Venezuela officials say divers still searching for bodies from Missoni plane

Venezuela's attorney general says divers have been searching since the weekend for the bodies of the CEO of the Italian fashion house Missoni and others missing in a January plane crash in the Los...

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Laos plane crash: Foreign assistance called in as authorities struggle to find victims' bodies

The authorities in Laos are struggling to locate the fuselage of a downed plane and more than 20 bodies still unaccounted for following a crash earlier this week when an aircraft crashed in the Mekong...

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More mobile phones mean fewer deaths from natural disasters

Fewer people were killed or affected by natural disasters than in any other year in the past decade, according to a report (pdf) released Oct. 17. In 2012, some 15,706 died, compared to 37,907 in 2011...

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More bodies recovered in quake-hit provinces; deaths at 173

Two more bodies were recovered in the quake-hit provinces of Bohol and Cebu on Friday, increasing the death toll from Tuesday's powerful quake to 173. The National Disaster Risk Reduction Management...

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EULEX to launch examination at the possible mass grave site in Rudnica

EULEX experts from the Forensic Medicine Department and representative of the Serbian government launched the examination at the site suspected to hold a mass grave from the period of conflicts in...

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Ghost ship Nina: Missing for four months in the vastness of the Pacific, with seven crew presumed dead, is this faint satellite image a glimmer of hope?

Blurry satellite images of what appears to be a ship drifting in the Pacific Ocean have raised faint hopes that seven crew members, missing since their yacht disappeared off New Zealand four months...

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How do you tell the difference between a cyclone, a hurricane and a typhoon?

In the past month we have seen Mexico hit by Hurricane Ingrid, India battered by Cyclone Phailin and destruction in Japan from Typhoon Wipha. It would be easy to then assume that each of these devastating...

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Croatia exhumes remains of 19 war dead

The Croatian war veterans ministry said on Thursday that the human remains had been exhumed this week in the village of Masicka Sagovina village, near the city of Slavonski Brod. According to preliminary...

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New search to solve 1981 plane mystery

It was an icy night on Sunday, August 9, 1981 when a Cessna 210, call sign VH-MDX, went missing over the Barrington Tops with five people on board. It was on a three hour flight from Coolangatta...

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More than 30 bodies still missing from Laos plane crash

Officials in Laos say they lack the equipment and manpower to locate the fuselage and more than 30 bodies still unaccounted for two days after a plane crashed and disappeared into the Mekong River....

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