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Grave containing 800 slain German soldiers discovered in Russia

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A mass grave containing the remains of 800 German soldiers killed in World War II has been unearthed during construction work in the south-western Russian city of Volgograd, the German War Graves Commission said on Friday. The discovery in the once fiercely-contested city, previously known as Stalingrad, was made while water pipes were being laid, […]

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PHOTOS: Terrible quake and tsunami devastate Indonesia, mass grave dug for 1000-plus

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Indonesian volunteers dug mass graves for more than 1,000 bodies on Monday after a quake and tsunami devastated swathes of Sulawesi, as authorities — struggling to deal with the sheer scale of the disaster — appealed for international help. Indonesia is no stranger to natural calamities and Jakarta wanted to show that it was able […]

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