' of ‘hiding away’ bodies of those killed at Savar’s Rana Plaza rubble.

General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Bangladesh Army’s 9th Infantry Division Major General Chowdhury Hasan Suhrawardy, who is supervising the rescue at Savar, appealed in a press conference that such...

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