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Saturday, 27 October 2012

2 dead in boat adrift in Alboran sea

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Another immigrant tragedy took place in the Alboran sea between Morocco and Spain. Two bodies were recovered on Friday from a boat adrift...

Mother who spent 32 years tending son's grave despite doubts it was his body is finally vindicated after DNA proves remains of John Wayne Gacy victim are NOT her boy

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As Sherry Marino made her way to the cemetery on Wednesday to tend the grave marked with her son’s name, she got a call from her lawyers ...

‘Disappeared’ in Kashmir

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It is not surprising at all that the chief minister of Indian Kashmir, Omar Abdullah’s written statement on the disappeared persons, in t...

Hurricane Sandy kills 21 in Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica

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At least 21 people have been killed in the Caribbean as Hurricane Sandy pummeled the Bahamas in the Atlantic Ocean. Now upgraded to a...
Friday, 26 October 2012

Pakistani death squads spur desperate voyage to Australia

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It was 3am when Abid Warasi and his friend clambered into an Indonesian fishing boat, joining 300 other migrants packed into the hold. On...

14 Dead, 4 Missing After Migrant Boat Sinks en Route to Spain

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The flimsy craft that went down in Mediterranean waters en route from Morocco to Spain was carrying 35 migrants believed to be undocument...
Thursday, 25 October 2012

For first time, gov’t to grant funds to ZAKA

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ZAKA, the voluntary rescue and recovery organization, will for the first time receive funding from the Treasury, according to a decision ...

Five killed in fire at Masomba traditional market in C. Indonesia

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A massive fire took place on Wednesday at Masomba traditional market located in Palu, the capital city of Indonesia's Central Sulawes...

Aussies lead world in disaster response

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AUSTRALIAN disaster response teams are world-class and have been leaders in managing international crises, a conference has been told. ...
Wednesday, 24 October 2012

The Death Toll for the Great East Japan Earthquake Nuclear Disaster

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The Tears of Sanriku (三陸の涙) The Japanese government is many years away from declaring a final death toll for the Great East Japan Earth...

'Dead' man surprises family by walking into his own funeral - while identical looking murder victim lies in casket

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Another example of the risks of visual identification: A family gathering to mourn the death of a relative were shocked to tears and fa...

Ogun Accident: NEMA recovers 5 more bodies from river

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ABEOKUTA – THE National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) announced Tuesday that it had recovered five more bodies from the commuter bus...

Saitoti ‘may have died before helicopter crash’

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A pathologist who examined the bodies of former Internal Security minister George Saitoti and his deputy Orwa Ojode a day after the crash...

Bus plunges down ravine, kills 14

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Rio de Janeiro - A Brazilian bus transportation company says that the death toll in the accident of one of its vehicles has risen to 14. ...

Italy’s disaster management chief quits

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The head of Italy’s disaster body, Luciano Maiani, has resigned to protest against prison sentences passed on seven colleagues over the 2...
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Tuesday, 23 October 2012

What happened to the families of the drowned cocklepickers of Morecambe Bay?

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On the three-hour bus trip from the southern port city of Xiamen to central Fujian province, you move into a landscape of largely abandon...