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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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

As danger at nuclear power plants continues to unfold, a massive search and rescue operation is under way in Japan to find survivors of the earthquake and tsunami. Japanese media estimate the current death toll to be as high as 1,700, but much higher…

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Japan Scrambles to Save Survivors

The death toll from Japan’s 8.9 magnitude earthquake that triggered a devastating 30-foot tsunami could rise to more than 1,300, government officials said. Most of the victims drowned, with about 200 to 300 bodies found along the water in Sendai, the…

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Quake’s Death Toll Could Pass 1,300

The death toll continues to climb as Japan recovers from the most powerful quake in its recorded history and the towering tsunami that followed. Japan’s Kyodo News agency said between 200 and 300 bodies have been found on a beach in Sendai, the…

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Death Toll Likely to Surpass 1,000

The government wants to prosecute people 40 years after a struggle whose death toll may have exceeded 1 million.

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Bangladesh Faces Atrocities of Its Independence Era

New Zealand officials said on Saturday that the death toll from this week’s earthquake has risen again-to 145 people. Entire blocks of Christchurch, the major city where the quake hit, may be unusable for months and will require the majority of…

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200 Still Missing in NZ Quake

The death toll from this winter’s flu outbreak has risen to 254 as a row erupts over who should manage the vaccination campaign in the future.

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Death toll from flu jumps to 254

The death toll from devastating flooding in Brazil continued to rise Sunday, surpassing 600, the government said.

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Brazil flood death toll tops 600

Rescuers searching for dozens of people missing in floodwater west of Brisbane, Australia, have found another body, taking the death toll from recent torrential rain to nine.

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Australia flood death toll on rise

The death toll from a plane crash in northwestern Iran has risen to 77, news agencies in the country reported Monday.

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Reports: Death toll rises in Iran crash

The death toll rose to nine as raging waters were expected to rise for up to two more days in northeastern Australia.

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Australian Planes Rush In Aid as Floods Continue

Australian authorities on Monday raised the death toll of asylum-seekers killed last week in a shipwreck on Christmas Island to 48, possibly more than half of the passengers on the boat.

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Police: Nearly 50 dead in shipwreck

The death toll in Friday’s three drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal region has gone up to 57, intelligence officials in Pakistan told CNN on Saturday.

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