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The death toll from Chile's earthquake has more than doubled to 708 and is expected to rise further, President Michelle Bachelet has said.

The death toll from massive avalanches that blocked a mountain pass north of Kabul soared to 157, as hundreds more remained trapped ...

The death toll from the Haiti quake could be 230,000, the government says - close to the number killed in the 2004 Asian tsunami.

At least 76 people have died in flooding and mudslides in Brazil's three largest states over the past four days, O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper reported on Sunday.

Between 15 and 20 people died Saturday when two trains collided outside of Cairo, Egypt, and officials expect the death toll to rise, the country's Interior Ministry said.

A Nigerian military official said about 700 people had died in the city of Maiduguri during recent fighting.

At least 184 people died in last weekend's violent protests in China's far-west Xinjiang region, state-run media reported.

A health official says the death toll from a day care center fire in northern Mexico has risen to 46 following the death of a toddler.