Sunday, 25 August 2013

Pearl Harbor victims: Bring them home – or let them rest in peace?

August 25

A plan to use DNA to identify the remains of sailors and Marines killed in the Pearl Harbor attack has caused a split within the military community over what to do with the remains of thousands of...

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Mexico City mass kidnapping highlight's Country's battle with drug gang violence

August 25

The bodies were headless and covered in lime and asbestos, hidden under a thick concrete slab – young men and women not seen since they went out partying in an upscale area of Mexico's capital nearly...

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Mexico migrant cargo train 'La Bestia' derails, at least five dead

August 25

At least five people were killed when a cargo train nicknamed "La Bestia," or "The Beast," on which would-be migrants hitch rides toward the U.S. border, derailed in a remote area of southern Mexico...

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3 more bodies recovered from INS Sindhurakshak

August 25

Three more bodies have been extricated from INS Sindhurakshak submarine that sank at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai after two blasts ripped through its hull on August 13. “Since the past three days,...

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Shetland helicopter crash: Fourth body recovered

August 25

The body of the fourth victim of a North Sea helicopter crash has been recovered from the aircraft wreckage. Four people were killed when the Super Puma, operated by CHC for oil firm Total and carrying...

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