http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/deathtoll/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:21:12 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418085/posts Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A senior U.S. official tells CNN that the attack at a military base in eastern Afghanistan by a suicide bomber Wednesday killed eight Americans believed to be CIA employees. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418085/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:21:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416177/posts At least 15 people were killed during massive anti-government protests in Tehran when opposition supporters clashed with security forces in the streets, Iranian state television reported Monday. The report said 10 people killed during Sunday's fierce clashes in the Iranian capital were members of "anti-revolutionary terrorist" groups, apparently referring to opposition supporters. The other five who died were killed by "terrorist groups" in a "suspicious act," the report said, without elaborating. Iranian security forces stormed a series of opposition offices on Monday, rounding up at least seven prominent anti-government activists in a new crackdown against the country's reformist movement, opposition... FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416177/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:46:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415381/posts New Delhi, India (CNN) -- Forty-five people are believed dead after a bridge collapsed in the north Indian industrial hub of Kota, officials said Saturday. Rescuers were struggling to retrieve all the bodies of victims who fell into the Chambal River on Thursday after the bridge collapsed, according to K. Ravikanth, the top administrative official of Kota district. So far, rescuers have pulled out 11 bodies, he said. The bridge, under construction since 2007, is a joint venture among Gammon India, South Korea's Hyundai Engineering and India's national highway authority, said Rajeev Dasot, Kota's inspector of police. Kota, about 250... CNN.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415381/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:14:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397299/posts 9 Slain In Bloody Holiday Weekend 2 Incidents Of Murder-Suicide On Friday AloneCBS The violence began around 5 p.m. Thanksgiving eve, when Shannon Moore, 18, was found lying on the ground with gunshot wounds in the hallway of a building at 537 E. 44th St. A witness who saw Moore involved in an argument went to call police, and as he was going to make the call he heard multiple gunshots, Perez said. Moore was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he died at 4:45 p.m. Saturday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. CBS 2 Chicago http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397299/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 01:26:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384903/posts H1N1 swine flu killed an estimated 3,900 Americans from April to October, U.S. health officials said Thursday. Better estimates show that the pandemic of flu has infected an estimated 22 million Americans and put 98,000 in the hospital, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Of these totals, children account for 8 million of the infected, 36,000 of those in hospital and 540 deaths. Foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384903/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:22:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380188/posts A former employee of a business located in a downtown Orlando building where a deadly mass shooting took place today is suspected in the attack. Two people are dead and at least 17 were shot in the incident, which took place about noon today. The suspect, Jason Rodriguez, 40, is believed to be driving a silver, 2002 Nissan SUV with tag number D11UXR, Orlando Police spokeswoman Sgt. Barbara Jones. Police think he is armed and still in the area. Orlando Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380188/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:41:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379813/posts FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Officials say a 13th person has died after a gunman opened fire yesterday afternoon at Texas' Fort Hood. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a suspect in the mass shooting that wounded 30, is on a ventilator and unconscious after being shot four times. In the early chaos of the shooting, authorities believed they had killed the shooter. FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — As officials try to piece together what led to yesterday's shooting rampage at Texas' Fort Hood that left 13 dead, the FBI, local police and other agencies have searched the apartment of the Army... 9and10 News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379813/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 11:00:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379471/posts Suspected Gunman Is Identified by ABC News as Major Malik Nadal HasanTwelve people have been killed and 31 wounded in a shooting spree at a Texas military base by what officials believe was possibly carried out by an Army officer. The suspected gunman was identified by ABC News as Major Malik Nadal Hasan. The shooter was killed and two other suspects, who are also soldiers, have been apprehended, Lt. Gen. Robert W. Cone said. The gunman used two handguns, Cone said. He wasn't sure if the shooter reloaded the weapons during the attack. The general called the attack "a terrible... abc news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379471/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 22:31:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379445/posts As many as nine people are dead and as many as 30 more are injured after two or more gunmen in military uniforms opened fire Thursday afternoon in a deployment processing center at Fort Hood. Schools on and around the post are locked down and hospitals report receiving mass casualties. KWTX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379445/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:48:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372423/posts In Deadliest Month, 53 U.S. Troops Die in Afghanistan ALISSA J. RUBIN October 27, 2009 KABUL, Afghanistan — Eight Americans died in combat in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, bringing October’s total to 53 and making it the deadliest month for Americans in the eight-year war. September and October were both deadlier months overall for NATO troops. The troops, along with an Afghan civilian accompanying them, were killed in several attacks involving “multiple, complex” improvised bombs, according to a statement from the NATO-led coalition. A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, said that Taliban in Zabul Province were responsible. He said they... NYTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372423/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:24:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370708/posts US President Barack Obama has led international condemnation of Sunday's double suicide bomb attack in Baghdad that killed at least 132 people. Mr Obama branded the attacks - the worst in more than two years in Iraq - "hateful and destructive". UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband said they were a "terrible reminder of the threat from violent extremism". The blasts hit the ministry of justice and a provincial government office near the heavily fortified Green Zone. BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370708/posts#comment Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:32:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240054/posts Questions and Answers Regarding Estimating Deaths from Influenza in the United States How many people die from flu each year in the United States? The number of influenza-associated (i.e., flu-related) deaths varies from year to year because flu seasons often fluctuate in length and severity. CDC estimated that about 36,000 people died of flu-related causes each year, on average, during the 1990s in the United States. This figure includes people dying from complications of flu. This estimate came from a 2003 study published in the Journal of the American Medication Association (JAMA), which looked at the 1990-91 through the 1998-99... Centers for Disease Control http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240054/posts#comment Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:57:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364783/posts As the H1N1 flu outbreak strikes the U.S. early and hard, health officials are pointing to a worrisome number of child deaths and warn that supplies of vaccine will remain scarce for at least the next couple of weeks. Delays in producing the vaccine mean 28 million to 30 million doses, at most, will be divided around the country by the end of the month, not the 40 million-plus doses that states had been expecting. The new count from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention means anxiously awaited flu-shot clinics in some parts of the U.S. may have to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364783/posts#comment Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:07:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363823/posts A 10th person in Maryland has died of swine flu, state health officials said Tuesday. The person, an adult from Western Maryland, had underlying health problems. As with other deaths related to the H1N1 virus, officials would not release further details. Baltimore Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363823/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:23:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364286/posts NEW YORK, NY, October 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) -- A new report by the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute, entitled "Abortion Worldwide: A Decade of Uneven Progress," points to the fact that over a billion abortions have been committed, say pro-life activists. The report found that the annual number of abortions have declined over the period from 1995 to 2003. Nevertheless, the Guttmacher Institute said that in 2003 approximately 41.6 million abortions were committed worldwide. On average, this works out to more than one death by abortion for each second of the year. Since abortion has been available since before 1970 and very... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364286/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:59:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363389/posts A France Telecom employee committed suicide on Thursday, becoming the 25th staff member to kill himself over the past 20 months, a company official said. The 48-year-old engineer hung himself in his Brittany home, one month after he had taken medical leave following a recommendation from the company doctor. The latest death brought to 25 the number of employees who have taken their lives since February last year at France Telecom, a former state monopoly that has been under major restructuring. Many of the employees have left notes blaming management decisions or stress at work. The 25th death came just... watoday.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363389/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:36:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362701/posts Iraq's government said at least 85,000 people were killed from 2004 to 2008, officially answering one of the biggest questions of the conflict - how many perished in the sectarian violence that nearly led to a civil war. What remains unanswered is how many died in the 2003 U.S. invasion and in the months of chaos that followed it. A report by the Human Rights Ministry said 85,694 people were killed from the beginning of 2004 to Oct. 31, 2008 and 147,195 were wounded. The figures included Iraqi civilians, military and police but did not cover U.S. military deaths, insurgents,... ap http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362701/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:02:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354413/posts Village Deaths To Increase Indonesia Quake Toll 400 at wedding party feared dead in mudslides in rural area Rescue workers remove debris as they attempt to locate victims inside the collapsed Ambacang Hotel on Saturday. Survivors buried under the hotel sent a cell-phone text message to a relative saying he and some others were alive. But, disappointed rescue workers were unable to locate anyone. PADANG, Indonesia - The death toll from Indonesia's massive earthquake will likely double as officials on Saturday reached rural communities wiped out by landslides that buried more than 600 people under mountains of mud, most of... AP Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354413/posts#comment Sun, 4 Oct 2009 02:39:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352358/posts Another American died in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the final day of September--and exactly one month after the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan sent a confidential war assessment to the Obama administration, warning that more forces are needed--soon. The as-yet-unnamed American serviceman who died on Wednesday was caught in a suicide attack in Khost Province, in eastern Afghanistan, press reports said. On August 30, Gen. Stanley McChrystal sent Defense Secretary Robert Gates a war assessment in which he said more U.S. troops--and a new U.S. strategy--are needed if the U.S. is to defeat the insurgents in Afghanistan. Since that Aug. 30... CNSNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352358/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 12:04:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353130/posts A POWERFUL earthquake has struck off Tonga and the Samoan islands as the Sumatran death toll rises further. The 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Tonga and the Samoan islands today, two days after a giant tremor caused a devastating tsunami which killed almost 150. No immediate tsunami alert was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii. news.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353130/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2009 04:20:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352438/posts APIA, Samoa – Samoans searched flattened homes and debris-filled swamps, while dazed survivors told of being trapped underwater or flung inland by a tsunami that ravaged towns and killed at least 150 people in the South Pacific. The day after the disaster struck, officials were expecting the death toll to rise as more areas were searched. "To me it was like a monster — just black water coming to you. It wasn't a wave that breaks, it was a full force of water coming straight," said Luana Tavale, an American Samoa government employee. Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele's own village... AP/Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352438/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 13:42:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2352686/posts PADANG, Indonesia (AP) - Rescue workers pulled victims, some screaming in pain, from the heavy rubble of buildings felled by a powerful earthquake that killed more than 700 people. The death toll was still expected to rise. The brunt of Wednesday's 7.6-magnitude earthquake, which originated in the sea off Sumatra island, appeared to have been borne by Padang town. Four other districts accounted for the remaining deaths. A government official told The Associated Press that at least 777 people are confirmed to have died in the quake, with about 300 seriously injured. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2352686/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 18:30:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352801/posts H1N1 swine flu has killed 28 pregnant women in the U.S., raising the level of concern among obstetricians and CDC investigators. The 28 women who died were among about 100 pregnant women who required intensive care because of severe H1N1 swine flu disease. "Doctors around the country have never seen this kind of thing before," CDC respiratory disease chief Anne Schuchat, MD, said today at a news conference. "What we are seeing is quite striking." The CDC has never before tracked the impact of flu on pregnant women. Although flu is a known risk both to a pregnant woman and... Web MD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352801/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 21:00:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351956/posts AFP – This photo taken on September 29, after an 8.0-magnitude quake and tsunami struck in the early morning … APIA (AFP) – Dozens of aftershocks rocked the South Pacific Wednesday, 24 hours after a huge earthquake churned up towering tsunamis that killed at least 113 people when they wiped out villages and flattened tourist resorts. Huge waves that witnesses and officials said measured between three and 7.5 metres high pounded the remote Pacific islands of Samoa and Western Samoa after an 8.0-magnitude undersea quake struck early Tuesday. While the quake toppled buildings and sent thousands fleeing to high ground... AFP via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351956/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:20:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351380/posts APIA, Samoa – A police official says 63 people are confirmed dead in Samoa following a tsunami that smashed the southern shore of the South Pacific nation. Samoan police commissioner Lilo Maiava told The Associated Press that police have confirmed 63 deaths, and officials are still searching the devastated areas, so the number of deaths might rise soon. A powerful Pacific Ocean earthquake with a magnitude between 8.0 and 8.3 spawned towering tsunami waves that swept ashore early Tuesday on Samoa and American Samoa, flooding and flattening villages, killing dozens of people and leaving scores of others missing. At least... AP/Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351380/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:01:03 GMT