2nd 'black box' found from Air Algerie crash in Mali, French forensic experts on site

France has declared a three-day mourning period to commemorate the victims of the Air Algerie Flight 5017, French President Holland declared on Saturday. Following a meeting with families of the...

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UAE DVI team sent to Ukraine to aid in the identification of MH17 plane victims

At the request of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), the UAE Disaster Victims Identification (DVI) team set out on Tuesday to Ukraine to take part in identifying the remains...

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First MH17 Crash Victims Identified

Forensic experts have identified the first of 298 people killed when flight MH17 which was shot down over Ukraine last week, the Dutch government said on Saturday. "Today the first victim of the...

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Case of mistaken identity after bus disaster: Mix-up brings joy to one family, devastation for another

It was a day of boundless joy for Swamy Goud on Friday. This farmer of Kistapur village, who was mourning the loss of his 'son' in Thursday's bus accident at Masaipet village in Medak district, suddenly...

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Air Algerie wreckage found in Mali

The wreck of an Air Algerie plane that went missing with 110 passengers on board has been found in Mali near the Burkina Faso border, according to a coordinator for the crisis unit in Ouagadougou....

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NAMUS offers way to share missing persons data

An estimated 40,000 unidentified dead bodies 10 years ago in the offices of medical examiners and coroners nationwide — many of those officials with limited access to information about missing person...

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