Migrant boat capsizes off Australia's Christmas Island, 144 rescued

A boat carrying about 150 suspected asylum seekers has capsized off Australia's Christmas Island, with four people confirmed dead. Border authorities said two naval vessels had rescued 144 people...

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‘Body Worlds’ challenged to provide DNA

The dead human bodies preserved by being injected full of plastic by German anatomist Gunther von Hagens have toured the world for decades, and made their author a very wealthy man. For years, too,...

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School meals kill 22, villagers dig up graves of children after school meal deaths in Bihar

Villagers in Bihar dug up mass graves in the premises of a primary school to lay the bodies of their children who died after eating midday meal on Tuesday. Heart-rending wails rent the air as the...

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Kin of missing in Uttarakhand look up govt website for clues

With no news yet about their loved ones, who are still considered missing in Uttarakhand, the family members of the 15 victims from Hailey Mandi are now looking for some clues through the photos and...

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'missing' City Lights building collapse victim

A week after the ill-fated City Light Hotel crashed, fresh police investigation has revealed that Ashok Kamble, initially feared dead in the collapse, was not at the crash site, raising doubts about...

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