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2012-08-08 | Unearthing Remains in Potter's Field to Give Names Back to the Nameless
Some 980 bodies have been found in the city, or its waterways, since 1990 whose identities have never been determined. After a month or more in one of the city’s morgues, the unidentified victims are generally sent to be buried in the same trench graves on Hart Island as the indigents.

2012-08-05 | Gunmen Briefly Seize Building in Yemen
Gunmen loyal to ousted Yemeni ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh seized a security building near the Interior Ministry in the capital for a few hours on Sunday before vacating it, a security official said.

2012-08-05 | New Threat From Sayyaf
In 2011, the US report said the Abu Sayyaf remained active, particularly with kidnappings for ransom, an increase in the use of improvised explosive device (IED) attacks, and armed attacks on civilian and police personnel. Also in 2011, the group took close to 20 people hostage, including children, in multiple attacks, an increase over the previous year.

2012-08-05 | Background check error leaves worker “humiliated”
Imagine starting a brand new job only to be sent home the very first day for lying about your criminal record. That’s what happened to a Milwaukee woman, hired by a local department store. Only, she didn’t lie. The company that checked her background got it wrong.

2012-08-05 | Kidnapping fear haunts Balochistan doctors
Doctors organised protest demonstrations and meetings from the platform of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) and said they could not perform their duty in a state of perpetual fear of being kidnapped or killed.

2012-08-05 | Ripken Addresses Mom's Kidnapping
The Hall of Fame infielder, speaking publicly for the first time about the abduction, said he doesn't know why his 74-year-old mother, Vi, was kidnapped at gunpoint from her home outside Baltimore, blindfolded and driven around for nearly 24 hours. She was found unharmed in her car near her home early the next morning.

2012-08-05 | Tamil Nadu Express blaze: Three more bodies identified
After an agonising wait for four days, the families of three persons, who perished in the fire on the Tamil Nadu Express, received the mortal remains of their loved ones at last on Thursday when the DNA tests confirmed the identification of the deceased. Since the tragic mishap occurred on Monday, the bodies of 24 of the 32 passengers who died have been identified and handed over to their families so far.

2012-08-05 | Tarrant medical examiner's office hopes to identify bodies
All are believed to be Hispanic, and their identities continue to elude authorities. This week, the Tarrant County medical examiner's office released pictures of their faces and tattoos in hope that someone can identify the men, all buried in pauper's graves.

2012-08-02 | Italian guard kidnapped at gunpoint by Yemeni tribesman
The man, who works as a guard at the Italian embassy in the capital, was abducted on Sunday as he walked on the street near the mission's building.

2012-08-01 | Two Months on, Nuevo Leon Massacre Victims Remain Unidentified
None of the 49 dismembered bodies dumped in May on a highway in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, have been identified by police, part of a growing number of unidentified victims in Mexico's drug war.

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