Typhoon Wutip: S China Sea fishermen’s bodies are identified

Local police in Hainan Province have identified four fishermen's bodies retrieved from the South China Sea after three fishing boats sank on September 29 due to Typhoon Wutip, after taking DNA samples...

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Lightning bolts kill 32 during Indian monsoon

Lightning strikes in India have killed at least 32 people, including nine children. The deaths occurred in the eastern states of Bihar and Jharkhand which have been hit by torrential rains and...

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Peru bus drops over 260 feet off cliff and kills 19, injures 25

At least 19 people- including two young children - were killed when a bus traveling from the Peruvian capital Lima to a rural southern province plunged off a cliff Saturday. Two children, aged one...

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Recovery in doubt for remains of Canadian plane-crash victims in Antarctica

The frozen remains of three Canadians have been in the wreckage of a plane, partly buried in snow and stuck on the side of one of the highest mountains in Antarctica, for nine months. The summer...

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Thailand: Pickup truck crashes, 18 killed

Police said 15 people died at the scene. The others, all seriously injured, were rushed to Buri Ram hospital, where three more people succumbed to their injuries. The Toyota pickup, adapted to carry...

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Lagos plane crash: DNA results expected within three weeks, death toll rises to 15

Families of the victims of last Thursday's plane crash may have to still wait a little longer to recover the bodies of their loved ones that perished in the mishap going by indications on Sunday....

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DNA test results of Rana Plaza victims likely after Eid

The DNA test results of the unidentified victims of the Rana Plaza tragedy will be made public after Eid-ul-Azha, sources have said. The Combined DNA Index System (Codis) software, set up at the...

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Divers recover 83 more bodies on Sunday from shipwrecked migrant boat off Italy

Divers recovered a total of 83 bodies on Sunday from the wreck of an unseaworthy boat carrying migrants that sank off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, the Ansa news agency reported. The...

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