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Abidjan - Ivory Coast said 63 people were killed in a week of clashes with French troops as it prepared on Friday to pass control of the military to hawkish Major Colonel Philippe Mangou.
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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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BANGKOK: Six more people have been killed in Muslim-majority southern Thailand in the last 24 hours, police said yesterday, amid outrage over the death last week of 85 Muslims.
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many people were killed. The US military last week claimed to have killed around 100 of Zarqawi&#39;s. militiamen who have the area largely under their control.
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THE death toll in a coal mine explosion in central China has risen to 63, with 103 miners still missing. The Government said yesterday an underground fire and toxic fumes from the blast hampered rescue work.
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&quot;Our latest data shows 16 dead with most of them killed after their houses collapsed on them. This. He said the quake damaged more than 600 houses, six schools, several churches and mosques.
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At least 12 people have been confirmed killed by Typhoon Aere, 17 remain unaccounted for, and 86 others were injured as it swept across northern Taiwan earlier this week, according to a post-typhoon damage control report by the Interior Ministry yesterday
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Up to 60 protected gray seals have been killed off the west coast of Ireland in what a wildlife group described as slaughter. The Irish Seal Sanctuary said the seals -- most of them pups
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Investigators have determined that  back-to-back coal-dust and gas blasts ripped through a mine in  northern China killing at least 63 workers and leaving 103  trapped and feared dead, state media said on Tuesday.
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Â· Troops say bomb defused on six-year-old boyÂ· Claim follows 13 civilian deaths in air strike
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Colombo: The death toll in Sri Lanka went up to nearly 12,000 on Tuesday, two days after fierce tidal waves swamped its coastline.
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Ivory Coast says 63 people have been killed in a week of clashes with French troops as it hands over military powers to a former head of its northern command, whose appointment is considered a provocation by both the rebels and France.
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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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Death tolls in Sri Lanka and India continue to rise, with an estimated 11,000 dead in the island state, and 6,000 dead in India. Of those deaths, 3,000 are thought to have occurred in India&#39;s Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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At least 140,339 people are reported dead around southern Asia and as far away as Somalia on Africa's eastern coast, most killed by massive tsunamis that smashed coastlines on Dec. 26. The United Nations estimates the total number of dead will exceed 150,000.
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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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Sri Lanka's navy sank 12 Tamil Tiger   craft overnight in a naval battle off the island's northern tip   and dozens of rebels, including suicide fighters, are believed   to have been killed, the military said on Saturday.