Cyprus: Hopes rise in bid to find mass grave containing bodies of Greek Cypriots

New efforts were underway in the occupied north yesterday to locate a mass grave thought to contain the bodies of dozens of Greek Cypriots missing since the Turkish invasion in July 1974. This is...

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Rescuers stopped from reaching Indonesia plane crash site by bad weather

A plane that went down in eastern Indonesia two days ago was “completely destroyed” and 38 bodies have so far been found, officials said, after rescuers finally reached the remote crash site today....

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Zimbabwe: SA Accident Victims to Be DNA Tested

The identification process of nine Zimbabweans who died in an accident last Thursday is expected to take time as most of the victims were burnt beyond recognition and would need to undergo DNA tests,...

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Midnight killer: The 1976 Moro Gulf tsunami

It was 10 minutes past midnight of August 17, 1976, a Tuesday. While most people were sleeping, a massive earthquake, registering magnitude 8.0 on the Richter scale, rocked most of Mindanao and...

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South Africa taxi collides with train near Ballito

A minibus taxi has collided with a train near Ballito in South Africa, killing at least 14 people, according to KwaZulu-Natal emergency services. The BBC's Milton Nkosi says it is believed the...

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