At the trafficking camp in northern Malaysia where at least 139 shallow graves have been discovered, a police chief said that personal possessions abandoned at the camp included a pink teddy bear and children's sandals.
A trickle of people who used to live in and around this once-tidy, bustling town have begun venturing back to its ghostly ruins, picking through rubble for family photos and other possessions abandoned in panic last year when army rockets rained destruction on their homes, temples, libraries and schools.
A couple of years ago I decided to sell almost all of my possessions, abandon my over-priced apartment in London and instead live permanently in hotels – in San Francisco, or wherever in the world I find myself in any given month.
Scarlets dominated possession and abandoned their kicking game when in the Ulster half, going through the phases with ball in hand to force penalties and enable Priestland to kick them into a 12-0 leat athehe break.
Those who took their place arrived three years ago, almost unnoticed, taking possession of the abandoned homes as they came in search of a different kind of future - a neo-Nazi existence in which Los Pedriches would be the first of several all-white nationalist communities in Europe.
However, a lienholder noted on a vehicle title may claim possession of an abandoned vehicle.
John and Philip negotiated the May 1200 Treaty of Le Goulet; by this treaty, Philip recognised John as the rightful heir to Richard in respect to his French possessions, temporarily abandoning the wider claims of his client, Arthur.
Instead, they were moved on from camp to camp, their possessions confiscated or abandoned.
Sometimes emigrants left notes on their abandoned possessions encouraging others to take what they needed.
The Sea of Trees is large, fourteen square miles, so bodies can lie undiscovered for months; tourists photograph corpses and scavenge for abandoned possessions.
