Sri Lanka mass grave toll reaches 50

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 20:04

The UN Human Rights Council has passed two rights resolutions against Sri Lanka and a third one is expected in March.

Mass grave unearthed in Balochistan

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 01:12

A mass grave has been unearthed in Pakistan`s troubled Balochistan province, authorities said on Sunday.

New mass grave in Central Africa Republic

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 00:47

France`s defence minister says French intelligence services have reported the discovery of a new mass grave in Central African Republic.

Mass grave unearthed near Dimapur: Nagaland Police

Last Updated: Sunday, January 5, 2014, 00:02

Days after clashes between the Karbi and Naga militants led to killing of four Naga villagers, Nagaland Police Saturday said they have discovered a mass grave containing nine bodies - with gunshot wounds - near the state`s commercial hub Dimapur.

Twenty-one bodies found in Mali mass grave

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 00:03

Twenty-one bodies were found overnight yesterday in a mass grave near Bamako, believed to be the remains of soldiers close to Mali`s ousted president Amadou Toumani Toure, officials said.

Obama to honour visit Kennedy grave site

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 15:52

US President Barack Obama and Bill and Hillary Clinton will visit the grave site of John F Kennedy next week, to mark the 50th anniversary of his assassination.

Obama says no rush to costly Syria entanglement

Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013, 20:47

President Barack Obama called the apparent gassing of hundreds of Syrian civilians a "big event of grave concern" but stressed on Friday he was in no rush to embroil Americans in a costly new war.

Mandela’s grandson loses graves relocation case

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 18:26

Nelson Mandela’s grandson Mandla on Wednesday lost the graves relocation case against the other members of the Mandela family, according to BBC.

Michael Clarke Duncan`s grave vandalized with racist image

Last Updated: Sunday, May 26, 2013, 14:14

Michael Clarke Duncan`s grave has been vandalized with a racist caricature image of a black face on the center of the tomb.

King Richard III found in `untidy lozenge-shaped grave`

Last Updated: Friday, May 24, 2013, 23:23

An academic paper on the archaeology of the Search for Richard III reveals for the first time specific details of the grave dug for the last Plantagenet king.

Sri Lanka to probe mass grave with 150 skeletons

Last Updated: Monday, April 8, 2013, 23:44

A Sri Lankan presidential commission will be appointed to investigate a mass grave where more than 150 skulls and bones, most likely of Marxist rebels killed decades ago, were found last year, a government spokesman said.

Sri Lankan commission to probe mass grave

Last Updated: Sunday, April 7, 2013, 20:37

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has decided to appoint a special commission to investigate a mass grave found in Matale, a spokesman said Sunday.