Bangladesh building collapse death rises to 1,129

The death toll from the collapse of a Bangladesh garment factory complex has risen to 1,129 after two more injured workers died a month after the disaster, officials said on Sunday. Senior government...

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DNA may help military end era of unknown soldiers

More than 83,000 service members lost since the beginning of World War II remain missing, according to the Defense Department. Many lie in forgotten battlefield graves and beneath memorials of solemn...

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Last inspection: precise ritual of dressing nation’s war dead

The soldier bent to his work, careful as a diamond cutter. He carried no weapon or rucksack, just a small plastic ruler, which he used to align a name plate, just so, atop the breast pocket of an Army...

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40 exhumed bodies of Ivorian crisis victims ready for collection

The Ivorian Government has said 40 exhumed bodies of victims of the country’s post-election violence were ready for collection and final burial by their families. Justice Minister Gnenema Coulibaly,...

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Zanzibar honours victims of marine disaster

PLANS are underway to construct a fence to protect the graveyard, where people who died in 2011 and 2012 marine accidents lie, the Zanzibar State Minister Mr Mohammed Aboud Mohammed has said. “The...

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