11 now feared dead in English Airshow crash

Officials have now identified 11 people who are “highly likely to have died” after a military jet crashed into a busy roadway during an airshow in southern England on Saturday. The military jet crashed...

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The Morewood Lake Disaster

It was set to be an exceptional year in the ice business. Early the year before, George Shand and Everett Lesure had purchased the Morewood Lake Ice Co., and were anxious to increase profitability...

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Typhoon Ineng leaves 35 dead, missing

The death toll from the heavy rains brought by Typhoon Ineng (Goni) went up to 15 yesterday as rescuers retrieved four bodies among the miners trapped in a landslide in Mankayan, Benguet. The Benguet...

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Malaysia finds 24 more bodies of human trafficking victims

Malaysian police say they have found another 24 bodies of suspected human trafficking victims in jungles bordering Thailand. Authorities in May said they discovered 139 suspected graves in abandoned...

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Technology a vital tool in identifying remains

It’s almost a cliché: The body was identified through dental records. That has been easier said than done in B.C. until very recently and is still problematic in much of Canada. Canadian authorities...

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12 bodies identified after Papua plane crash

Indonesian police have identified 12 of the victims of a Trigana Air crash in its Papua region a week ago. The identification of victims from a Trigana Air plane that crashed last week in Pegunungan...

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