Uttarakhand floods: When accounting for the missing is not such a disaster

The 15 officials at the missing persons cell, set up on June 27 in the wake of the disaster that swept through Uttarakhand, knew that their work was akin to looking for a needle in a haystack. With...

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11 Somalis drown in smuggler's boat tragedy

Eleven Somalis drowned and another 34 are missing after a smugglers' boat headed for Yemen capsized in the Gulf of Aden earlier this week, the UN refugee agency said on Friday. A total of 58 passengers...

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Dead identified in Russian bus tragedy

Russian authorities say the bodies of 18 people who were killed in a horrific road accident in Moscow have been identified by their relatives. The victims were killed, and another 20 injured, when...

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Death toll of floods in Sichuan province rises to 43, 150 missing

Floods triggered by some of the heaviest rain in decades have cut off access to several villages in central Sichuan province since early yesterday morning, trapping hundreds of people. More than...

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Five more bodies found in Lac-Megantic, raising death toll to 33

Five more bodies were recovered in Lac-Megantic, Que. Saturday as crews continue to search the area devastated by last week’s deadly train derailment. The official death toll in the town now stands...

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