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Monday, 9 March 2015

Many MH17victims not yet buried (translated from Dutch)

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Relatives of 29 identified victims of the plane crash with the MH17 have the remains of their loved ones still not returned. Yahoo! New...

Bolton remembers 33 who died in Burnden Park disaster

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Bolton Wanderers fans are today remembering the 69th anniversary of one of football's biggest tragedies. The flag flies at half-ma...

Mounting anger over Bangladeshi ferry disasters

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Recent ferry disasters in Bangladesh have resulted in dozens of deaths and mounting anger among victims’ relatives against government aut...
Saturday, 7 March 2015

MH370 search to continue, says Malaysia

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Malaysia said on Friday that the search for the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that disappeared in March last year with 239 people on boar...
Friday, 6 March 2015

Death toll from Mediterranean migrant drowning tragedy climbs to 50

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The latest migrant drowning tragedy in the Mediterranean claimed at least 50 lives, 40 more than first thought, the International Organis...

Identities of 83 bodies still mystery nearly four years after 3/11

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The National Police Agency said Friday 83 bodies found after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami remained unidentified as of the end of...

Nigeria: Pathologist’s report confirms identity of Church collapse victim

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After months of agony and uncertainty the family of Patricia Mkhulisi, who died in the Nigerian church collapse last year, were convinced...
Thursday, 5 March 2015

Trips to disaster sites where rescuers are still retrieving bodies: The ominous rise of dark tourism

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Last month, TransAsia Airways flight GE-235 crashed shortly after take-off, killing 31 people. The crash site, in Taipei, represents tr...

Vietnam ends search and rescue operations for missing 16 Filipino crew of MV Jupiter

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Vietnam has officially stopped its search and rescue operations for the missing 16 Filipino crew of the ill-fated MV Jupiter, which sank...

Officials: 33 bodies recovered from eastern Ukraine mine disaster

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The bodies of all 33 workers killed in coal mine explosion Wednesday in eastern Ukraine have been recovered, officials with the Donetsk r...
Wednesday, 4 March 2015

Ten migrants die in Mediterranean, a thousand rescued

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At least 10 North African migrants died when their rubber boat overturned in the southern Mediterranean while almost a thousand more from...

AirAsia search to continue for one more week

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The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) has agreed to extend search operations for the crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 victims for...

Nine bodies retrieved from Donetsk mine

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The bodies of nine miners have been found at a coal mine in the eastern Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk where a blast trapped dozens...
Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Major search operation ends for AirAsia QZ8501

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The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) officially ceased its search operation on Monday for AirAsia flight QZ8501, which crashed...

Brazilians recover last body after oil-rig blast

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Search and rescue teams have recovered the body of the last of nine people killed in a Feb. 11 explosion on an offshore platform leased b...

SS Eastland disaster, Illinois National Guard share history

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Many know of the SS Eastland, which capsized on July 24, 1915 drowning 844 people in the Chicago River. But few know that the vessel t...
Monday, 2 March 2015

Receding glacier will reveal more bodies on Mt Cook

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More bodies of lost climbers will surface at the foot of Tasman Glacier as the ice retreats and the lake expands, an alpine expert says. ...

Afghan avalanches, flooding death toll rises.

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The number of those killed by the avalanches and floods which submerged entire villages throughout northern Afghanistan has risen to 310,...
Friday, 27 February 2015

Mumbai railway cop gives dignity to unclaimed bodies

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They may have had to lead their lives alone, but Nayna Devekar ensures that they have somebody with them at least on their final journey....

Bangladesh ferry death toll rises to 79

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The death toll in Bangladesh's MV Mostafa ferry disaster rose to 79, according to the latest official count of bodies recovered. On ...