# death-toll - Wednesday 5 June, 2013
The country’s economy has surged into second place globally, but industrial safety conditions are not good.
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# death-toll - Saturday 1 June, 2013
Watch a video of the intense storm.
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# death-toll - Wednesday 22 May, 2013
Preliminary causes of death suggest both infants – aged just four and seven months old – died of head trauma.
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“There are empty spaces where there used to be living rooms, and bedrooms, and classrooms, and, in time, we’re going to need to refill those spaces with love and laughter and community.”
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# death-toll - Tuesday 21 May, 2013
The tornado, which ripped through an elementary school, has killed at least 51 people but the death toll is expected to rise.
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# death-toll - Friday 10 May, 2013
Bodies were found in the ruins of a stairwell, where the victims had sought shelter.
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# death-toll - Sunday 28 April, 2013
Plus, the devastating images from the scene.
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Firefighters are still looking for victims buried under the rubble.
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The death toll has now reached 363 but is expected to rise.
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# death-toll - Saturday 20 April, 2013
The quake struck at around 8am local time, with a magnitude of 6.6 according to the US Geological Survey.
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# death-toll - Thursday 18 April, 2013
It is believed that three children are among the dead.
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# death-toll - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
Boston Children’s Hospital said it is treating 10 patients.
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# death-toll - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
The earthquake measured 6.3 on the Richter Scale.
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# death-toll - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
As the clean-up begins, some residents complained about dwindling food supplies.
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# death-toll - Wednesday 2 January, 2013
The new figure comes from the United Nations’ “exhaustive analysis”.
# death-toll - Sunday 11 November, 2012
The earthquake measured 6.8 on the scale, according to the USGS.
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# death-toll - Saturday 10 November, 2012
The deaths occurred as a shoot-out raged between inmates and prison officers.
# death-toll - Tuesday 30 October, 2012
The death toll for what was supposed to be a four-day ceasefire exceeded 500.
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At least 16 people are reported to have died after the superstorm Sandy hit the east coast of the United States overnight.
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# death-toll - Saturday 27 October, 2012
Over the past week, the death toll in Iraq has hit at least 49.
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Hurricane Sandy could mix with a winter storm to create what has been dubbed ‘Frankenstorm’.
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# death-toll - Tuesday 25 September, 2012
# death-toll - Saturday 22 September, 2012
Fighting continues to spill over borders, however, with violence reported near Jordan today.
The deaths come as protests against the power of militias gather pace.
# death-toll - Saturday 15 September, 2012
The conflict’s death toll continues to rise with overnight air strikes killing 12 civilians and wounding 60 more.
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# death-toll - Monday 10 September, 2012
The decision comes as Iraq witnesses a wave of deadly attacks.
# death-toll - Saturday 28 July, 2012
The death toll of Beijing’s flash floods has been raised after public questioning of the tally.
# death-toll - Wednesday 25 July, 2012
Syria
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Violence continues to rage in the commercial capital of Aleppo.
# death-toll - Sunday 22 July, 2012
Rebels have launched an operation to ‘liberate’ Aleppo, Syria’s largest city. Both sides are claiming territorial gains.
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The death toll across China has reached 20.
# death-toll - Friday 29 June, 2012
Meanwhile, violence continues in Syria with activists stating it has been a particularly bloody week around the nation’s capital.
# death-toll - Wednesday 13 June, 2012
Shiite pilgrims were attached in this latest wave of sectarian violence
# death-toll - Monday 4 June, 2012
The airliner crashed into a densely-populated area of Lagos yesterday.
# death-toll - Tuesday 29 May, 2012
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
# death-toll - Saturday 10 March, 2012
Kofi Annan and President Assad’s meeting came to a deadlock in the capital city.
# death-toll - Sunday 4 March, 2012
A munitions depot in Brazzaville caught fire, officials have said.
# death-toll - Saturday 3 March, 2012
At least 37 people have been killed as the tornadoes destroyed everything in their paths on Friday.
# death-toll - Wednesday 29 February, 2012
A top UN official has said that over 7500 people have died so far in the ongoing violence.
# death-toll - Wednesday 22 February, 2012
The 185 people who perished in the quake were remembered at memorial services and community events across the country today.
# death-toll - Thursday 16 February, 2012
Survivors have described the scenes inside the packed cells as the blaze tore through the jail.
Sunny
Max: 18 °C
Min: 10 °C
Increasing cloudiness
Max: 19 °C
Min: 12 °C
Cloudy; a shower in the a.m., then rain
Max: 19 °C
Min: 9 °C
Syria war rages on, UN chief warns of calamity
A report published today also said that children are being “badly traumatised” after witnessing killing and torture.
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