At least 10 killed in heavy Sudan flooding

Widespread flooding in Sudan has claimed the lives of at least 10 people as authorities warned of a looming humanitarian crisis. Property has also been destroyed and thousands displaced, while the...

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The cave with a thousand coffins: Chinese leave wooden caskets to rot away in the belief it will allow the souls of the departed into heaven

Hundreds of thousands of wooden coffins are left to slowly rot away in dank Chinese caves in the belief it will let the souls of the departed ascend into heaven. The curious tradition, which sees...

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Day after Punjab bus tragedy, relatives look for bodies

A day after at least 27 people were feared drowned when a Delhi-Amristar bus crashed into the Bhakra Main Line (BML) canal near Sirhind in Punjab's Fatehgarh Sahib district, many people spent hours...

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Seven decades after World War II, the search for Germany’s War dead continues

This weekend, German officials will travel to Russia for the opening of the latest in a long line of war cemeteries containing the graves of Wehrmacht soldiers killed on the Eastern Front during World...

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Ghana’s dancing pallbearers

Benjamin Aidoo has brought his dancing pallbearers to more than 200 funerals in Ghana, easing loved ones to their final resting places to the strains of anything from reggae to gospel music. “Customers...

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Sirhind bus mishap: Death toll rises to 4

The death toll in Sirhind bus mishap has risen to four with divers retrieving two more bodies from the canal on Thursday even as chances of survival of other passengers are "very bleak," police said....

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Search for Lac-Mégantic victims ends with 5 still missing

The search for victims in the epicentre of the explosions in Lac-Mégantic is ending, although work will continue to identify more victims though elements found at the scene, a spokeswoman for Quebec's...

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