Outdated methods will hamper efforts to identify USS Oklahoma remains, experts say

As the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency exhumes the comingled remains of 388 sailors and Marines from the USS Oklahoma who are buried in Hawaii as unknowns, experts are skeptical that scientists will...

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Mumbai’s eastern suburbs account for highest 30% missing adults, minors

The city police on Wednesday said 5,894 individuals from all age groups went missing in Mumbai in the six months between November 2014 and May 2015. Out of the total missing cases registered, 17.5%...

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15 dead, 19 injured in Peru bus crash

At least 15 people were killed and 19 others injured on Wednesday when a bus tumbled 700 metres down the side of a mountain in central Peru`s Ancash region, authorities said. First responders have...

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12 dead as train carrying military troops falls into canal near Gujranwala

At least 12 people, including a senior army officer, were killed on Thursday when a train carrying soldiers and military hardware fell into a canal in Gujranwala following the partial collapse of a...

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Tragedy in the sea: Ship mishaps in the last 20 years

The shocking news about the motor banca MV Nirvana-B capsizing just after leaving Ormoc port has left dozens dead and more missing. The Philippine Coast Guard is still working on rescue operations...

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Tunisia identifies all 38 victims of beach terror attack, 30 British

All 38 victims of the Tunisian beach resort massacre have been formally identified, among them 30 Britons, the health ministry said Wednesday. On Friday, 23-year-old student Seifeddine Rezgui went...

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Lack of data on victims slows identification

The lack of available data on the passengers of the Hercules C-130 that crashed in Medan on Tuesday has slowed the process of victim identification. “The challenges relate to our antemortem data,...

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Indonesia to call off search for victims in deadly military plane crash

Indonesian authorities will call off a two-day search for victims on Thursday after a military transport plane crashed into a residential area in Sumatra, killing around 140 people, the military...

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Dozens killed after packed Philippine ferry capsizes

At least 36 people were killed after a wooden passenger ferry with close to 200 people on board capsized in rough waters in the central Philippines on Thursday, officials said. The Kim Nirvana was...

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Darjeeling landslide: Rescue operations underway

Rescue and relief operations continued in full swing in the landslide wrecked Darjeeling hills of West Bengal on Thursday with at least 12 people still missing, officials said. The state administration...

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