Many missing as Apete makeshift bridge collapses

Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, experienced downpour at the weekend, culminating in a massive flooding, which killed no fewer than 15 persons in different parts of the ancient city. The incident,...

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Forensic lab takes blood samples of Beas river tragedy victims

The AP Forensic Science Laboratory has taken the blood samples of the parents of Himachal Pradesh Beas River tragedy victims. Experts are making DNA profiles to match them with that of the bodies...

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At least 30 dead in migrant boat accident off Italian coast

The Italian navy has found about 30 bodies in a fishing boat carrying hundreds of migrants between Sicily and the North African coast. The migrants who died appeared to have been asphyxiated. The...

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The secret scars of Erebus

There aren't words for the cold. It's a cold that penetrates through layers and layers of clothes, that freezes your boots and hurts your lungs when you breathe. Nor are there words for the silence,...

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Chennai building collapse: 11 bodies recovered so far

Eleven bodies have been recovered so far as massive rescue operations continued at the building collapse site at Mugalivakkam near Porur here even as police said they have arrested five persons in...

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GAIL accident: Blast kills 15 in Andhra,

At least 15 people were burnt to death and about 30 others injured in a huge blast and fire that took place at a gas pipeline belonging to the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) in East Godavari...

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Forensics hope over Troubles cases

A Belfast coroner is to meet with forensic experts and pathologists to establish if modern day techniques can shed new light on evidence from historic Troubles killings. Jim Kitson will have discussions...

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Changing Smell of Corpses Measures Time of Death

Not many of us like to consider the complex chemical processes that begin after we die. But new research into the chemical odors released by decomposing bodies is providing forensic scientists with...

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Two more bodies found, five students still missing : Beas tragedy

Two more bodies of students from an engineering college in Hyderabad were recovered in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of bodies retrieved to 19, the police said on Thursday. Five students...

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Mass graves with remains of migrants uncovered in Texas

The most perilous part of the journey for many migrants seeking to enter the United States from central America comes not when they are on their way to the Texas border, but once they have passed it....

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Boat mishap: 14 bodies claimed, 10 bodies to be sent to Indonesia on Sunday

Nine of the 14 bodies involved in the recent boat mishap off Banting have been claimed by relatives and will be transported back to Indonesia after getting a confirmation from an Indonesian Embassy...

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Eight of 31 bodies from Mexico mass grave identified

Forensic experts have identified eight of the 31 bodies found this week in a clandestine grave in the southern part of the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, Mexican authorities said. Those eight people...

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At least 26 dead as storms hit Southern China

At least 26 people died, three were missing and some 337,000 were evacuated as summer storms brought torrential rain and flash floods to much of southern China, the government said on Sunday. The...

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Police scientist wins £500k payout after developing post-traumatic stress disorder from handling bodies in the wake of the Asian tsunami

A police scientist has been awarded almost half a million pounds in compensation after he was left distressed by handling dead bodies after the Asian tsunami a decade ago. The forensics expert helped...

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14 dead in Bulgaria flash floods as rescuers search for missing

Flash floods in Bulgaria have killed at least 14 people, including two children, with others missing after torrential rains lashed the east of the country, authorities said Friday. The worst hit...

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14 killed in flash floods, landslips

At least 14 people have been killed in two separate incidents of landslide in Gulmi and Pyuthan districts. Nine members of a family including five children died after their house was swept away...

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Beas tragedy: 3 more bodies of students found

Three more bodies of engineering students from Hyderabad were recovered from the Beas on Thursday, bringing the total number of bodies recovered to 12. Twelve students and a co-tour guide are still...

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Mexican officials identify eight bodies from mass grave near Gulf Coast

Aided by people searching for missing relatives, Mexican officials identified on Thursday eight of 31 bodies pulled this week from a clandestine grave uncovered near Mexico´s Gulf Coast. Mexican...

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14 Bodies Recovered, 63 Rescued, 20 Still Missing In Boat Incident

Fourteen people were drowned in the Sg Air Hitam boat tragedy so far, with the latest casualty a man whose body was fished out near the coast of Westport Klang at 6.30pm. Kuala Langat OCPD Supt...

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India: DNA profiling for armed forces by 2020

The Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) has set 2020 as the deadline for completing its ambitious project of DNA profiling and creation of a repository of all Indian armed forces personnel. Deoxyribonucleic...

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Manali tragedy: One more body of a student recovered, 16 still missing

One more body of a student was recovered from Beas river on Wednesday eleven days after 25 persons, including 24 students from a Hyderabad engineering college, were swept away in the river. Nine...

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Nine bodies found, 27 still missing in Carey Island boat tragedy

A search and rescue team recovered nine bodies that were believed to have drowned while another 27 are still missing when a boat carrying 97 passengers, believed to be Indonesians, capsized about two...

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Mass grave containing 28 bodies discovered in eastern Mexico

At least 28 bodies have been recovered from a mass grave in Veracruz, an eastern Mexican state plagued by attacks on migrants and drug cartel violence. The state government said officials had found...

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US army recovers bodies of 1952 crash victims

The remains of about a third of the service members who died when their military transport plane crashed into an Alaska mountain and then was buried for decades in glacier ice have been identified,...

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18 bodies retrieved from Tokroanu boat disaster

total of 18 bodies have been retrieved from the Volta Lake following a boat accident that occurred near Tokroanu in the Krachi-East district last Saturday. Ten bodies were retrieved on Saturday,...

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8 people dead, 28 missing as boat carrying Indonesians sinks off Malaysia; 61 survivors found

An overcrowded wooden boat carrying Indonesians home in a storm sank in choppy seas off Malaysia's west coast early Wednesday, leaving 28 people missing and eight dead, Malaysian officials said. At...

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At least 20 die in bus accident in Venezuela

At least 20 people were killed and 10 others injured Monday when a bus ran off the road and struck a tree in the central state of Miranda, Venezuelan authorities said. "Up to now we have the unfortunate...

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11 tourists killed, 45 injured in Himachal bus accident

At least 11 tourists were killed and 45 others injured when a private bus skidded off the road and rolled down a gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district Monday evening, police said. A majority...

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17 more skeletons found near Kedarnath valley

A special task force (STF), comprising 22 members, recovered 17 more skeletons from the Jungle Chatti and Rambara forest areas near the Kedarnath valley in Rudrapryag district on Sunday, just four days...

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The many would-be immigrants missing in the Mediterranean Sea

Every year tens of thousands of people leave poor, war-torn countries to seek better fortunes in Europe. Many risk dangerous sea voyages for the chance to improve their lives, but a huge percentage...

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High-tech equipment fails to locate missing bodies in Beas

The massive search operations to trace bodies of Hyderabad engineering students yielded no result on Sunday, even as high-tech echo sounder device and remote sensing equipments were used to scan the...

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Rescuers found bodies of seven miners in Donetsk region, 2 missing

Rescuers have found bodies of seven workers who died in an explosion in a mine near the city of Kirovsk (the Donetsk region), Ukraine’s emergency situations service reported on Friday. Two miners...

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12 bodies still missing in S Korea ferry disaster

The rescue team searching for bodies inside South Korea’s sunken ferry has made no progress for finding 12 bodies still trapped within the ship. Twelve bodies are still missing, out of which...

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Manali dam disaster: Two more bodies recovered from Beas; 13 students still missing

Two more bodies of engineering students from Hyderabad were retrieved on Thursday from the Beas river in Himachal Pradesh as the search operations gained momentum with 15 Indian Navy divers helping...

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Mass grave from Peru's 1980-2000 conflict exhumed

Forensic teams have begun the long-delayed exhumation of members of an Amazon tribe that suffered devastating losses during Peru's 1980-2000 conflict with Shining Path rebels. The first body, unearthed...

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Beas river tragedy: Sixth body pulled out, search operation on

Rescuers on Wednesday pulled out the sixth body from the Beas river here, two days after 24 students and a tour operator were swept away in strong currents following release of water from the Larji...

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