Uttarakhand missing declared dead

Two and a half months after the worst-ever deluge in Uttarakhand, thousands of people who went missing have now beeen officially declared dead. So far, they were only feared to have died since their...

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Flood death toll in State of Bihar rises to 160

Around 5.5 million people have been affected due to floods in 20 districts of Bihar, with the death toll going up to 160, official figures showed. With the flood situation remaining critical, thousands...

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Unhealed from Peru's bloody conflict are legion a decade after truth commission's report

For almost a quarter century, they have scoured the mountains of Peru's poorest region in search of the son hauled away by soldiers in the middle of the night. During their futile search, the couple...

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After 60 years, final attempt to identify 32 unknown victims of the 1953 Big Flood in the Netherlands

(Original article in Dutch) Experts from the police and the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) attempt to identify 32 people who perished 60 years ago during the 1953 Big Flood. Mayor Gerard Rabelink...

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Peru slow in exhuming war's victims

It was Alejandrina Torres' first time back in her native village since Shining Path rebels cut her parents' throats while she hid, a terrified 4-year-old, beneath the skirts of a neighbour. She...

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70 years ago this week, Philadelphia's disastrous train accident

It was Monday, Sept. 6, 1943 — the second Labor Day since the U.S. had entered World War II — and the pride of the Pennsylvania Railroad, a sleek train known as the Congressional Limited, was leaving...

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Ferry sinking death toll at 108; 29 missing

More bodies were brought up by divers from the sunken ferry St. Thomas Aquinas in the last three days, bringing to 108 the total so far of dead in the Aug. 16 collision between the passenger ship and...

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Recovery team to enter Pike River mine in search of bodies three years after explosions

The decision is a victory for grieving families of the victims who have campaigned untiringly, often in what seemed the face of official intransigence, since the disaster for the return of their loved...

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