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Thursday, 9 February 2012

Duikers 'redden' teddybeer uit cruiseschip [in Dutch]

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Teddy beer saved from Costa Concordia cruiseship. Demonstrates the sentimental value of personal effects in disasters.. ISOLA DEL GIGLIO ...

Experts identify critical factors in CTV collapse

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Intense ground shaking, non-ductile columns and the asymmetrical layout of shear walls were the critical factors contributing to the collaps...
Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Philippines earthquake toll rises as dig continues for landslide casualties

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Rescuers have found no further survivors among dozens of people buried by landslides on a central Philippine island after an earthquake. Th...

Philippine quake kills 43, dozens missing

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Rescuers in the Philippines are digging through rubble with shovels and their bare hands after a powerful earthquake triggered landslides, c...

Lahore Building Collapse: Death Toll Set To Rise

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Two more bodies have been pulled from the rubble of a factory that collapsed in Pakistan, raising the death toll to 17. The three-storey ...
Monday, 6 February 2012

17 dead, 13 rescued after migrant boat capsizes

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SABANA DE LA MAR, Dominican Republic (AP) — Rescuers scouring the white-capped waters off the Dominican Republic's coast have found 17 ...

Deaths in makeshift boat sinking rise to 19, search suspended

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Sabana de la Mar, Dominican Republic.- Authorities found another body that of a woman and now total seven recovered Sunday, from a makeshift...

Boat capsizes off Libya coast: 15 dead

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Tripoli - At least 15 Somali migrants were killed and 40 left missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya this week, the Somali...

Magnitude 6.8 quake in Philippines kills 13, buries homes

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MANILA, Philippines — Rescuers dig with picks and shovels trying to reach dozens of people trapped under houses collapsed by a strong earth...

At least five dead after Philippines earthquake

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At least five people were killed today when a strong earthquake shook the central Philippines, destroying buildings and triggering landslide...
Sunday, 5 February 2012

Chicago morgue 'lost mother's body for 14 months' while stuffed beyond capacity

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The family of a missing Chicago woman whose body took over a year for a morgue to admit identification is suing behind claims they lost her ...

DNA profiling centre to be launched at AFMC

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Lt Gen H Kakaria,Director General, Armed Forces Medical Services, will launch the DNA profiling centre at the AFMC on February 8 on the side...

NBI tags four more unidentified bodies of Typhoon Sendong victims

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OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Feb. 5 (PIA) – At least four (4) additional unidentified dead bodies have been tagged by the National Burea...

PNG ferry disaster victims ‘likely dead’

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Port Moresby - Papua New Guinea authorities scaled back their search on Sunday for survivors from the sinking of a passenger ferry, saying n...

Raising the dead: The grim quest for bodies on board the capsized Costa Concordia

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After the tragedy has come the quiet heroism of the Italian rescue teams. Live was given exclusive access to the divers and sappers who are...
Friday, 3 February 2012

18th Nordic Conference on Forensic Medicine, Aarhus, Denmark, 13-16 June 2012

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It is a great pleasure for The Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, Aarhus University and the Danish Society of Foren...

6th European Academy of Forensic Science Conference, The Hague, 20-24 August 2012

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The Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) takes pride in announcing that the 6th European Academy of Forensic Science Conference will be held...

First Saudi International Conference of Forensic Medical Sciences, Riyadh, 12-14 March 2012

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The first Saudi International Conference of Forensic Medical Sciences will be held in the capital Riyadh, from 12th to 14th March 2012, unde...

Niger buries 18 unclaimed corpses of Madalla bombings in mass grave

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Eighteen unclaimed corpses from the Christmas Day bombing in Madalla, Niger State, have been buried in a mass grave. The director general o...

About 100 feared trapped in sunken Papua New Guinea ferry

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(Reuters) - About 100 people are feared trapped inside a ferry that sank in rough weather off Papua New Guinea, a rescue official said on F...