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31 Jul 2010 10:57

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World: Monsoon season taking a tough toll on Pakistan, Afghanistan

Pakistani officials claim that the death toll from the heavy rains has topped 800, and Afghanistan says another 64 have died in their country. Holy crap. source
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30 Jul 2010 11:40

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World: This month the deadliest ever for U.S. troops in Afghanistan

  • 63 U.S. soldiers died this month, topping June’s record source
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07 Apr 2010 11:19

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World: Landslides, floods lead to heavy death toll in Rio de Janeiro

  • 102+ people killed after a
    heavy rainfall source
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08 Mar 2010 10:58

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World: How bad is the ethnic violence in Nigeria, anyway? It depends

  • 300+ the death toll counted by the Nigerian government other counts vary
  • 492 the death toll counted by Nigeria’s Civil Rights Congress
  • 250 the number counted by Nigeria’s League of Human Rights source
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05 Mar 2010 12:06

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World: Chile’s earthquake death toll kind of a fluid, imperfect thing

  • 802 number of people reported killed by the quake on Wednesday
  • 279 updated number of people reported killed by the quake on Thursday
  • wtf? Chile claims that the old toll counted people who were still missing source
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27 Feb 2010 21:18

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World: Chile earthquake: The latest numbers and figures

  • 214+ people killed in Chile as a result of the earthquake
  • 50+ aftershocks have hit in and around the country in the last 24 hours
  • 1.5M homes have been damaged by the huge quake source
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22 Feb 2010 09:02

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World: Oops. Afghan civilians die by mistake in NATO airstrike, again

  • 27 civilians killed by NATO (they were trying to avoid that) source
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18 Jan 2010 10:42

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World: Optimism amid devastation: Survivors still being found in Haiti

After the first 72 hours of a catastrophe of this magnitude, hope of finding survivors is usually lost. They’ve found 60 as of Sunday. source
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18 Jan 2010 09:51

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World: A blatant attack on Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, kills and wounds many

  • 20 Taliban soldiers were reportedly involved in the attack
  • 12+ people have died, including seven of the attackers
  • 71+ were wounded in the attack near the presidential palace source
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15 Jan 2010 21:50

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World: The death toll in Haiti is incredibly high already, and climbing

  • 50k bodies have already been collected by the Haitian government
  • 40k bodies have been placed in mass graves, which is just awful
  • 200k people could be dead, but the exact number will be elusive source
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