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British Police forensics officers work on lorry, found to be containing 39 dead bodies, at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, east of LondonindusTrial park in Grays, east of London

Up To 20 Vietnamese Feared Among 39 UK Truck Dead

Pham Van Thin, father of 26-year-old Pham Thi Tra My, who is believed to be among the dead after her family received a heart-wrenching text message from her on Wednesday before the immigrants were discovered
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Police officers in white forensic suits could be seen working by the truck

UK Police Say 39 Found Dead In Truck Were Chinese

British police said that 39 people found dead in a truck near London are believed to be Chinese nationals, in a case that has triggered national outrage over the people trafficking business.Emergency workers discovered the bodies early Wednesday inside the refrigerated container of a truck parked in an industrial area east of London, shortly after it had arrived on a ferry from Belgium.Police are conducting the country's largest murder probe in more than a decade into what Prime Minister Boris Johnson described as an "unimaginable tragedy".
"The Head of a Woman" loaned by the Galerie Nationale of Parma, Italy, is among the 162 works on display

Louvre Blockbuster Spotlights Leonardo Da Vinci 500 Years On

Leonardo da Vinci is the star in a blockbuster retrospective opening Thursday at the Louvre museum in Paris to mark 500 years since the death of the Renaissance master.Some 240,000 people have already reserved their place in line for the exhibition, the biggest ever organised to showcase the Tuscan polymath's indelible contributions to humanity -- with an emphasis on his painting.A decade in the planning, the show simply titled "Leonardo da Vinci" groups 162 works, including 24 drawings loaned by Queen Elizabeth II of Britain from the Royal Collection.

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