Why are some victims more important than others?

A headline in the Daily Mail last week read: 'Two Americans among 1,700 killed in Philippines Typhoon". An estimated 2,000 Filipinos have perished, but it's the loss of two western lives that may...

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Forensic team identifies Tacloban dead

Three pathologists struggled yesterday to identify dozens of fast-decomposing bodies at a mass grave, victims of the strongest typhoon ever recorded, illustrating the scale of the task the Philippines...

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The M40 Crash: Day trip to disaster for 11 young musicians 20 years ago

The children of Hagley Roman Catholic High School were in high spirits when they left their lessons behind on Wednesday afternoon and headed for London to see the country's finest young musicians at...

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Egypt train crashes into mini-bus, kills 26

At least 26 people were killed in Egypt when a train ploughed into a truck and a mini-bus at a railway crossing early Monday, the health ministry said. Another 28 people were injured in the accident,...

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Briton among 50 dead in Russian plane crash in Kazan

All 44 passengers and six crew members on board a Boeing 737 that crashed on landing in the Russian city of Kazan have been killed, sources at the scene have confirmed. The UK Foreign Office has...

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Typhoon Haiyan: The grim task of recovering Tacloban's dead

They're doing a job nobody wants to do in a place few want to be. But their deeply unenviable task is a vital step toward getting Tacloban, the Philippines city decimated by the fury of Super Typhoon...

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