Uttarakhand: Machines to dig out hundreds of buried bodies

A month has passed since Uttarakhand was swamped by the rain-flood tragedy, and hundreds of bodies and animal carcasses still lie buried under several feet of silt and rubble in the Kedarnath Valley....

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Sichuan: Landslide victims identified by DNA

Ten victims of a landslide in Dujiangyan, Sichuan province, last Wednesday have been identified by DNA comparisons. "Medics collected 162 DNA samples from people who are looking for missing relatives...

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Canada rail disaster official death toll hits 35

Two more bodies were found on Sunday in downtown Lac-Megantic, the Quebec town devastated when an oil tanker train derailed and exploded, bringing the body count to 35 of the 50 presumed dead. Two...

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