The death toll from the tropical storm that lashed the southern Philippines just over a week ago has topped 1,200, the government said Monday, as the bodies of people swept out to sea by flash floods wash ashore.

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Violence between striking workers and authorities in western Kazakhstan spread over the weekend, bringing the death toll to 14, the country’s general prosecutor announced on Sunday.

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Kazakh Violence Spreads to Second Town

At least 23 people were reported killed in Syria on Saturday as violence intensified in the eighth month of unrest against President Bashar al-Assad, pushing the death toll close to 4,600, according to a leading activist group.

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Syrian Clashes Leave at Least 15 Dead

Says death toll is “much more” than 4,000.

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U.N. Urges Aid to Syria

The United Nations says the death toll in seven months of protests in Syria against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad has reached 3,000.

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Syria protest deaths ‘hit 3,000′

The United Nations says the death toll in seven months of protests in Syria against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad has reached 3,000.

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Syria protest deaths ‘hit 3,000′

The death toll in the earthquake that shook the state of Sikkim rose on Wednesday as a company building a huge dam confirmed that 17 of its workers had died.

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India Quake Toll Rises After Plant Confirms Workers’ Deaths

SANAA, Yemen — Thousands of protesters armed with sticks and backed by armed military defectors overran a base of the elite Presidential Guards in Yemen’s capital as fighting erupted across much of Sanaa on Monday. The death toll for the worst violence in months rose to nearly 50 in two days of clashes. Read full article > >

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Resurgent violence in Yemen kills nearly 50 in 2 days, protesters storm elite military base

Kabul death toll rises sharply.

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U.S. Blames Al Qaeda Ally

The death toll after a sudden storm struck the Belgian music festival, Pukkelpop, attended by tens of thousands, rises to five.

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Belgium festival death toll rises

Joplin, Missouri’s spokesman reported that the death toll from last Sunday’s tornado climbed to 139 on Saturday, prompting the National Weather Service to declare 2011 the deadliest year for twisters since 1950. A slew of other powerful storms that…

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The death toll from clashes between Yemeni security forces and protesters rose to 13, an activist said.

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Activist warns of more deaths in Yemen

Libya’s immigrant population, already in crisis as workers try to flee chaos in the country, has been hit with another blow, as a ship carrying around 750 people sank off Tripoli Monday. The death toll is still unknown, as the ship was over capacity,…

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Hundreds of Libyan Refugees Drown

Storm chasers captured a tornado forming and blowing through Philadelphia, Mississippi. The death toll is rising from storms across the south. (April 28)

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Storm chasers capture Mississippi tornado

The death toll from Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsnunami reached 10,000 on Friday and was still climbing. Hundreds of thousands are living in shelters; over 660,000 homes do not have water and another 209,000 don’t have electricity. National…

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Japan Death Toll Passes 10,000