Helicopter body recovery begins

Search and rescue teams have begun the methodical process of removing bodies from a Norfolk marsh after a US Airforce officer paid tribute to four American crew members killed in a helicopter crash....

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More bodies turning up in Tacloban

Piles of debris left by Supertyphoon Yolanda here continue to disgorge the bodies of those who died in the world’s strongest storm in recent history. A group called Task Force Cadaver, formed by...

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Nine killed as fire breaks out in Mumbai train

Nine people were killed when fire broke out in the Dehradun Express early on Wednesday morning near Dahanu Road in Thane, Maharashtra. The fire, which broke out in the S4 coach, spread to two more...

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Death toll rises to 24 in Goa building collapse

With the recovery of three more bodies from the debris, the death toll in Canacona building collapse in Goa has risen to 24. "We recovered three more bodies from the debris of the building last...

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15 killed, six buildings burnt in Lagos tanker crash

No fewer than 15 people were burnt to death when a tanker laden with petrol fell and went up in flames Tuesday night. The inferno lasted till yesterday morning, at the Berger Suya junction, Apapa,...

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At least 15 people killed in road accident in Pakistan

At least 15 people were killed and 26 others injured when two passenger vans coming from opposite directions fell into a ravine after hitting each other near Pakistan's northern city of Murree on Wednesday...

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Japan's move to repatriate war dead will face backlash from China, S Korea

The Japanese government is drawing up legislation that will make the repatriation of the bodies of its second-world-war dead a “state responsibility”, but analysts anticipate the initiative will attract...

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