DNA testing on MV Thomas Aquinas fatalities to take a year

Police forensic experts may need up to a year to identify some of the fatalities from the sinking of the passenger ship MV Thomas Aquinas 1 in Cebu last August 16. “(With) the number of relatives...

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Toll rises in Mexico migrant train accident

Hundreds of Central Americans riding atop a cargo train in hopes of getting to the United States were being threatened and extorted by armed men before the train derailed and killed at least six, survivors...

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Philippine Coast Guard official tally: 80 dead, 51 missing, 733 survivors

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Central Visayas yesterday released an official tally of the victims of the Aug. 16 collision of two vessels to eliminate confusion. The PCG said the collision...

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Human bones sent for forensic test

Around 16 severed human body parts and 13 bones, found in four sacks at Dhaka South City Corporation landfill in Matuail yesterday, might have been trashed by a medical student studying anatomy. The...

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Debris keeps divers from retrieving bodies from ferry

Naval divers were unable to retrieve bodies from the sunken M/V St. Thomas Aquinas yesterday, saying that search operations were made difficult by debris and dark areas in the sea. Lieutenant Commander...

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HPCL-Visakh Refinery fire: Workers say 10 are still missing

More than 48 hours after the mishap at HPCL-Visakh Refinery on Friday, uncertainty continues over the number of deceased, even as one of the severely injured was airlifted to Mumbai for advanced treatment....

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Nepal embassy officials in Uttarakhand to discuss missing persons after flood

A team of the Nepalese Embassy formed to find the facts about Nepali people who went missing in the flood in Uttarakhand, India, that took place in mid-June this year interacted with Nepali people...

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25 drown as mini-truck falls into Ghaghra in Bahraich area

As many as 25 people are feared to have drowned in Ghaghra when a mini-truck in which they were travelling fell into the river in the early hours on Saturday. Reports stated that the vehicle (UP...

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4,432,880 missing persons vanished globally in past 20 years

In the summer of 2005, an elderly woman with dementia left her residence in Medicine Hat, Alberta. No one knows why she left, or where she thought she was going. Exhaustive attempts to locate her were...

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Mexico officials tell families that 10 bodies identified so far as among 12 abducted from bar

Families in Mexico City say authorities have told them that 10 of the bodies found in a mass grave outside the capital have been identified so far as being among a dozen young people kidnapped three...

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Body parts came from a medical college: Police

Police now suspects that the 16 severed human body parts and 13 bones which were recovered from Dhaka South City Corporation landfill in Matuail on Friday, came from an anatomy department of some medical...

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