Long wait for relatives a month after Bangladesh disaster

Relatives said Friday they were still waiting for news of their missing loved ones, as many gathered to mark one month since Bangladesh's worst industrial tragedy. A government official said on Friday...

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Oklahoma officials identify all tornado victims

The death toll from this week’s monster tornado in Oklahoma stands at 24, with all victims positively identified. The Oklahoma medical examiner’s office says 10 of those who died were children, including...

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Philippines cemetery provides Manila's poor a place to live among the dead

Every morning, Alberto Lagarda Evangelista, 71, leaves the two-storey, lemon-yellow home he has lived in for the past decade and walks to work at the cemetery next door. As a caretaker of about 20...

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BGMEA evades paying wages of deceased collapse victims

The garment factory owners have said they would not pay the wages of the dead victims of the Savar Rana Plaza collapse. Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has claimed...

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5 officers killed in helicopter accident in Venezuela

Five officers from Venezuela's Bolivarian National Police (PNB), members of the crew of a police helicopter, were killed Thursday when their aircraft crashed in western Caracas during an operation...

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Nigeria: Ancient tree tragedy in Imo State

[Updated: see post] This is not the best of times for Imo State and its people given the harvest of tragedies recorded in the state recently. The most recent is the ancient ancestral tree that fell...

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Drones: The future of disaster response

First responders to Monday's massive tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, were greeted with a blighted expanse of destroyed homes, blocked roads, downed power lines and a limited window of time to unearth survivors...

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19,000 children missing in Colombia

Some 19,000 children are missing in Colombia, authorities said Wednesday. More than 4,000 unidentified remains of children have been found in mass graves and are being identified. The identification...

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Despite 18 reminders, cops are yet to dispose unclaimed bodies in Sion

Even after 18 reminders from the civicrun Lokmanya Tilak Hospital at Sion, the police have not yet disposed three unclaimed bodies lying in the morgue over three months. With two mortuary attendants...

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