No hope of more survivors in DR Congo boat sinking

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Sunday they had abandoned all hope of finding more survivors, after as many as 100 people went missing when their boat sank on the Congo River....

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13 bodies of victims of crashed AirAsia plane to be identified

As many as 13 bodies of victims of crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 remain unidentified on the 50th day of identification process on Sunday as the bodies have gone beyond identification and DNA data...

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1928: The St. Francis Dam disaster

It was just a few minutes before midnight on March 12, 1928, when the second worst disaster in California occurred in the Santa Clarita Valley’s San Francisquito Canyon. The St. Francis Dam, holding...

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Remembering the Bridge Hall mill disaster 100 years on

It was one of the largest paper mills in the world and a powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution. But 100 years ago today Bridge Hall mills at Heap Bridge was also the scene of one of Heywood’s...

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