Dozens feared trapped in Rwanda building collapse

About 100 people are feared trapped in a collapsed four-storey building in north-eastern Rwanda, the government says. "The tentative information we have indicates that debris fell on about 100 people,"...

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Using geophysical tools to search for clandestine graves

It’s very hard to convict a murderer if the victim’s body can’t be found. And the best way to hide a body is to bury it. Developing new tools to find those clandestine graves is the goal of a small community...

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Mizoram landslide toll reaches 17

The toll in the Saturday Aizawl landslide incident has gone up to 17 today and 15 bodies have been recovered so far. Eleven houses were totally damaged and as many as seven four-wheelers and nine...

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'Haunted' Ryogoku Kokugikan frightens even the Sumo champions

Former yokozuna Kitanoumi doesn't scare easily, but even the big man avoids a dark area of Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. The Japan Sumo Association chairman enjoys going for a stroll in the Kokugikan...

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Boats carrying scores of Rohingya capsize in Myanmar, U.N. says

Three boats carrying as many as 150 people are believed to have capsized near the western coast of Myanmar as local residents scrambled to avoid a storm that's approaching the area, a U.N. agency said...

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Myanmar must avert further humanitarian disaster as cyclone approaches

Heavy monsoon rains and a tropical cyclone threaten the lives of tens of thousands of displaced persons in western Myanmar unless the authorities immediately step up efforts to protect them, Amnesty...

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Bangladesh factory collapse: Search for bodies ends as death toll reaches 1,127

Nearly three weeks after a Bangladesh garment-factory building collapsed, the search for the dead ended Monday at the site of the worst disaster in the history of the global garment industry. The death...

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