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The civil war in Burundi has claimed up to 300,000 lives since 1993. UNICEF estimates that 558,000 children have lost at least one parent and that 77,000 have lost both. One estimate suggests that 27,000 children under 15 in Burundi have AIDs.
Disasters/War	Christianity – November 2005



In southern Mississippi, 20% of Catholic churches and a third of Church schools have been destroyed due to the terror of hurricane Katrina.
Disasters/War	The Universe – 11th September 2005



Since 1992, more than 300,000 children may have perished during the conflict in Afghanistan. Of 300 children surveyed, 72% experienced the death of a relative and nearly all witnessed acts of violence, while two thirds had seen dead bodies or parts of bodies.
Disasters/War	The Baptist Times – 1st September 2005



In Baghdad in the last few days alone there have been over 35 suicide bombers and nearly 300 people killed by them. Since the war ended over 25,000 people have been killed.
Disasters/War	The Church of England Newspaper – 22nd July 2005



$27bn is spent each year by the US on nuclear weapons and related programmes.
Disasters/War	The Independent - 5th August 2005



900 years is the time it will take for radioactive elements in Pripyat near Chernobyl, to decay to safe levels following the disaster 19 years ago.
Disasters/War	The Independent - 5th August 2005



100,000 people were members of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 1984.
Disasters/War	The Independent - 5th August 2005



200 is the estimated number of nuclear weapons possessed by Israel.
Disasters/War	The Independent - 5th August 2005



There are 40 states with technical ability to make nuclear weapons, including Egypt and South Korea.
Disasters/War	The Independent - 5th August 2005



There are 5 acknowledged nuclear states: China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States and 4 other states known or thought to have nuclear weapons: India, Israel, Pakistan, North Korea.
Disasters/War	The Independent - 5th August 2005



There are 11,000 active, deliverable nuclear weapons in the world. The US has 6,390, Russia 3,242 and Britain 200.
Disasters/War	The Independent - 5th August 2005



It’s 60 years since the first use of a nuclear weapon in war.160,000 people died when the bomb was dropped at 8:15pm on Hiroshima, with another 77,062 dying later.
Disasters/War	The Independent - 5th August 2005



In the three years from Sept 2000 to May 2004, approximately 950 Israelis were killed as a result of the Palestinian / Israeli conflict.
Disasters/War	Christian Herald – 7th May 2005



Some 31,000 people died in Sri Lanka and nearly 17,000 were injured when the huge waves crashed ashore. Another 5,500 are missing.
Disasters/War	Reform – March 2005



As Auschwitz is remembered, these are the figures of the destruction of Europe's Jews: About 100,000 in the Netherlands; about 120,000 in Germany; about 1,000 in Norway; 7 in Finland; more than 700,000 across the region of the USSR; about 202,000 across the Baltic States; 60 in Denmark; 270,000 in Romania; about 3 million in Poland (90% of the population); 60,000 in Yugoslavia; 60,000 in Greece; 9,000 in Italy; 260,000 in Czechoslovakia; 50,000 in Austria; more than 180,000 in Hungary; 76,000 in France; about 1,000 in Luxembourg; 24,000 in Belgium; none in Bulgaria.
Disasters/War	The Independent – 27th January 2005

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