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Indonesia quake death toll nearly 5,700
Jakarta (AFP) May 30, 2006 The death toll from the earthquake that rocked Indonesia's main island of Java at the weekend has risen to at least 5,698, the social affairs ministry said late Tuesday. The majority of those killed in Saturday's 6.3-magnitude quake -- 3,580 people -- lived in Bantul district, south of the central city of Yogyakarta. More than 1,660 others died in Klaten district, in Central Java province, the ministry said. The ministry had previously put the death toll from the catastrophe at 5,427. Officials at the ministry put the total number of injured at nearly 10,700, three-quarters of them seriously hurt. Related Links 
Netherlands must boost flood defences
The Hague (AFP) May 30, 2006 Dutch authorities will have to boost their already significant flood protection measures to cope with increasingly warmer, wetter winters and summer droughts, according to forecasts released Tuesday. |
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