One killed, 38 missing as Typhoon Labuyo hits Philippines

At least one person died and 38 others were declared missing as typhoon Labuyo (international name Utor) hit the northern part of the Philippines today. The 22-year-old victim, named Joemar Salicon,...

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Auschwitz death march victims regain identities

In the Polish town of Miedzna, roughly 15 kilometers southwest of Auschwitz, is a mass grave containing the bodies of 42 camp inmates who were murdered during the death march in January 1945. The mass...

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For Delhi's destitutes, he is the last hope

In dark streets, every night, he appears as a beacon of hope to those left for dead. He takes drug overdose and accident victims to hospital and gives the dead the dignity of a decent end - all this...

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Rosario death toll rises to 18, three people remain missing

Rescuers working at the site of a major gas leak explosion which this week caused a building to collapse, found three more victims making the death toll reach 18. Three people were still missing, the...

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Forensic anthropologist says he can identify unknown dead on USS Oklahoma

A forensic anthropologist is confident his research lab can identify hundreds of USS Oklahoma servicemen buried as unknowns in Hawaii. He just needs permission from the Department of Defense to do...

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Six Egyptian migrants drown on 20-metre swim from boat to Sicily beach

Italy was shaken over the weekend by the deaths of six young Egyptians who drowned while trying to swim 20 metres from a wooden fishing boat to the shore, and whose bodies were laid out in bags beside...

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Six killed after Indonesian volcano eruption, search on for children's bodies

Hot lava from an erupting volcano killed six people sleeping in a beach village on a small island in eastern Indonesia on Saturday, after ash and smoke from the volcano shot about a mile into the air,...

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18 dead in Alexandria traffic pile-up

Eighteen people were killed and three injured on Sunday in a major traffic pile-up in Egypt's Mediterranean city of Alexandria. The accident, which involved five vehicles, took place on the international...

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One more body found under coal heap debris in Sundargarh

The death toll in the Sundargarh coal mine tragedy rose to 10 with the recovery of one more body on Sunday morning. Later in the day, hundreds of agiatated villagers gheraoed the Balinga police outpost...

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