Survivors mark second anniversary of Costa Concordia disaster

Bells and horns rang out on the Italian Island of Giglio on Monday evening to mark the exact moment when the Costa Concordia sank two years ago. Survivors and relatives of the ship’s victims had...

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Sniffer dogs sought to find bodies in Tacloban City

The task force on cadaver collection has requested the US government to send K-9 detection dogs to this city as authorities continued to struggle in retrieving the dead more than two months after the...

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At least 200 drown in South Sudan ferry accident while fleeing fighting

At least 200 South Sudanese civilians have drowned in a ferry accident on the White Nile river while fleeing fighting in the city of Malakal, an army spokesman said. "The reports we have are of...

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'Yolanda' death toll rises to 6,201

The official death toll from super typhoon "Yolanda" (international name Haiyan) is now at 6,201, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said. In its latest update...

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The Comfort of Closure: Restoring family links

Everyday, Antonio Claridad, 72, checks the lists and goes through the names, one by one. Today might be the day that he will get word about his cousin, Reming Natulya. “They said she died,” said...

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Death toll from Philippine landslides, floods up to 22

Twenty-two people have been killed and nearly 200,000 others evacuated as floods and landslides hit a southern Philippine region still recovering from a deadly 2012 typhoon, the government said Tuesday....

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