2 more ferry fatalities found as operations stopped

Two more bodies were recovered by divers on Friday from the sunken ferry St. Thomas Aquinas, bringing to 114 the death toll in the Aug. 16 collision between the passenger ship and the cargo vessel...

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MV Hope sailors bodies in Malaysian morgue

Two bodies kept at a morgue in Malaysia’s Langkawi were identified on Sunday as that of sailors of ill-fated Bangladeshi cargo ship MV Hope. The sailors are believed to be the vessel’s Cabin crew...

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WWII vets hope lake in Italy yields GIs' remains

The discovery of a World War II amphibious vehicle on the bottom of an Italian lake is raising hopes among a group of American veterans that the remains of two dozen of their comrades will be found...

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India's missing generation

Between 1 January and 8 May 2013, 725 children were reported missing in New Delhi, according to India’s Zonal Integrated Police Network sites. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB),...

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Uttarakhand tragedy: No more bodies recovered in Kedar Valley

No more bodies were found in the upper reaches of worst-hit Kedar Valley of Uttarakhand during the past two days, even as the third round of combing operations continued for the seventh day today....

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A cemetery where most of Karachi’s anonymous end up

Wrapped in a white shroud, the body lies in the vast ground. The undertaker steps forward to lead the funeral prayer, while his aide and the ambulance driver stand behind him in silence. Three men...

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Mass grave with 500 Libyans dead at war with Chad found

The bodies of some 500 Libyans killed during the war of 1987 between China and Chad were found in the southern region of Kufra, said here Friday an official spokesman. The bodies were located in...

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Zimbabwe has one forensic pathologist

Zimbabwe has only one forensic pathologist in the public sector, a situation which causes a delay in solving murder cases in the country, a senior government official has said. Forensic pathology...

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4 killed, 7 missing after vehicles fall into river in China

At least four people were killed and seven others went missing after a bus and a car fell into a river in southwest China. The bus and car fell into a river in Yunlong County, Dali Bai Autonomous...

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