Sri Lanka to suspend recovery in landslide hit village

Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Minister Mahindananda Amaraweera said recovery operations in landslide hit Meeriyabedda village would probably be halted from Sunday. He said a final decision would...

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Flight MH17: More human remains recovered

More remains of victims were recovered at the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash site in eastern Ukraine Thursday, according to the Los Angeles Times. Fighting has kept investigators from conducting...

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NYC's first 'Missing Persons Day' lets families expand DNA search

On Saturday New York City held a Missing Persons Day at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) at 421 26th Street and 1st Avenue, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There has been a statewide event in...

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12 children feared drowned as boat capsizes in Rae Bareli

12 children are feared drowned after their boat capsized in the Ganga river at Raalpur Ghat in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district today. The boat was ferrying 18 people from Kanjas village when...

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Bodies of two miners recovered from Ermenek identified following DNA tests

The bodies of two of the 18 workers who were trapped in a flooded mine in central Turkey last week have been identified following DNA tests. Officials have confirmed the names of the two deceased...

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11 dead and 39 injured in coach crash in Murcia

11 people—at least nine women and one man—have been killed in a coach crash that happened at 11 p.m. on Saturday night in Venta del Olivo, in the south-eastern region of Murcia. More than 50 people...

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