Soldiers killed during WW1 named via DNA from relatives

Ten soldiers who died in World War One and whose bodies were found in France five years ago have been named after DNA analysis of samples from relatives. Since the discovery of the bodies in 2009...

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MH370 Malaysia plane: How maths helped find an earlier crash

Statisticians helped locate an Air France plane in 2011 which was missing for two years. Could mathematical techniques inspired by an 18th Century Presbyterian minister be used to locate the mysterious...

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Uganda: Scores feared dead in Lake Albert boat capsize

Scores of passengers are believed to have died after a boat they were traveling in capsized on Lake Albert in Kibaale district Saturday morning. Many of the over 100 passengers of the ill-fated...

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Foreign and deceased: Unclaimed bodies in Costa Rica

Since 2012, the cryogenic chambers of the Forensic Pathology section of the Judicial Branch in Costa Rica have served as the final resting place of 37 deceased individuals whose bodies have never been...

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10 women drown as boat sinks in India

A pall of gloom descended over a village near Deoli in Tonk district on Friday when 10 women labourers drowned when their boat capsized in Banas river. Five other women and a sailor managed to swim...

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Pakistan: Accident on Quetta-Karachi highway leaves 38 dead

Two passenger coaches and two trucks collided on the Quetta-Karachi highway leaving at least 38 people dead and 15 others critically injured, Express News correspondent Shezad Baloch reported on Saturday....

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