2008 Wenchuan earthquake: Tourism cleanup to ensure respect

Many survivors of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake have made a living commemorating the dead. Thousands of residents in Sichuan province - especially farmers whose fields were destroyed - turned to selling...

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Documenting Afghan mass graves

University of Lincoln lecturer Gillian Fowler is just back from Afghanistan, where she has been teaching Afghans how to properly document mass graves and identify bodies from 35 years of conflict....

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Migori flash flood kill more than 10, sweep away bridges

Floods have swept away several bridges in Migori county. County residents fear for their lives as flash floods continue to wreak havoc. More than 10 people have been killed in the county. Several...

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Coal mine explosion in southwestern China kills 12, injures 2

Twelve people were killed and two others injured in a colliery gas explosion on Friday evening in southwest China's Guizhou Province, local authorities said on Saturday. The accident occurred at...

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Eight dead, 11 missing in Mizoram thunder squall

Thunderstorm and landslides have claimed eight lives, rendered 11 missing and left 25 others injured in the state capital, police said on Saturday. Nine houses in Laipuitland locality here were swept...

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Sri Lankan court orders probe on mass grave, DNA tests ordered

A Sri Lankan court Friday ordered a full investigation into a mass grave found last year in the island nation's Central Province, a lawyer said. The magistrate in Matale instructed the Criminal Investigations...

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Accra stadium May 9 disaster victims remembered

A wreath-laying ceremony was held at the Accra Sports Stadium to mark the 12th anniversary of the disaster which claimed 127 soccer fans in 2001. Thursday's ceremony was attended by government officials,...

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Lahore inferno: Rescuers pull out 17 more bodies from LDA plaza

Rescue workers recovered 17 more bodies on Friday before firemen managed to extinguish the blaze that had engulfed the nine-storey Lahore Development Authority (LDA) building. With the discovery...

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