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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The World Health Organisation has estimated that at least 70,000 people have died in the camps, most because of poor conditions. The number does not include those killed in militia and government attacks on villages and fleeing refugees.
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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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As the death toll in GonaÃ¯ves rose above 1,000, people scrambled in the streets after food handouts from the U.N.
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NEW DELHI: Rescue workers pulled corpses from canals and waterlogged fields on Tuesday, as Government warned the death toll of almost 9,400 from a tsunami that lashed the country&#39;s southern coastal areas, would rise further.
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GONAIVES, Haiti  - 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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Tropical Storm Jeanneâs death toll in Haiti rose to more than 1,500 and UN peacekeepers were sending reinforcements to help keep order among desperate survivors who have been looting aid trucks and mobbing food distribution centres.
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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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The bloody end to the hostage crisis in Russia leaves unfathomable human suffering. More than three hundred children, parents and teachers died in the gruesome 52-hour siege that began
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After the largest death toll from a single attack since Hussein's fall, sectarian bloodletting seems likely to escalate.
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The death toll in the Russian schoolhouse siege soared to more than 340 yesterday, and the horrifying human cost is likely to keep climbing.
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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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Violence throughout the country defied increased efforts to stanch the spread of sectarian bloodshed.
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The death toll from the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Indian Ocean nations rose to nearly 220,000 with another 50,000 deaths being reported by Indonesia's health ministry.
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The identities of many Britons killed by the Indian Ocean tsunami begin to emerge as the death toll rises.
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The US massive offensive on the Fallujah has resulted in an increasingly severe humanitarian disaster in the city, as the Red Crescent
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The latest death toll from the Asian tsunami has risen dramatically to more than 56,000 after Indonesian authorities found mass destruction in the province of Aceh.