https://freerepublic.com/tag/6200/ en-us Sat, 3 Jun 2006 07:33:06 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1642716/posts Indonesia Quake Toll Tops 6,200 By Peter Gelling New York Times News Service BANTUL, Indonesia -- The death toll has continued to climb from the 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck this region on Saturday, but most of the increase now is from the deaths of people who had been severely injured, a U.N. official said Thursday. The Indonesian Social Affairs Ministry said the toll had reached more than 6,200 dead, with more than 46,000 injured, 33,000 of them seriously. Search and rescue efforts ceased on Tuesday. John Budd, a spokesman for the U.N. Children's Fund, said that on average there had... Red Orbit https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1642716/posts#comment Sat, 3 Jun 2006 07:33:06 GMT