Bodies of 15 sailors recovered after boat sinks off southern Vietnam

Rescuers on Tuesday recovered the bodies of two sailors, the last among the 15 missing after their fishing boat sank off the coast of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province in southern Vietnam last week. The...

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The debris of the desperate: Finding life jackets and passports off the coast of Turkey

It was a beautiful day of clear skies and light winds when Gordon Walker and his family set out on their final sailing trip of the summer. Strong gusts from the north had delayed their departure,...

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Why allegations of human sacrifice in Tamil Nadu are too hard to probe

The little village of E Malampatti in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, has been all aflutter this past week. The media’s spotlight has been turned squarely onto this village, now notorious as the site...

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