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Thursday, 16 February 2012

Coal mine accident kills 15

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CHANGSHA, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Fifteen miners were killed, and three others injured, following a mine-car crash Thursday morning in central C...

Inmate Blamed For 'Nightmare' Prison Blaze

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A fire that killed at least 358 people at a Honduras prison was started deliberately by one of the inmates, according to a local politician...
Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Honduras prison fire kills hundreds

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At least 300 prisoners have been killed after a massive fire swept through a jail in Honduras, officials say. Many victims were burned or...

Analysis technique could help to identify bodies more reliably

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A new corpse-analysis technique could help forensic scientists identify bodies more reliably and cheaply than with current methods. Resear...

Missing War Victims Identified in Zagreb

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[ZAGREB] Nine exhumed victims of the war in Croatia were identified on Monday by their families in Zagreb, leaving a total of 1,768 missing ...

PNG ferry death toll likely to rise to at least 200

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THE death toll from the sinking of the passenger ferry MV Rabaul Queen off the Papua New Guinea coast two weeks ago is likely to be more tha...

‘Keep records of moles, scars, tattoos’

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A leading forensic pathologist has urged families, especially those living in disaster-prone areas, to keep files on each member’s distingui...
Monday, 13 February 2012

Unusual rise in piano sales linked to earthquake

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The number of pianos, other than electronic pianos, sold in the country last year totaled 18,164, up 11 percent from the previous year, mark...
Sunday, 12 February 2012

‘Politicking’ in relief distribution slammed

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GUIHULNGAN CITY, Negros Oriental—The parish priest of a Negros Oriental town ravaged by earthquake and landslides has deplored politicking i...

Reaching Out To Save Lives - Haredi Rescue Group Builds Interfaith Cooperation

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ZICHRON YAAKOV, ISRAEL — The image of Israel’s Haredim has taken a public battering over the past few months, particularly over the issue o...

Remains of another 9/11 victim identified

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Remains of another 9/11 victim have been identified. The New York City Chief Medical Examiner's Office announced Friday that it had id...
Friday, 10 February 2012

Archaeologists find the bodies of 21 tragic World War One German soldiers in perfectly preserved trenches where they were buried alive by an Allied shell

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The bodies of 21 German soldiers entombed in a perfectly preserved World War One shelter have been discovered 94 years after they were kill...

21st International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences, 23-27 September 2012, Tasmania

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On behalf of the 2012 Organising Committee, we are delighted to invite you to participate in the 21st International Symposium on the Forensi...

The XX files: The hunt for victims of Guatemala's 36-year war

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The discovery of a vast hidden archive may finally bring closure to those whose relatives 'disappeared' after being detained by the...
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 ...