Death by a thousand cuts
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THE ghosts of Calcutta 2001 and aches of Australia&#39;s over-worked bowlers have combined to ensure that New Zealand&#39;s demise will be death by a thousand cuts, drives and pulls after Ricky Ponting failed to enforce the follow-on during the second Test
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malnutrition and disease meant the monthly fatality rate was about 10,000. The previous overall death toll had stood at 50,000. People were dying despite the aid effort and the world
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As Episcopal leaders consider barring more gays from becoming bishops to prevent an Anglican schism, the world Anglican family is already dying by a thousand cuts.
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Influenza kills tens of thousands every year in this country and requires the hospitalization of about a quarter-million. In epidemic years, mortality can be in the millions, even when there is enough vaccine to go around.
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The death toll from the Asian tsunami soared towards the 100,000 mark today as officials feared the number of British victims could rise steeply.
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Forces of war, nature, economic crisis and regional tension converge with a vengeance on populace.
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MONDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News)  -- Cancer continues to cut a deadly swath across the globe, with the American Cancer Society reporting 12 million new cases of malignancy diagnosed worldwide in 2007, with 7.6 million people dying from the disease.
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Excessive drinking took more than 75,000 lives in the United States in 2001, shortening the lives of each of those who died by an average of more than 30 years, a new government report says.
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How do you cope with watching video footage of thousands of fatalities from the Indian Ocean tsunami, not just for the few seconds of a news bulletin but for a 10-hour editing shift?
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Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been  killed in violence since the U.S.-led invasion last year,  American public health experts have calculated in a report that  estimates there were 100,000 "excess deaths" in 18 months.
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Comment is free: Hilary Benn: One person a minute dies from a gunshot. Now we have a chance to reduce weapons trading.
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There were apparently multiple casualties, but the numbers were uncertain in the initial confusion.
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75 fatalities to date 2006 has so far proved the "deadliest on record" for journalists worldwide, the Guardian reports.â¦
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It was part of the job, but so many senior members perished and those who survived are suffering crippling illnesses
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About 7.6 million people will die  this year worldwide from various types of cancer, with lung  cancer -- heavily driven by smoking -- killing 975,000 men and  376,000 women, the American Cancer Society said on Monday.
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Â· Up to Â£250m a year needed, say insurersÂ· Three dead and hundreds evacuated from homes.
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About 3,000 villagers kill at least 10 people, including a policeman, in fresh violence in western Kenya, police say.