Boat capsizes in India's Bihar

At least three people have drowned and six others are missing after a boat capsized in the Ganges river in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. The victims were all women, who were on their way to...

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7 passengers dead and 15 injured in Luxury bus and container collision at Thane

In the wee hours of Wednesday, a luxury bus rammed into a Petroleum container killing at least 7 passengers including the driver of the bus while a four wheeler behind the bus too rammed into it leading...

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Andaman ferry disaster: Search for body of last victim still on

While the families of those who died in the Andamans boat tragedy have found a semblance of closure by receiving the bodies on Monday morning, one family is still at odds with the sea. Authorities...

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Sri Lanka mass grave toll reaches 50

Skeletal remains of at least 50 people have been dug out from a mass grave discovered in northeastern Sri Lanka, amid speculation that the remains were of Tamil civilians who had disappeared during...

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Mass grave recovered after El Salvador's gang 'truce'

In a room set apart from the scrubbed surfaces and autopsy tables of this city’s medical examiner’s office, two technicians in white coveralls are sifting through sacks of mud and death. One technician...

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Regional co-operation necessary to identify missing persons

With thousands of people still missing from the 1990s conflicts in the region, countries in Southeast Europe must be diligent in their co-operation to solve the issue, experts said. According to...

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Landslides kill 19 villagers, 10 missing on Indonesia’s Java island

Two landslides triggered by torrential rain killed at least 19 people and left 10 others missing on Indonesia’s main island of Java, a government official said Tuesday. Five houses were buried when...

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Remains of 55 found at former Florida reform school

For decades, relatives of some boys dispatched to the notorious Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys have struggled to find out what became of them after they went missing amid reports of beatings, torture...

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Official death toll climbs to 17 after Quebec seniors' home fire; 15 still missing

Firefighters and police officers, some on their hands and knees, braved bitter cold for yet another day to find more bodies in the rubble of a seniors’ home that was engulfed in flames last week. Quebec...

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