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"BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - The global death toll from the Asian tsunami shot above 226,000 Wednesday after Indonesia's Health Ministry confirmed the deaths of tens of thousands of people previously listed as missing.

The ministry raised the country's death toll to 166,320. It had previously given a figure of 95,450 while Indonesia's Ministry of Social Affairs had put the death toll at around 115,000 before it stopped counting.

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Governments, aid groups, individuals, corporations and international agencies have pledged more than $7 billion in aid to Asia's tsunami victims.

But donors have to date promised just $739 million of the $977 million the U.N. system says is needed in emergency aid to meet the basic needs of victims over the next six months, according to Kevin Kennedy, a senior official of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. "

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/inte...&en=85cf1643207f0e37&ei=5094&partner=homepage

 

[Tazznum1]

Fox said 2 weeks ago that it topped 250,000 dead. WTF Fox?

 

[xexex]

whatever. its at roughly a 1/4 million now.

 

[Socreges]

The saddest thing is that these numbers have largely lost all meaning to me. I was devastated when I heard the toll had gone from 2000 (Christmas night) to 8000 (Boxing Day morning). Now we've got ~90,000 more dead and although I said "Oh my God", there's no lasting affect. Though maybe because these people have all been dead for weeks now.

Fox said 2 weeks ago that it topped 250,000 dead. WTF Fox?

250k is a round, attractive number.

"Ooh, sounds sexy!"

 

[kumanoki]

Total poplulation of Kiryu, Gunma Prefecture, Japan: 226,000

Jeez, that's creepy.