Reuters
| May 8, 2013
India has the highest number in the world of babies who die within a day of their birth -- 309,000, or 29 percent of the world's total -- reports the charity Save the Children, which attributes the appalling death toll to poor nutrition and low bi...
Euronews
| Mar 1, 2013
Eight South African police officers have been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a taxi driver who was dragged behind a police vehicle. Mido Macia from Mozambique died from head injuries and internal bleeding after being arres...
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MBC
| Jan 18, 2013
Former star pitcher Cho Sung-min hanged himself earlier this month, five years after his ex-wife, actress Choi Jin-sil, committed suicide. South Korean broadcaster MBC reports that the country is taking a long look at the impact that suicide has o...
Associated Press
| Dec 30, 2012
Nine people were killed and 20 injured Sunday when a tour bus careened through a guardrail on an icy highway in eastern Oregon and down a steep embankment. Rescuers were using ropes to drag survivors up the hill.
Associated Press
| Sep 30, 2012
The US military confirmed the deaths of two Americans in eastern Afghanistan Sunday, including a military member and a civilian contractor. The military death brings the number of American troops killed in the 11-year war to 2,000.
Telegraph.co.uk
| Feb 6, 2012
British-born Syrian activist Danny Abdul Dayem gives a first-hand account of the situation in Homs where a hospital has been attacked by rockets fired by government forces.
Al Jazeera English
| Dec 20, 2011
North Korea's heir apparent has led a delegation of military officers and dignitaries to pay their respects to Kim Jong-Il. The body of the late leader is lying in state in the capital, Pyongyang after passing away on Saturday. In South Korea, t...
Al Jazeera English
| Dec 15, 2011
More than 100 people have died after drinking illegally brewed alcohol in India's West Bengal state. It is thought the liquor was laced with the highly toxic chemical methanol. Dozens of others were being treated in hospital. And four people wer...
VOA News
| Nov 16, 2011
New research shows India is experiencing a sharp rise in two major medical conditions typically associated with wealthier nations. Changing lifestyles and economic prosperity are seen as fueling the trend. The study, "Screening India's Twin Epidem...
Al Jazeera English
| Oct 20, 2011
WARNING: Graphic content. Early in the Libyan morning the 42-year rule of Muammar Gaddafi came to an end as National Transitional Council fighters overran forces loyal to the Libyan ruler. With questions still looming around the exact circumstanc...
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...media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment, released a report on capital punishment in the Unite...
Death is the permanent cessation of all biological functions that sustain a particular living organism. Phenomena which commonly bring about death include biological aging, predation, malnutrition, disease, suicide, murder and accidents or trauma resulting in terminal injury. Bodies of living organisms begin to decompose shortly after death. The death of an organism also results in a permanent absence of consciousness.
In human societies, the nature of death has for millennia been a concern of the world's religious traditions and of philosophical inquiry. This may include a belief in some kind of resurrection, reincarnation or rebirth, or that consciousness permanently ceases to exist, known as oblivion.
Commemoration ceremonies after death may include various mourning or funeral practices. The physical remains of a person, commonly known as a corpse or body, are usually interred whole or cremated, though among the world's cultures there are a variety of other methods of mortuary disposal. In the English language, blessings directed towards a dead person include rest in peace, or its initials RIP.
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