Death Toll

Newest Spate Of Violence In Egypt Leaves 12 Dead

AP | HADEEL AL-SHALCHI | Posted 04.05.2012

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CAIRO — Egyptian security forces on Saturday fired tear gas from armored trucks at protesters demanding an end to military rule, as anger over a...

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Laura Gottesdiener

Is Climate Change To Blame For The Devastating Tornadoes?

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Gottesdiener | Posted 06.29.2011

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The tornadoes that tore through the southeast United States on Wednesday were cumulatively the deadliest twister disaster since 1932, with the death t...

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Japan's Hardest Hit Regions Reel From Devastation

Posted 05.25.2011

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Though rescue workers continue their frantic search, Japan's death toll is already expected to exceed 10,000 following Friday's magnitude-8.9 earthqua...

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Oil Spill Forces Animals To Flee To Shallow Water Off Coast, Scientists Warn Of 'Mass Die-Off'

AP | JAY REEVES, JOHN FLESHER and TAMARA LUSH | Posted 05.25.2011

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GULF SHORES, Ala. — Dolphins and sharks are showing up in surprisingly shallow water just off the Florida coast. Mullets, crabs, rays and small ...

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China Landslides Leave 337 Dead, More Than 1,100 Missing

Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) ZHOUQU, China — Rescuers lifted muddy bodies into trucks, and aid convoys choked the road into the remote Chinese town where hundreds died ...

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NATO Kills 27 Civilians In Afghanistan Attack, Says Afghan Cabinet

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — NATO jets mistakenly killed at least 21 people in central Afghanistan, Afghan officials said Monday, the deadliest attack on civilians i...

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Ryan Grim

Civilian Casualties Soar; Key Afghan Metric Headed In Wrong Direction

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Civilian deaths in Afghanistan climbed in 2009 to their highest number since the fall of the Taliban, the United Nations says in a recent report. The...

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Death Toll From Indonesian Quake Will Likely Rise

AP | ERIC TALMADGE and IRWAN FIRDAUS | Posted 05.25.2011

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PADANG, Indonesia — Hundreds of children went back to class Monday in schools set up in tents in Indonesia's earthquake zone to get counseling o...

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Medvedev Orders Precise Soviet WWII Death Toll

AP | IRINA TITOVA | Posted 05.25.2011

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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday ordered officials to determine the precise Soviet death toll in World War ...

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