Sri Lanka: 1700 persons registered missing after the Civil War

The Mannar Citizen Committee – a voluntary organization is now involved in collecting details of persons missing in Kilinochchi and Jaffna districts. The registration of persons missing started...

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Cyclone, flood toll rises to 38 in Odisha

With flood waters receding in five districts, the Odisha government on Thursday stepped up relief and restoration work as the death toll rose to 38 with the recovery of two bodies. The State government...

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Death toll in Central Visayas quake rises to 163, more bodies found in Bohol

The number of fatalities from the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that shook Central Visayas has climbed to 163 with 21 still missing, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC)...

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Typhoon Nari kills 11 in Vietnam, leaves 5 missing

Rescuers have recovered more bodies after a typhoon flooded thousands of homes in Vietnam, raising the toll to 11 dead and five missing, officials said Thursday. Floods inundated more than 34,000...

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8 bodies recovered after Laos plane crash

Rescuers in fishing boats pulled bodies from the muddy Mekong River on Thursday as officials in Laos ruled out finding survivors from a plane that crashed in stormy weather, killing 49 people, including...

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Mexico finds missing plane; all 14 aboard dead

Mexican military and civilian personnel on Wednesday reached the site on the Baja California peninsula where a small plane carrying 14 people crashed, and confirmed all aboard died. A photo from...

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Japan typhoon: Rescuers search debris for missing

Rescuers in Japan worked overnight and into Thursday looking for survivors of Typhoon Wipha, which has killed at least 18 people. Around 39 people are still missing on Izu Oshima island, south...

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Body of missing Vittorio Missoni recovered from plane

The remains of five people have been recovered from an airplane carrying a party that included Italian fashion industrialist Vittorio Missoni and went missing off the coast of Venezuela in January,...

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