Monday, 24 February 2014

The Mass Graves of Bor, South Sudan

February 24

A handful of volunteers in almost deserted Bor, capital of South Sudan's Jonglei State, remove dead bodies from homes, put them in body bags donated by the International Committee of the Red Cross,...

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Dominican official: Bodies of 3 more Haitians found where boat capsized; death toll at 8

February 24

The bodies of three more Haitians have been recovered by authorities in the Dominican Republic, raising the death toll to eight from a capsizing of a smuggler's boat last week. Local civil defense...

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Families of MIA soldiers hope for excavation at Vietnam war site in Koh Tang

February 24

Potential evidence related to Americans still missing after the final battle of the Vietnam War may lead to extensive excavation efforts on an island off the coast of Cambodia, giving renewed hope...

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11 Killed in Indonesia Landslides

February 24

Two people are still missing after the landslides hit three locations in the provincial capital of Jayapura, according to Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency,...

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