Dhaka building collapse: Woman pulled alive from rubble

Rescue workers in Bangladesh said Friday they found a female survivor buried amid the wreckage of a garment factory building that collapsed 17 days ago and killed more than 1,000. Army officials ordered...

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New mass grave haunts Kashmiris

The members of the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP), demand the whereabouts of their missing relatives, who have been subjected to enforced custodial disappearance allegedly by...

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Thursday marks the 33rd anniversary of the Skyway disaster

On May 9th, 1980, dozens of people died after plunging off the Skyway and into Tampa Bay just seconds after it was hit by an out of control freighter. In the middle of a fierce storm the 600-foot...

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Savar death toll rises to 967, burial for 76 unclaimed bodies

The number of people who died at Savar’s Rana Plaza collapse climbed to 967 on Thursday. A total of 149 dead bodies were retrieved from the ruins on the 16th day of the rescue operation, from the...

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