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Millions of people worldwide have been reported missing.Many of them went missing as a

result of armed conflicts, such as the war in Syria, or in other places of violence.

Large numbers of people disappear after natural disasters.A new laboratory equipped with the

latest technology seeks to help the families and friends of the missing.In late October, the

International Commission on Missing Persons, or ICMP in The Hague opened a laboratory to help

identify missing individuals.The lab is the latest effort for an organization that was established

after the Srebrenica massacre. More than 8,000 Bosnian men and boys were killed after Bosnian

Serb forces captured the town of Srebrenica in 1995. It is the only incident in the Bosnian conflict

to be defined by two United Nations courts as genocide.Since its creation, the International

Commission on Missing Persons has identified 20,000 human remains and provided evidence in

30 criminal trials. It now helps to identify people who have been reporting missing during

conflicts, natural disasters, or migration.The group recently helped Ingrid Gudmundsson confirm

that her pregnant daughter and her one-year-old granddaughter were killed in the 2004 Indian

Ocean Tsunami. They went missing after the huge wave struck the coast of Thailand, where they

were staying.Gudmundsson said it was important to know for sure what happened to them."You

know, when you don't know where they are, when they are just missing, you - in your head – you

always have some kind of hope even if your intellect tells you that it's impossible."

Scientists working at the laboratory say the new technology can identify people with a very

small amount of DNA from a piece of bone. DNA carries genetic information in the cells of

people, animals and plants.

1. The lab is an organization that was established after the Srebrenica massacre.

2. More than 8,000 Bosnian men and boys were killed of Srebrenica in 1995.

3. The group recently helped Ingrid Gudmundsson confirm that her pregnant daughter and

her one-year-old granddaughter were killed Indian Ocean Tsunami.

4. They went missing after the huge wave struck the coast of Thailand, where they were

staying.Gudmundsson saidknow for sure what them.

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North Korea could face more food shortages later this year if

a drought continues. That is what the United Nations World Food

Program (WFP) said last week. A drought means a serious lack of

rain, which makes it difficult to grow crops. "The lack of water now could seriously affect the main crop season later this year,"

according to WFP's communications officer Zoie Jones. She wrote to the VOA Korean Service in

an email.Her organization is concerned about children getting enough to eat. She added, "There

will be a significant increase in malnutrition especially among children."The WFP warning came

one day after the North Korean state media reported on the country's drought conditions. The

official Korean Central News Agency called it "The worst drought in 100 years... causing great

damage to its [North Korea's] agricultural fields."A famine in the 1990s killed an estimated one

million people in North Korea. In May, the U.N. reported the number of hungry people in North

Korea has more than doubled in the last two decades. The number rose to 10.5 million in 2014, up

from 4.8 million in 1990.The WFP's Ms. Jones said her agency is ready to give the North aid if the

situation gets worse. She said the WFP is "closely monitoring" the situation and "is ready to

assist," if needed.

The U.N. food agency will continue the current humanitarian work in North Korea. The work

was supposed to end in June. The agency needs $28 million to continue its work until the end of

the year.However, she said, "If the dry spell causes a spike in malnutrition

then the funding

situation will become even more critical."

1. She wrote to the VOA Korean Service in an email.Her organization is children getting enough

to eat.

2. The WFP warning came r the North Korean state media reported on the country's drought

conditions.

3. The WFP's Ms. Jones said give the North aid if the situation gets worse.

4. The U.N. food agency will the current humanitarian work in North Korea.

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Each day, thousands of people with mental illness are living on the streets of cities and towns

across America. The U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development says one-fifth of the

610,000 homeless across the country suffer from a mental illness. Doris Buffett is the sister of

investor and billionaire Warren Buffett. She has donated one million dollars through a non-profit