Friday, 1 May 2015

Volunteers burn Nepal’s unclaimed bodies as death toll rises

May 1

Morgues have no space for newly-arrived bodies in Kathmandu. The crematory pyres outside the revered Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu spew grey-white smoke into the bright sun of Friday afternoon....

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Mass graves unearthed at human-trafficker camp in Songkhla

May 1

More than 30 bodies were discovered Friday in shallow graves at a human-trafficking camp near the Malaysian border with the national police chief saying 20 more could be found. Pol Gen Somyot Pumpunmuang...

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Thousands still missing after Nepal quake

May 1

Thousands of people were still missing in Nepal on Friday as food and help began to trickle through to those stranded in remote areas after last week's earthquake which killed 6,250. Up to 1,000...

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Kenya: Search on for at least nine nissing Narok floods victims

May 1

The search for nine missing bodies swept by flash floods in Narok on Thursday is still ongoing. Kenya Red Cross, National Disaster Management, the National Youth Service and members of the public...

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MH17 disaster: Search for remains and wreckage ends

May 1

Investigators say they have finished recovering human remains and wreckage from the site of the MH17 plane crash in eastern Ukraine. A final flight carrying seven coffins will arrive in the Netherlands...

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