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Sunday, 27 January 2013

Update hospital: 61 killed in Venezuela prison riot

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The death toll has risen to 61 following fierce gunbattles between inmates and National Guard troops at a Venezuelan prison, a hospital d...

'Secret Gypsy graves'; exhumations may be needed

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A cemetery boss fears for her life because she exposed a racket that may have allowed gypsies to bury their dead on the cheap. It could...

North Korean cannibalism fears amid claims starving people 'eat children and corpses'

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Reports from inside the secretive famine-hit pariah state, North Korea, claim a man has been executed after murdering his two children fo...

11 killed, 32 hurt in Portugal bus accident

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A bus crashed and fell into a ravine near the eastern Portuguese town of Serta, killing 11 people and injuring 32, officials said Sunda...

Ezu River bodies: water scarcity, epidemic loom

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As the mystery behind corpses found afloat in Ezu River in Amansea, Anambra State border town to Enugu State remained unraveled more than ...

Over 100 Skeletons Unearthed In Matale mass grave

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In Matale, the body count grows ever higher as more and more skeletons emerge out of the red earth near the Matale hospital, with over a ...

Bangladesh probing allegations that emergency exit was locked at garment factory where 7 died

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Bangladesh's government has ordered an investigation into allegations that the sole emergency exit was locked at a garment factory wh...

Remaining bodies of missing Kemerovo miners recovered

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Four miners missing since a methane blast in a coal mine in Russia's Kemerovo region last week were found dead in a shaft on Sunday, ...

A look at notable deadly nightclub fires

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A fire that swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday appears to be the deadliest in a decade. Here is a look at ...

Unidentified immigrant body count remains grave issue in Brooks County

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Lawmen and “angels” are among those focused on the 129 people found dead in Brooks County’s remote and rugged terrain last year. Last m...

'At least 245 killed' in Brazil nightclub blaze 'after musician set fireworks off on stage'

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At least 245 people have been reportedly killed in a nightclub fire in southern Brazil. According to reports at least 200 others have...

Landslides leave 16 people dead, 9 missing in western Indonesia

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Rescuers found four more bodies Sunday, bringing the death toll to 16 in two separate landslides triggered by torrential rain in western ...

Tenth body recovered after Mazaruni boat crash

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Mechanic Ricky Bobb was yesterday confirmed as the tenth fatality of the Mazaruni River boat collision, while police announced that sea...
Saturday, 26 January 2013

Cypriots Digging for Graves of Missing

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Nearly 39 years after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) has begun digging for possible burial sites ...

Anti-tank mine may have caused Chitungwiza blast

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An anti-tank landmine is believed to have caused the Chitungwiza blast that killed five people on Monday. Sources close to the investigat...

11 killed when truck hits people boarding Kenya ferry

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At least 11 people were killed Saturday morning when a truck lost control and rammed into passengers boarding a ferry in Kenya’s port cit...

Arepo And pipeline vandalism; source of many deaths and disasters

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Arepo, an otherwise obscure and somnolent community in Ogun State, which is only a few kilometres away from Lagos, has been in the news f...

Riot kills 22 in Egypt after death sentences for football hooligans

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At least 22 people have died after a furious crowd rampaged through Egypt's Port Said, adding to a bloody three days for the country....

Fire guts Bangladesh garment factory, six killed

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Fire raced through a small garment factory in the Bangladesh capital on Saturday, killing at least six employees and injuring 10, firefig...

NIST biometric workshop studies voice, dental, oral standards, DVI

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a workshop to discuss proposed supplements to the biometric data form...