Volunteers are trying to help abandoned horses and ponies near Ebbw Vale after several animals died of starvation.

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Hunger set in among the workers and, before the deal was complete, at least one actually died of starvation.

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In that case, necropsies showed that the penguins died of starvation.

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Khyra died following months of starvation and cruelty at the hands of her mother and stepfather.

BBC: Khyra Ishaq's father sues council over starvation death

Around 250, 000 Greeks died in the occupation, mostly of starvation.

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Huge numbers of Indians died, from disease, starvation or war wounds.

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In the tropical forests of the island, just south of the equator, 37, 000 Japanese troops died from disease and starvation during the second world war.

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At least 1.7 million people -- nearly a quarter of Cambodia's population -- died under the 1975-1979 Khmer Rouge regime from execution, disease, starvation and overwork, according to the Documentation Center of Cambodia.

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