Without mercy, the death toll rises and the misery deepens
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They are no strangers to death. In more than 20 years of war, the Tamil Tigers have lost thousands in a bloody conflict that has plagued the north of Sri Lanka.
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More than 1,000 people a day die as a result of the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a report says.
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The death toll from Tropical Storm Jeanne has more than doubled in Haiti, and it is still climbing. More than 600 people have died since the vicious storm tore across the impoverished island.
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Hardbeatnews.com, PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Thurs. Oct. 14: The death toll in Haiti is rising again as âOperation Baghdadâ enters its fourteenth day today.
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The death toll from Sunday's quake disaster will rise yet further and may top 100,000, the Red Cross says.
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As the death toll among former hostages climbed above 320 yesterday, there were conflicting accounts of how the three-day seizure of a Russian school erupted into its bloody denouement.
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The death toll from the Asian tsunami in Burma may be higher than official figures suggest, the UN says.
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The hardship from what some people are calling "black Sunday" is taking an increasing toll in the hardest-hit province, Aceh.
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Heavy rains and snow poured more misery on Pakistan, lifting the death toll from bad weather to around 510 and hindering efforts to aid survivors and reach cut-off areas.
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The injured and the stranded awaited food drops and other aid as the death toll surged past 120,000.
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The scale of devastation wrought by sea surges that killed about 23,000 people on Asia&#39;s shores is starting to emerge. The death toll is still climbing, thousands are missing and millions have been made homeless
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just one short of the figure in April which was the highest monthly toll so far. The US military says it expects violence to escalate before elections scheduled for January 30.
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The human toll from the earthquake-spawned tsunamis that swamped an epic swath of South Asia climbed to 26,000 dead yesterday, and with tens of thousands still missing is bound to soar even higher.
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The confirmed death toll in Asia, after Sunday&#39;s massive earthquake and tsunamis, has surged past 125,000. Indonesia which bore the brunt of the catastrophe, has updated its toll to almost 80,000 with entire coastal villages washed away.
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With tens of thousands still unaccounted for, especially in remote regions, the toll seemed certain to continue climbing.
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September was one of the deadliest  months for U.S. troops in the 18-month-old war in Iraq, and the  death toll for the first time has risen four straight months.
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The death toll from epic tsunamis that rocked 11 countries rose to 44,000 people today after Sri Lanka and Indonesia significantly increased their confirmed deaths.