Kosovo urged to 'Internationalize' missing persons

As more than 1,700 people remain missing from the conflict in Kosovo, relatives are urging the Kosovo authorities to raise the issue at the upcoming UN Security Council meeting. “We want the missing...

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Death toll in Philippines ferry collision now at 63, 57 still missing

Recovered bodies from the search operations of the ill-fated passenger ship in Cebu last week increased to 63, authorities said on Tuesday. As of 11:25a.m., 63 bodies were retrieved while 57 remained...

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Boat capsizes in Ganga, 3 drowned, 8 missing

Three children drowned and eight others went missing as a boat capsized on Tuesday in river Ganga in Bihar's Begusarai district, police sources said. The country boat, with 22 people on board, toppled...

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Dozens saved, five drown north of Christmas Island

Up to five asylum seekers are believed to have drowned after their boat capsized off Christmas Island on Tuesday. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority received a request for help from a person...

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'Dead in the Desert' Documentary [video]

Dead in the Desert documents how Pima County medical investigators attempted to identify and repatriate the bodies of two migrants found in June 2011—one in Arivaca, and the other on the Tohono O'odham...

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Painful wait for submarine victims' kin

For the families of the victims of the ill-fated INS Sindhurakshak, it is a long agonizing wait before they get confirmation about the loss of their loved ones, which is now almost a foregone conclusion....

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China floods leave more than 200 missing or dead

Heavy rains brought by a typhoon triggered landslides in southern China that buried homes and vehicles and killed at least 15 people, as the number of dead or missing from recent flooding in the country...

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Death toll hits 55 in Philippines ferry disaster

Philippine navy divers retrieved bodies Monday from inside a ferry that sank last week after colliding with a cargo ship. The discovery of more victims' remains brought the number of people confirmed...

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Fifteen people a day go missing in Rio de Janeiro

Over the last two decades, nearly 92,000 people have gone missing in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, according to official figures and academic studies. Most of the cases have been shelved...

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