IOM hails efforts to raise migrant death ship off Libya's coast

Migrant arrivals in Italy have topped 20,000 for each of the last two months, reports IOM as 2015 reaches its midpoint. Approximately 2,900 migrants were rescued at sea in the channel of Sicily...

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GOIL fire: 58 bodies identified through DNA at Police hospital, 13 remain unidentified.

The Police Hospital has identified 58 victims of the June 3 fire disaster through Deoxiribonucleic Acid (DNA) tests so far. 71 bodies were deposited at the hospitals morgue after the disaster. President...

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Forgotten Taplejung, 16 still missing after landslide

Of the 39 people killed in the landslide in Taplejung two weeks ago, the bodies of 16 have still not been found. The bodies that were retrieved were buried nearby since villagers couldn’t take them...

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Darjeeling landslide: Death toll rises to 40; 16 persons still missing

With the recovery of two more bodies, the toll in landslide-battered Darjeeling district has risen to 40 even as 16 people still missing. The two bodies were pulled out from the debris at Mirik...

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Death toll from China bus crash rises to 11

The death toll from a bus accident in China rose to 11 as the driver of the vehicle was pronounced dead Thursday. He had been in a coma since the bus carrying 26 Korean government workers on a training...

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Srebrenica survivor brings solace in quest for human bones

Day after day, Ramiz Nukic goes into the woods around Srebrenica in search of a tragic quarry: human bones. There's rarely a day in which he does not find the remains of at least one murdered boy...

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Medan plane crash: Families urge release of bodies

Families of the victims of Tuesday’s plane crash in Medan, North Sumatra, have expressed disappointment over the slow release of the bodies of their loved ones, even after physical identification....

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Death toll from Ormoc ferry sinking rises to 45 as search resumes

The death toll from a passenger ferry that sank soon after leaving the port of Ormoc City, Leyte Thursday has risen to 45 as five bodies were retrieved from the capsized vessel on Friday, the Philippine...

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Gujranwala train accident: Another four bodies recovered, death toll reaches 18

Death toll in Gujranwala train accident has reached 18 after another four bodies were recovered from the canal, Dunya News reported. Three bodies have been identified while identity of the fourth...

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Medan plane crash: Search ends as focus turns to identification of bodies

Indonesia has called off a search for victims of Tuesday's military transport plane crash in Medan, North Sumatra, shifting the focus to identifying bodies that were badly burned in the fire that...

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