Indian govt warns death toll to rise
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By YP Rajesh and Suresh Seshadri in Cuddalore and Madras, India. RESCUE workers pulled rotting corpses from canals and water-logged fields in India today, as the government warned the death toll of more than
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Rescue workers have pulled corpses from canals and water-logged fields in India, and the government has warned the death toll of almost 7,400 from a tsunami that lashed the country&#39;s south will rise further.
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Jakarta - The confirmed number of people killed in the massive earthquake and tidal waves that struck Indian Ocean shorelines at the weekend passed 60 000 on Wednesday, amid warnings the true toll could be far higher.
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The death toll from heavy rains in India has climbed to about 660 as a minster said more than a million people were stranded in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.
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Indonesia's vice president predicts the death toll in the country could rise as high as 25,000.
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World leaders meeting on Thursday to  discuss tsunami aid, debt relief and an Indian Ocean warning  system were told the waves' death toll could double to about  300,000 unless action was taken this week to prevent disease.
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A World Health Organization official has warned of the likelihood of more human deaths from the bird flu virus, after the death of a teenage boy in Thailand this week.
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The death toll from the heaviest rains in 25 years in Indian Kashmir rose by three to 16 as troops rushed supplies to people cut off by floods, police said.
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Disease could double the death toll from the tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean region at the weekend, a top World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Tuesday.
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THE number of Britons killed in the tsunami disaster rose to 35 last night, but the toll may rise to hundreds as British officials admit many more may still be missing.
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World leaders met on Thursday to  discuss tsunami aid, the task's urgency underlined by a  chilling warning that the death toll could double to about  300,000 unless action was taken this week to prevent disease.
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Indonesia's Health Ministry declared Wednesday that more than 70,000 people previously listed as missing are dead, significantly raising its estimate for the death toll from last month's tsunami.
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Deaths in the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster could top 100,000 when the toll on India's Bay of Bengal islands is known, a senior international Red Cross official said on Wednesday.
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If the high death toll in May continues beyond the summer, it could raise questions about US strategy.
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The death toll from fierce rain storms and flooding in China continued to rise Saturday as the government scrambled to step up relief and prevention efforts, state press reported.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka  - Sri Lanka's tsunami death toll  shot up on Monday as officials said the more they cleared up,  the more bodies they found.
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Indonesia's Health Ministry on Wednesday declared as dead more than 70,000 people previously listed as missing, significantly raising its estimate for the death toll from last month's tsunami.