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Tuesday, 2 July 2013

China's rain-related disaster toll rises

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China's heavy weekend rains and related disasters have left at least 39 dead and another 13 missing, officials said. The regions wo...

US offers help in DNA testing for Rana Plaza victims

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The US Federal Bureau of Intelligence will provide Bangladesh with the Combined DNA Index System (Codis) free of cost to identify bodies ...

Bereaved mother who defied Argentina’s ‘dirty war’ dictators

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It was 1977 and Argentina was in the grip of a military dictatorship. Outside the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, women in white hea...

Spanish Civil War mass grave excavated in Ronda

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Work has started at the San Lorenzo cemetery in Ronda to identify two possible mass graves where it is thought that between 1,700 and 3,0...

Probe pending into WWII leader General Sikorski's death

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An investigation into the death of WWII prime minister General Wladyslaw Sikorski is nearing completion as Poland marks the 70th annivers...

The Kaimai crash: 50 years on

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On July 3, at 8.05am, it will be 50 years since a DC3 took off from Whenuapai airport in northwest Auckland. It was a veteran of World Wa...

Russia: 19 die in helicopter crash in Siberia

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Russian authorities say 19 people have died after a helicopter carrying 28 people, including 11 children, crashed in a remote Siberian re...

Uttarakhand Chopper accident: DNA analysis of remains of 7 victims completed

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The Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) here has identified the bodies of seven ITBP/NDRF personnel who died when their ...

DNA testing to identify Uganda fuel tanker fire victims; toll rises to 33

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At least 33 Ugandans died and 20 sustained severe injuries after a fuel truck caught fire on the outskirts of Kampala on Saturday night. ...
Monday, 1 July 2013

Exact count of dead in Uttarakhand may remain unknown; lack of travel records impedes search efforts

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The exact number of people who have died in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand may never be known even as the state government put the number of m...

Bypass fire: death toll rises to 35

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The death toll from Saturday night’s fire which broke out following an accident involving a fuel tanker and another car at Namungoona, on...

Presidential Commission on Matale mass grave to commence sittings

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The Presidential Commission of Inquiry appointed to probe the Matale mass grave will commence sittings within the next two weeks, Head of...

South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission uncovers thousands of killings in 1950

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With US military officers sometimes present, and as North Korean invaders pushed down the peninsula, the southern army and police emptied...

8 killed as car plunges into ravine in E. Afghanistan

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Eight people were killed as a car plunged into ravine in eastern Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday night, said authorities on Monday morning...

11 killed in Ibadan auto crash

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No fewer than 11 people were yesterday burnt to death in an auto crash which occurred at the Macmillan area, few metres before Soka bus s...

Arizona wildfire kills 19 firefighters

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Nineteen firefighters died Sunday while battling a fast-moving wildfire northwest of Phoenix, the worst firefighter loss of life in a wil...

Kin of missing persons still hopeful

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On entering a large hall at the Police Lines, visitors looking for missing relatives make a beeline for the notice boards set up on one s...
Sunday, 30 June 2013

DNA tests to identify nine who died in chopper crash

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Grief-stricken families of nine ITBP/NDRF rescuers who died in an IAF chopper crash in Uttarakhand will have to wait longer before they r...

Uttarakhand: Trafficking of unclaimed children and disposal of dead bodies pose fresh post-disaster challenges

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With over a lakh been rescued from the flood-ravaged Uttarakhand, the bigger challenge now lies in reconstructing the lives which were sh...

Dozens killed in Uganda fuel tanker explosion

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A fuel tanker explosion in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, has killed 29 people and left at least 20 others injured, police have said. T...