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Tuesday, 16 April 2013

Pakistan bears brunt of Iran earthquake, 34 killed

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A major earthquake centred on a border area of southeast Iran killed at least 34 people in neighbouring Pakistan, destroyed hundreds of h...

12 die as jeep plunges into gorge in Chamba

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Twelve persons were killed when the Bolero vehicle (HP-73-2533) in which they were travelling veered off the road and plunged into a 700-...

“Mass burial for accident victims is almost inevitable”

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For victims of fatal accidents, mass burials are often inevitable. Recently, the authorities of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital...

Eight killed in Nandi Uasin Gishu flooding

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Floods continue to cause havoc in the North Rift sweeping crops away, destroying roads and displacing hundreds of residents. The most aff...

Central Region to ban 'Galamsey' after Kyekyewere disaster

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Central Regional Minister, Samuel Sarpong has vowed to end illegal mining activities in the region. Subsequently, he has scheduled an e...
Monday, 15 April 2013

Soviet-era mass graves found in Samangan

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Two mass graves probably dating back to purges under the Soviet-backed communist regime in the 1980s were found in northern Samangan prov...

India: 12 killed in Himachal road accident

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A village cricket team's celebrations after winning a local championship were tragically cut short when their vehicle skidded off the...

Libya coastguard rescues 89 migrants from drifting boat - five dead

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Libya's coastguard on Saturday rescued 89 sub-Saharan African migrants who had been drifting in a boat for five days and who had to d...

Mass Graves Excavated in Argentina

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Forensic experts in Buenos Aires are working around the clock to identify some of the thousands of victims of Argentina's military di...

Galamsey pit collapse: 16 bodies retrieved; more feared dead

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Reports indicate that at least 16 bodies, comprising 2 females and 14 males have been retrieved from a spent-mining pit at Kyekyewere in ...
Sunday, 14 April 2013

Ruhango genocide survivors search for bodies of loved ones

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The survivors of the 1994 genocide against Tutsis in Bweramana sector in Ruhango district ask all Rwandans especially genocide perpetrat...

Nigeria: The death traps called Nigerian roads

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While the nation is battling to curtail the volume of lives being taken through insurgency in the country, the volume of lives lost to ro...

Five killed in Belgian coach crash

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Five people were killed and another five seriously injured when a Polish bus carrying Russian and Ukrainian teenagers crashed over the si...

University of Tenessee using donated corpses in mass grave project with international aspirations

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Researchers wanted to bury the 10 bodies on the south bank of Fort Loudoun Lake. They had to do it by hand. The brush, though bare in w...

51 Accident Victims Buried In Benin

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A mass burial was Saturday conducted in Benin City for the 51 victims of the multiple accident that occurred at Igbogui village, located ...
Saturday, 13 April 2013

At least 26 dead in Peru bus crash

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At least 26 people died and seven others were injured early today after a bus plunged 200 meters down a ravine in northern Peru, police sa...

Eyes under water to monitor floating bodies on Haryana border

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With police not tracing bodies, the district administration has decided to install surveillance cameras under the water in the Bhakra Mai...

Indonesia won't launch aerial search for asylum seekers without more info

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Indonesia is yet to launch an aerial search for scores of missing asylum seekers amid conflicting reports surrounding a boat that sank wh...

Nigeria: 10 killed in Yobe auto crash

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Ten people died yesterday in a road accident involving mass transit bus along Damaturu - Gashua road in Yobe State. Weekly Trust gather...

Remains of over 2,500 Genocide victims found

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Remains of some 2,500 Genocide victims have been discovered buried at Rebero Memorial site, the National Commission for the Fight against...