Confirmed Death Toll Surpasses 60,000
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The confirmed number of people killed in the massive earthquake and giant waves that struck Indian Ocean shorelines at the weekend passed 60,000 Wednesday, though experts warned the true toll could be far higher.
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The number of dead was approaching 24,000 Monday in the wake of Sunday&#39;s South Asia earthquake and devastating tsunamis. Eight Americans have been reported dead, and US Secretary of State Colin Powell says several hundred more are missing.
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Death toll rises to 64 as opposition and media ridicule lack of disaster planning.
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Thousands of bodies lay rotting and unidentified on lawns and streets of battered Sumatra island Wednesday and authorities called out bulldozers to dig mass graves, as the number killed in a mammoth earthquake and tsunami soared above 55,000 with tens of thousands still missing. The U.N. health agency warned that disease could double the toll yet again.
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Rescue workers pulled thousands more rotting corpses from the mud and debris of flattened towns along the Sumatran coast Saturday, two weeks after surging walls of water caused unprecedented destruction on the shores of the Indian Ocean. The death toll in 11 countries passed 150,000.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 13 -- More than 60 people died in violence in Pakistan on Thursday, including at least 15 soldiers who were killed by an explosion in a heavily secured dining hall for army commandos.
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At least 60 people died and more than 100 were wounded yesterday in one of the bloodiest days in Iraq since the Americans yielded direct rule.
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PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua  - Bodies of Miskito Indians killed by Hurricane Felix floated in the Caribbean off Central America and washed up on beaches on Thursday as the death toll from the storm rose to over 60.
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Beijing, Nov 22 : The death toll in a deadly fire in five connected iron ore mines in northern China went up to 57 while three others were missing, state media reported.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Thousands of bodies remain sprawled, unidentified on lawns and streets of battered Sumatra island Wednesday as the number killed in a mammoth earthquake and tsunami soared above 60,000 with tens of thousands still missing.
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A total of 22,493 people have been confirmed killed in Sri Lanka by a tsunami and the number is rising, the government said on Wednesday, forecasting the toll could pass the 30,000 mark.
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Vietnam's death toll from Tropical Storm Durian rose to 59 on Wednesday as authorities began cleaning up the country's south coast where more than 120,000 houses were destroyed, officials said.
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Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla has predicted the death toll in the country could rise as high as 25,000. &quot;We don&#39;t have confirmed data, but I think between 21,000 and 25,000 people (died),&quot; the Antara state news agency quoted him as saying.
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More than a week after devastating floods hit northern Haiti the death count rose sharply as reports came in from remote areas on Monday and aid workers struggled to feed thousands of desperate people.
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Government accepts new estimate on death toll that includes civilian deaths up to June 2006
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BAGHDAD - At least 60 people have died in attacks staged by Iraqi militants in other parts of the country as US and Iraqi troops carry out a major offensive in Fallujah.
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THE sea and wreckage of coastal towns all around the Indian Ocean yielded up tens of thousands of bodies today, pushing the toll from Sunday&#39;s tsunami past 59,000.