An accurate death count might be weeks away after a devastating earthquake in northeastern Afghanistan.

阿富汗东北部这次毁灭性的地震的准确的死亡人数统计也许要在数周后才能得到。

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Pakistan's army says its forces killed another 51 militants in the last day, bringing the total death count to 751 Taliban fighters.

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The death count is tiny alongside the 36, 000 Americans killed each year by the flu, but SARS is just getting under way.

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Official estimates of the death count from the massive earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan on Friday have remained around 1, 000, but reports suggest that the toll could climb much higher.

FORBES: Japan Death Toll Could Climb Dramatically

The death count for the Joplin tornado on May 22 is currently up to 123, making it the worst single storm since two that occurred on successive days in 1936, with 216 fatalities in Tupelo, Miss.

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