And although tens of thousands of deaths have not materialised, it does predict that 4, 000 people will eventually die from cancer attributable to exposure from radiation leaked from the plant.

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The ensuing loss of vaccines would be a public health disaster of enormous magnitude, leading to tens of thousands of deaths from diseases that we now have largely defeated in this county.

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The news from the Horn of Africa today is horrific: Drought and famine are spreading throughout the region, exacerbated by the derailment of aid shipments by the militant group al-Shabab, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths with little resolution in sight.

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The free flow of such knowledge and data could be critical in reducing the tens of thousands of medically related accidental deaths each year.

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It rang out across the shattered wasteland of No Man's Land as tens of thousands walked to their deaths.

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In Mexico it has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of Mexican citizens.

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There have been demonstrations in the French capital to demand action over the deaths and, on Thursday in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir, tens of thousands took to the streets for the funeral of the three activists.

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