Madhya Pradesh bus accident: DNA tests ordered

The remains of the people killed in a bus accident in Madhya Pradesh's Panna district will be sent for DNA test, police said on Tuesday. The relatives would get compensation only after their DNA...

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Nepal: Retrieving the remains of Jewish victims for burial

With the body of 22-year-old hiker Or Asraf in the airport en route to Israel, Rabbi Chezky Lifshitz, co-director of Chabad of Nepal, says the grisly work of searching for Jewish remains continues in...

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Britain’s worst rail disaster: Soldiers on way to Gallipoli were caught up in rail crash inferno

Britain’s worst rail disaster - Quintinshill near Gretna - is to be remembered at a centenary parade and commemoration service on Thursday, May 21. The collision resulted in the death of two Bo’ness...

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Dozens of migrants feared drowned in Mediterranean

At least 46 migrants are feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean after falling out of a rubber boat as a rescue ship approached, survivors have said. The accident is the first major Mediterranean...

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Trekkers' bodies yet to be identified in Nepal

The bodies of 100 trekkers and villagers have been found where an avalanche hit outside Nepal's capital, triggered by last month's earthquake. Police and local volunteers recovered the bodies over...

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