Thursday, 22 August 2013

Genting bus crash: A day rescuers would rather forget

August 22

For the men of the Fire and Rescue Service Department, the rescue mission in Genting Highlands is one that they would rather forget. For fireman Abdul Malik Mohd Jan, 60, who is retiring this year,...

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Hidden grave may hold clues to missing Mexican youths

August 22

A clandestine mass grave found near Mexico City may hold the answer to what befell 12 youths who were kidnapped from a bar in the capital back in May. Federal investigators swarmed a ranch east of...

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Genting bus crash: Search and rescue restarts amid claims from relatives that family members are still missing

August 22

Search and rescue efforts have been restarted following claims from relatives that family members are still missing. Bentong Deputy OCPD Deputy Supt Wan Azharuddin Wan Ismail said a total of 21...

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Beggars, junkies and mentally-challenged persons among 18,000 bodies found in Mumbai railway premises in 5 yrs

August 22

The Mumbai Government Railway Police (GRP) disposed of as many as 6,190 unclaimed bodies found on the Mumbai railway premises over the past five years. The GRP, which provided these shocking figures,...

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Cebu ferry disaster: 44 bodies identified, 50 still missing

August 22

The death toll of the Aug. 16 sinking of the MV St. Thomas Aquinas reached 71 yesterday. But only 26 recovered bodies were released to their families as of yesterday afternoon. Kinfolk were able...

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Genting bus crash: Families still identifying victims at HKL

August 22

Family members of victims of the Genting bus tragedy are still waiting for confirmation on their loved ones' fate. All the bodies have been brought to Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) for the families...

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Tribunal delays return of Srebrenica victims’ belongings

August 22

Damir Alic, lawyer for the victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacres, says he fears that the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, ICTY, will not hand over the stored items of...

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Argentina probes hospital morgues after 200 bodies go missing

August 22

Argentine authorities are investigating the operation of several Buenos Aires morgues after the disappearance of more than 200 bodies, officials confirmed to Efe. Court-ordered raids on several...

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