Thousands die on Bangladesh's roads every year. One app offers hope.

Coming to rest against a tree at the side of the highway, the car had narrowly avoided catastrophe. Jennifer Farrell’s first instinct as a doctor was to help the motorcyclist. Just moments before,...

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Decoration day: Ebola leaves no graves to decorate in Liberia

An article on the importance of burial rituals following the ebola crisis. Finda Fallah sat in her tiny one-bedroom apartment, boiling up rice and leftovers with one of the few children in her family...

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Tanzania: Iringa bus crash toll reaches 50 - eight bodies identified

The death toll of the traffic accident that occurred at Changarawe village in Mafinga, Mufindi District, Iringa Region, on Wednesday morning increased to 50 people on Thursday after eight casualties...

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DNA testing could help address humanitarian crisis at the border

Recently, the remains of yet another migrant were reported in Brooks County, Texas, a county bordering Mexico. That's the 17th dead body in that county in the first two months of 2015. Sadly, that's...

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Death toll in Russia blaze rises to 11

The death toll after a massive fire ripped through a shopping mall in Russia has risen to 11. Officials initially announced the deaths of a woman and four men after the blaze destroyed the three-storey...

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9 victims of Florida military helicopter accident identified, 2 still missing

According to reports the bodies of seven Marines and two soldiers have been recovered from the wreckage. The other two soldiers are feared dead. After hours of searching up and down the foggy Florida...

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Hunt for survivors afer new Bangladesh factory disaster

Rescue teams searched Friday for survivors in the rubble after a factory collapsed in Bangladesh, killing at least seven people and sparking fresh criticism over the country's appalling record on...

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