There were fears the death toll could rise sharply with estimates of the number of missing varying from 54 to 67.

人们担心根据估计的失踪人数，死亡人数可能会急速上升为54到67人。

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Q: Last week, Chinese public security authorities announced that they rescued about 2,000 abducted children. Can you give us the number of missing children in China?

问：中国警方上周宣布，他们解救了约2000名被拐卖儿童，你能否提供中国失踪儿童人数？

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Official figures stand at nearly 78,000 dead and 56,000 missing from the storm. Unofficial estimates of the number of dead and missing are considerably higher.

官方统计数据仍然说，风灾中有7万8000人死亡、5万6000人失踪，但是非官方统计的死亡和失踪人数要高得多。

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Only the bomber was killed. In the restive northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a grenade was also thrown at a U.S.patrol, reportedly missing the U.S.soldiers, but killing a number of Iraqi civilians.

VOA: standard.2009.06.01

Runaways comprise the largest number of the missing children, Best said, and while there are few abductions by strangers, those "emotional, wrenching stories" make an impact.

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The official number of missing at the World Trade Center drops to 5, 960 from 6, 347, while confirmed deaths rise to 305.

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The authorities earlier said the number of missing was down to 16, but local officials in Grossetto prefecture said late on Monday they had confirmed 25 passengers and four crew remained missing.

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