Why identifying Typhoon Haiyan's dead matters to the living

The authorities in Tacloban City, capital of Leyte Province in central Philippines, have concluded a mass burial of unidentified bodies retrieved from the debris left by Typhoon Haiyan. In a report...

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Mexico: Investigators put names to 8 of 10 bodies of border-crossers in Santa Cruz County

In his final moments, a man in the midst of an illegal border-crossing west of Nogales sent a text message to his wife in Mexico, saying “Ya no aguanto” (“I can’t hold on anymore”) and another saying...

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Continuing effort to identify the only body recovered from the 1941 sinking of the HMAS Sydney

The only body recovered from Australia's worst every maritime disaster, the 1941 sinking of the HMAS Sydney, may have belonged to a sailor from the Far North Coast. The HMAS Sydney was sunk in November...

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Tacloban debris continues to yield human bodies

More bodies continue to be retrieved by the authorities from heaps of debris that litter the streets of Tacloban, two months after Supertyphoon “Yolanda” and accompanying storm surges demolished the...

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Typhoon 'Yolanda' (Haiyan) death toll rises to 6,183

The official death toll from super typhoon "Yolanda" is now at 6,183, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said. In its latest update today, January 7, the NDRRMC...

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Tanzania: Search efforts find no more bodies from capsized boat

The search for missing passengers who fell off a boat last Sunday continued on Monday with no more bodies retrieved, port authorities said. On Sunday five bodies were retrieved from the sea about...

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Goa building collapse: Rescue operations stopped; 17 bodies recovered, 12 missing

Rescue operations at the site of the building collapse in Cancona town of south Goa were halted this afternoon after two adjacent five-storey buildings tilted precariously, even as 17 bodies were pulled...

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