China's rain-related disaster toll rises

China's heavy weekend rains and related disasters have left at least 39 dead and another 13 missing, officials said. The regions worst hit by the torrential rains and resulting floods and landslides...

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US offers help in DNA testing for Rana Plaza victims

The US Federal Bureau of Intelligence will provide Bangladesh with the Combined DNA Index System (Codis) free of cost to identify bodies of Savar’s Rana Plaza fatalities. The software programme will...

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Bereaved mother who defied Argentina’s ‘dirty war’ dictators

It was 1977 and Argentina was in the grip of a military dictatorship. Outside the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, women in white headscarves began demonstrating to demand news of their children...

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Spanish Civil War mass grave excavated in Ronda

Work has started at the San Lorenzo cemetery in Ronda to identify two possible mass graves where it is thought that between 1,700 and 3,000 Civil War victims could be buried. The objective of this...

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Probe pending into WWII leader General Sikorski's death

An investigation into the death of WWII prime minister General Wladyslaw Sikorski is nearing completion as Poland marks the 70th anniversary of his plane crash this week. According to the Institute...

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The Kaimai crash: 50 years on

On July 3, at 8.05am, it will be 50 years since a DC3 took off from Whenuapai airport in northwest Auckland. It was a veteran of World War II, one of thousands of the big twin-engined cargo workhorse...

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Russia: 19 die in helicopter crash in Siberia

Russian authorities say 19 people have died after a helicopter carrying 28 people, including 11 children, crashed in a remote Siberian region of Yakutia. The Interstate Aviation Committee, Russia's...

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Uttarakhand Chopper accident: DNA analysis of remains of 7 victims completed

The Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) here has identified the bodies of seven ITBP/NDRF personnel who died when their helicopter crashed during a rescue mission in Uttarakhand. ...

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DNA testing to identify Uganda fuel tanker fire victims; toll rises to 33

At least 33 Ugandans died and 20 sustained severe injuries after a fuel truck caught fire on the outskirts of Kampala on Saturday night. 

Ugandan police say 29 people died on the spot and four others...

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