Authorities seek help in identifying local remains

Local families who have lost loved ones may have the chance for closure, thanks to FBI facial approximations of five missing people in the Central Virginia area. Remains of a woman of unknown race...

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Nigeria: collapsed bridge - 23 killed as vehicles plunge into Katsina River

Twenty three persons including women and children were on Monday killed and five others injured when two vehicles fell into a river following the collapse of a bridge at Yanranda village of Charanchi...

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Sub tragedy: Lab identifies 9 bodies after DNA testing, two cases pending

The Kalina Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) handed over bodies of nine navy personnel, who were killed in the INS Sindhurakshak tragedy, to JJ Hospital after identifying them through DNA profiling....

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Moments of silence to start 12th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

For the 12th consecutive September 11, many Americans will fall silent at 8:46 a.m. Wednesday. Twelve years after terrorists killed 2,977 people -- beginning with American Airlines Flight 11's crash...

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4 killed, 20 missing as flood landslide hit Afghanistan

Four people lost their lives and 20 others went missing as flood and landslide hit a mountainous village in Zibak district of the northeast Badakhshan province on Tuesday, a local official said Wednesday....

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Search for body remains in Lake Perucac starts near Visegrad

More than 30 firefighters from six voluntary associations in Bosnia have joined investigators from the Institute for Missing Persons in search for body remains of war victims. The search is conducted...

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Searchers look for 2,500 Japan tsunami dead

Police and the coastguard in Japan carried out large-scale searches on Wednesday for the bodies of more than 2,500 people still missing two-and-a-half years since the quake-tsunami and nuclear disaster...

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A year on, no consolation for families of the missing dead

A year on, Shahida Akmal, 33, has still not been able to find her husband. Not only did she lose her beloved spouse, she cannot claim the promised compensation also as she cannot identify his body....

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