India floods: More bodies recovered in Uttarakhand

Rescue workers in the Indian state of Uttarakhand have recovered 75 bodies from the debris of June's devastating floods, taking the official toll to 528, police said. The bodies were found near...

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Unmasking hidden tattoos

It is now possible to reveal tattoos that have been erased or covered up by new tattoos using a combination of spectroscopic techniques. A lot of people get tattoos in a moment of madness which they...

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27 people killed as truck crashes into traffic in South Africa

Twenty-seven people were killed when a truck ploughed into traffic west of Durban in South Africa. A government spokesman said about another 30 people had been injured, some critically, in Thursday's...

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13 killed in Kerala as speeding minibus overturns

The driver of an overcrowded private minibus trying to overtake another bus lost control of the vehicle and rammed into a tree. The bus overturned, leaving 13 dead and 24 injured, in Kerala on Friday,...

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Pilot's family hopes for recovery of mortal remains

The recent recovery of the body of havildar Jagmail Singh, who was on board the ill-fated AN-12 plane which crashed in 1968, has rekindled hopes of the pilot's family. Flight Lieutenant Harkewal...

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US JPAC On Search Mission For WWII Plane Crash Remains In India

A US team from the Joint Prisoners of War/Missing In Action Accounting Command (JPAC) on Thursday left for northeastern Indian state of Tripura to search for the remains of those who died in a plane...

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