Last 4 bodies found from Russian plane crash

Emergency workers have recovered the four remaining bodies of the nine victims of a plane crash outside the eastern Siberian city of Irkutsk, a local official said Friday. The bodies, along with...

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1,000 copses remain unburied in Tacloban City

Close to two months after monster typhoon Yolanda in Tacloban City, people find it hard to move on, as thousands of bodies have yet to be identified and buried. A lot at Suhi Village serves as a...

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The corpse collector on the Yangtze River

Rope, pole and life jacket: These are the mundane tools of the unpleasant trade plied by 62-year-old boatman Chen Yangxi, a corpse collector on the Yangtze River in Wuhan, Central China. Living a...

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South Korea identifies remains of police killed in Korean War

A South Korean police officer who was killed in the Korean War has been identified 63 years after his death in battle, the defense ministry said Friday, marking the 10th set of remains sent home for...

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Asian tsunami disaster anniversary

Bitter memories of December 26, 2004, were relived in the coastal villages of Chennai, Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Kanyakumari and Tuticorin districts when the ninth anniversary of tsunami was observed...

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32 killed as bus plunges into ravine in Thailand

At least 32 people were killed and five critically injured today when a speeding bus plunged into a ravine in northeast Thailand. The bus, coming from Khon Kaen was enroute to Chiang Rai province,...

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