Dodgy docs confuse identification of bodies

Four people killed in the Nigerian building collapse were travelling on South African documents, causing confusion about the local death toll, an official said on Monday. “Initially we were told...

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Boats carrying dozens of migrants drowns off Libya's coast; 70 dead

Two boats carrying dozens of migrants to Europe capsized near the Libyan capital on Monday, drowning at least 70 people, two coast guard officials said. Coast guard spokesman Qassim Ayoub told The...

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Nigeria church collapse: ‘don’t view bodies’

Family members of the South Africans who lost their lives at the Synagogue Church of all Nations in Lagos, Nigeria, on September 12 have been advised not to view the mortal remains of their relatives...

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Eight migrants die every day trying to reach richer countries, study reveals

Migrants trying to reach more prosperous countries have died at a rate of eight every day for the past 14 years, the majority of them trying to get to Europe, according to the most comprehensive ever...

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Five more bodies found on Japan's Mount Ontake after eruption

Five more bodies have been found on the slopes of Japan's Mount Ontake, bringing the total number of presumed dead in a volcanic eruption Saturday to 36. Twenty-four bodies still remain on the mountain,...

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Synagogue collapse: Forensic identification of recovered bodies begins

The Lagos State Government on Friday commenced forensic identification and DNA analysis of bodies recovered from the site of the collapsed building at the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Ikotun, Lagos....

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19 killed in Guinea-Bissau land mine blast

At least 19 people aboard a minibus were killed when a landmine exploded in northern Guinea-Bissau, police said Saturday. Another 10 people were injured, several seriously, in the blast on a little-used...

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Forensic agency issued with contempt notice for delaying DNA reports on the unidentified bodies of the Baldia factory fire incident

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday issued contempt of court notices to the in-charge and project director of the National Forensic Science Agency (NFSA) for their failure to submit a report regarding...

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Brazil joins search for shipwreck survivors in the Paraguay river

A "hotel boat" sank on Wednesday in the Paraguay river near the Brazilian border, the boat was carrying Brazilian tourists and Paraguayan crew in a region famous for its wildlife diversity. Brazilian...

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251 victims of MH17 Ukraine crash identified

Forensic experts have identified 251 of the 298 passengers and crew killed on downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, after 26 people were named this week, Dutch authorities said on Friday. "Among...

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Global platform for Disaster Victim Identification established

INTERPOL and the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) have signed a formal cooperation agreement to manage and operate a permanent global platform centralizing disaster victim identification...

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Nigeria church collapse: SA team works to identify more bodies

Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe says a South African team of experts is working closely with officials in Nigeria as investigations continue into the Lagos building collapse. The team is...

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Paraguay: 13 missing after tourist boat capsizes

At least three people were dead and 13 were missing after a tourist boat capsized in the Paraguay River during a storm at the town of Carmelo Peralta in northern Paraguay, authorities said Wednesday...

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Himachal Pradesh bus accident: toll rises to 25; 17 still missing

At least 25 persons today drowned and 17 others went missing after a bus fell into the Gobind Sagar reservoir at Rayian near Bilaspur, 95 km from Shimla. Twenty-five bodies have been recovered while...

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Why east London is a hotspot for unidentified fatalities

The tattoo on his left hand simply read "786". In his wallet, along with a fake Italian driving licence, was a photograph of a woman. The Asian man in his 20s was found washed up in the Thames at...

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More than 30 die in Sudan boat sinking

More than 30 people have been killed in Sudan when a boat they were travelling in drowned in the River Nile, Sudanese police confirmed on Tuesday. The Sudanese police in the Nile State said in a press...

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Meghalaya flood toll rises to 21, another 24 feared dead

Twenty-one persons have lost their lives and another 24 are feared dead after being reported missing in flood affected areas of Garo Hills region in Meghalaya, according to state government officials....

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Gresford Mining Disaster 80th anniversary to be marked by special services

The anniversary of the Gresford Disaster, which took the lives of 266 men, will be marked today at a series of special events. It was on September 22, 1934 that an explosion ripped through the Dennis...

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Gaza families mourn amid failure to find missing shipwreck victims

More than two weeks after a boat carrying migrants to Europe sunk off the coast of Malta, none of the bodies of Palestinians who are thought to have drowned at sea have been recovered by search teams....

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10 dead, 35 missing after migrant ship sinks off Libyan coast

At least 10 migrants have died in a shipreck off Libya. 35 people are still lost at sea and presumed to have drowned, according to Italian media. The overcrowded boat was attempting the crossing...

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Cause of fatal Mali air crash still a mystery

Investigators probing the crash of an Air Algerie flight in Mali that killed 116 people in July said on Saturday there was no obvious lead yet and all possibilities, including terrorism, were being...

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Thousands still missing from Bosnia war

Bosnia-Herzegovina is still dealing with the dilemma of thousands of people filed as missing from the Bosnian war in the 1990s, Press TV reports. According to officials, there are still more than...

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Lagos church disaster: 10 South African victims identified

Ten of the South African citizens killed in the building collapse at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Nigeria have been positively identified, the government said on Thursday. A South African...

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225 victims of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 identified

Forensic experts have identified 225 victims of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, with 14 new names released to families, Dutch authorities said today. "Among the 14 victims, seven were Dutch...

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Nigeria: Another 17 South Africans presumed dead after church collapse

The South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Lulu Mnguni, has told that the death toll from the collapse in Lagos has risen to 84. President Jacob Zuma initially announced that 67 South Africans...

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70 dead in Nigeria after church building collapses

70 bodies have been recovered from the rubble of a collapsed church building in Lagos, however, according to Nigerian officials, they remain unidentified. South African President Jacob Zuma said...

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Five more Jonestown mass suicide victims identified among ashes found in Delaware

Names associated with unclaimed cremains found last month at a Dover, Del., funeral home, which include victims of the 1978 Peoples Temple mass suicide-murder in Jonestown, Guyana, were released to...

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6 dead, 21 missing 28 days after coal mine blast in Anhui

The search continues for 21 missing coal miners after an explosion in east China's Anhui province 28 days ago trapped the workers in the mine. An explosion ripped through the mine at about 4 am...

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Search continues for missing passengers of sunken ferry

Search and rescue operations continued yesterday for the lone remaining missing passenger of the ferry M/V Maharlika 2 that sank off Southern Leyte on Saturday. The Coast Guard identified the missing...

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Migrant boat was 'deliberately sunk' in Mediterranean sea, killing 500

About 500 migrants are feared to have drowned after the boat carrying them from Egypt to Malta was apparently rammed and deliberately sunk by people-traffickers, an intergovernmental group has said....

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Nowshera bus capsize: 21 persons still missing

As twenty one persons of the Nowshera Bus capsize are still missing, the Indian army has contacted Pakistani counterparts to locate bodies across the border. As per Police sources, forty six bodies...

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Death toll in ferry sinking now at eight; five still missing

The death toll from M/V Maharlika 2 has now reached eight as five more bodies were recovered during the search, rescue, and retrieval operations, Marisol Abdurahman's report on "24 Oras" said on Monday...

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In a land of death, Iraq’s morgue workers seek answers

The middle-aged man was killed at night, walking to his car in the Iraqi capital. No one seemed to know who did it or why. The man’s bloated corpse lay on the metal examining table. His family waited...

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20 die as bus plunges down cliff in Southern Peru

At least 20 people died and another 11 were injured when a passenger bus plunged Saturday into a 200-meter (655-foot) ravine in the southern Peruvian region of Apurimac, National Police said. The...

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