Mass grave near Mahawel yields 3000 exhumations
In Mahawel 60 miles south of Baghdad a mass grave is yielding about 3000 sets of remains from a 1991 Shiite uprising after Saddam Hussein. Families dig amid barbed wire and bulldozers seeking identity cards, clothing, and clues as rights groups report more graves across Iraq.
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Mahaweel
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Baghdad
U.S
Saddam
Rafed Husseini
New York
Human Rights Watch
Muhammad Sakran
Basra
Trucker Trailer Death Toll Rises In Texas Smuggling Case
Victoria deputies found 17 bodies inside a refrigerated trailer at a South Texas truck stop. An 18th person died later at a hospital. A suspected driver was arrested hours after the discovery as authorities reported up to 60 people packed inside with little ventilation. Victims ranged from 20 to 47 and suffered heat related injuries.
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Victoria, Texas
South Texas
Victoria County
Dexter Eaves
Asa Hutchinson
Border and Transportation Security
Department of Homeland Security
Hutchinson
Washington
Victoria
Stuart Posey
Michael Ratcliff
Jerrel Rabinowich
Detar Hospital
Navarro
Citizens Medical Center
Rabinowich
Ratcliff
Highway 77
Western hostages arrive in Europe from Algeria
Seventeen European hostages freed in an Algerian raid arrived in Cologne and Salzburg amid concern for 15 others still held in the Sahara. German and Austrian officials welcomed them, with officials noting fatigue but no serious injuries after a 2 1/2 month ordeal.
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Europe
Algeria
Cologne
Germany
al-Qaida
Sahara
Juergen Chrobog
Salzburg
Axel Mantey
Melanie Simon
Harald Ickler
Algiers
Foreign Ministry
Martin Weiss
Wolfgang Schuessel
el Watan
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Fadhel al-Buzayri
Mat’hiya
Samira al-Shumari
Salman al-Buzayri
al- Buzayri
Um Khaled
Liberty
Liberty Medical Supply
Medicare
Liberty Family of Companies
Cologne- Bonn
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
C. Kenna Amos Reporter
C. Kenna Amos
Princeton
West Virginia University
Kenna
West Virginia
Princeton Times
Mercer County
Hills
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