‘Himalayan region recipe for disaster’

Uttarakhand disaster was just one of 76 disasters that hits Himalayan region on an average, killing 36,000 people and affecting 178 million people every year, a United Nations-affiliated organisation...

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Seventh body recovered from INS Sindhurakshak

Rescuers from the Indian Navy on Monday extricated one more body from INS Sindhurakshak, taking the number of victims recovered from the fire-devastated submarine to seven even as professional savers...

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24 killed in Sudan gold mine collapse

At least 24 people were killed after a gold mine collapsed in Sudan's Northern State, Khartoum's Akhir Lahza daily reported Monday. "Twenty-four people have been killed at Alboom, one of the civil...

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INS Sindhurakshak: Forensic lab to prioritize Navy DNA samples

The severely shortstaffed Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) at Kalina will prioritize the DNA profiling of the sailors' bodies retrieved from INS Sindhurakshak and try to send its reports in a fortnight....

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India train accident kills 35 after ploughing into a crowd of Hindu pilgrims

At least 35 people have been killed in eastern India after a train rammed into a crowd of pilgrims and dozens more are injured, a senior police officer told AFP today. “Until now we have information...

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Coast Guard: Cebu maritime tragedy death toll rises to 52

The death toll from last weekend's collision of a passenger vessel and a cargo ship in Cebu waters rose to 42 as search operations continued Monday, the Philippine Coast Guard said. As of 10:50...

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27 dead, 41 missing in Yemen as flood sweeps wedding party

A Yemeni wedding party on Saturday turned into a disaster after floods inundated southern Yemen, causing the death of 27 people and 41 more lost when the vehicle with the wedding party was swept away....

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Ceremony marks 25 years since Ballygawley bus bomb

Some of those who treated the victims of the Ballygawley bus bombing have joined a special commemoration to mark the 25th anniversary of the atrocity this morning (Sunday). Eight soldiers were killed...

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Casket 5056: The unidentified Palestinian

Exhumed from an Israeli-numbered grave to be handed over to his family for proper burial, the man in "Casket 5056" lies in a Palestinian morgue a year on - unidentified and unclaimed. Since 1967,...

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