55,740 dead * * Resource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Sichuan_earthquake Wikipedia @ 2008 Sichuan Earthquake Casualties: 05/23/08 55,740 (dead) , 292,481 (injured) (as of May 23, 2008 12:00CST) Original slideshow: http://tinyurl.com/5csmdo

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died in Nagasaki, Japan

after the atomic bomb

was dropped in 1945.

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Join Facebook group for Burma Cyclone Relief For every person who joins, we will donate 10 cents to Burma Cyclone Relief Thomas C. Dec (Wilton High School) (creator ) Matt Cavedon (Harvard)

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