India: Government plans DNA database to help find missing people

The government told the Indian Supreme Court on Monday that it intends to create a database of DNA profiles for the first time to locate missing persons and to identify bodies, and a Bill in this regard...

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19 missing, two dead as boat with illegal immigrants capsizes off Malaysia

At least two people died and 18 others were missing after an overloaded fishing boat carrying illegal Indonesian immigrants capsized off the coast of southern Malaysia, a maritime official said Tuesday....

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12 killed, over 160 injured as Moscow Metro carriages derail in rush hour

12 people have been killed and over 160 injured as several subway cars derailed on the Moscow Metro on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya dark blue Metro line on Tuesday morning. “There are so far 12 [dead],”...

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