Turkey mine explosion: Final bodies recovered from underground as death tolls reaches 301

Rescue workers removed the last remaining bodies from a stricken mine here on Saturday afternoon as the death toll in Turkey’s worst mining accident rose to 301 people, according to the prime minister’s...

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Serbia and Bosnia floods: At least 20 dead

Record flooding in the Balkans has killed 20 people in Serbia and Bosnia this morning. Emergency services pulled dead bodies from flooded homes as tens of thousands were forced to flee, authorities...

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Clyde Snow, famed forensic anthropologist dies; called “grave-digging detective”

Clyde Collins Snow, 86, one of the foremost of the nation’s forensic anthropologists, who discovered the hidden stories told by skeletal remains and put his findings in the service of human rights,...

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Desperate search after immigrants die in desert

Corina Montoya cries as she holds her granddaughter in her arms. Angie will turn 2 soon. She was just 18 days old when her father left their home in El Progreso, Honduras. Hector Rivas hasn't been...

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Plane crash in Laos kills several top officials

A Laos air force plane carrying senior government officials has crashed, killing the country's defence minister and at least five others. The plane came down in a forested area of Xiangkhoung province,...

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Bangladesh resumes search for missing in sunken ferry; 54 bodies recovered so far

Rescuers have recovered 54 bodies from a ferry that sank in a river during a storm in central Bangladesh, resuming their search Saturday after protests by relatives of people missing in the disaster....

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