The government will be nervous of any news from Qinghai's disaster that could give further ammunition to domestic critics of the shoddy construction of schools in Sichuan that was widely blamed for the deaths of thousands of children in the 2008 earthquake.
According to the website pistehors.com, which recorded climbing deaths in the French Alps between 2003 and 2008, the number of deaths seen Thursday is unusual in a single incident.
Neglect and abuse at Stafford hospital led to hundreds of unnecessary deaths between 2005 and 2008.
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Neglect and abuse at the hospital led to hundreds of unnecessary deaths between 2005 and 2008, the Francis Report found.
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In its most recent report, the WHO estimates that of the 57 million deaths in 2008, 36 million, or 63 percent, were due to non-communicable disease.
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The authority also said improvements were made in relation to the building of the tram, with additional changes made after the deaths of Jean and Mickey Hoggart in 2008.
The trust has been at the centre of one of the worst scandals in NHS history after neglect and abuse led to hundreds of needless deaths from 2005 to 2008.
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The hearing was called for following a higher than expected number of deaths at the hospital between 2005 and 2008.
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The Francis Report found abuse and neglect led to the unnecessary deaths of hundreds of patients at the hospital between 2005 and 2008.
The Francis Inquiry into the hundreds of "needless deaths" at Stafford Hospital between 2005 and 2008 is likely to add to these criticisms when it is published in the coming weeks.
In December 2008, Doncaster's children's services were rated inadequate by Ofsted and a month later an inquiry was launched after serious case reviews were ordered into the deaths of seven children who had been neglected or abused between 2004 and 2008.
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For the 2007-2008 season, there were 12 recorded avalanche deaths for climbers, eight of them in one accident.
Another survey, published by the New England Journal of Medicine in January 2008, said approximately 151, 000 civilians had suffered violent deaths between March 2003 and June 2006.
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Data shows there were between 400 and 1, 200 more deaths than would have been expected between 2005 and 2008, although it is impossible to say all of these patients would have survived if they had received better treatment.
Harry Moroz over at Next American City and Richard Florida of The Atlantic, having both analyzed data provided by the Centers for Disease Control from 2006-2008, came to similar conclusions when looking at the impact of inner cities on gun deaths.
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