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Monday, 09 February 2009 |
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WHITTLESEA, Australia - Australia's deadliest bushfire crisis eased on Monday, but the death toll kept rising with at least 108 people killed as families searched for scores of missing in the twisted, charred ruins. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the bushfires, some of which police believe were deliberately lit, constituted "mass murder," with media reporting the death toll could reach 170 as authorities searched hundreds of burned-out homes. "This is of a level of horror that few of us anticipated. There are no words to describe it other than mass mur... |
