Kedarnath turns into ghost town, bodies pile up

Hellish rains have turned Kedarnath into a ghost town. Though the outer structure of the temple seems intact, there are bodies piled up outside its gate. According to reports, rain water gushed...

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Senior Nicaraguan Air Force chiefs killed in helicopter crash

A number of senior members of the Nicaraguan air force have been killed in a helicopter crash that has claimed a total of 10 victims. Air Force Chief of Staff Colonel Manuel Lopez and Counterintelligence...

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O'Loan appeals for fresh Disappeared information

Nuala O'Loan yesterday urged anyone with even the smallest amount of information to come forward so the families of seven people 'disappeared' by republican paramilitaries can bury their remains. The...

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Himalayan Flood:Google app to trace missing people

Google has launched a whole new app “Person Finder” to find missing people in flood affected areas of Uttarakhand in Northern India. The Himalayan flood, lately called the ‘Himalayan Tsunami’ took...

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India monsoon floods kill at least 560; thousands missing

Nearly 600 people have been killed in the Uttarakhand flood devastation, chief minister Vijay Bahuguna has said, while ActionAid warned of thousands of possible deaths. Four days after a cloudburst...

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Dead in the water

It’s been all of five years since the sinking of the MV Princess of the Stars and, like other disasters involving Philippine vessels, there is yet no closure. The 23,824-ton ship left Manila at 8...

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Ten dead, 20 missing as migrant boat sinks off Gabon

The boat had left Nigeria and was within 15 minutes of arriving in Gabon’s capital Libreville when it went down late on Tuesday night. Gabonese authorities rescued 23 survivors and the search continued...

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