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Tibet quake toll lowered to 9, hundreds homeless - CNN.com

Just yesterday, two earth quakes (one with a 6.6 magnitude and the other 15 minutes later at about 5.1 magnitude). This earthquake killed about nine people which is a smaller number than the original toll of 30, this was inaccurate because it used "unauthoritative sources" (CNN.com). These earthquakes caused 147 homes to collasped, leaving 153 families homeless. The government has sent tents to the areas of the damaged. About 19 people were injured.
This is really said because you don't actually see news about earthquakes in Tibet on the news. Tibet has already experienced many more that 5.0 magnitude earthquakes this past few months since May. Even though this area is really accident prone though it doesn't turn up on the news that other people know of. China has an earthquake and the whole world knows.

October 7, 2008
CNN.com

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Death toll rises amid India ethnic violence - CNN.com

Fights between tribal people and Muslims in India have raised the death toll to 47 since Friday. This "decade-old rivalry" (CNN.com) between the Muslims and tribal people has sent about 100,00 people to escape from the deadly riots to 50 relief camps.
The rioting started on Friday between the Bodo tribesmen and probably the Bangladeshi settlers in India's remote northeastern state of Assam.
The riots have so far stopped since yesterday. "But some people injured in the clashes have died in hospitals, and some more dead bodies have been recovered." said State home commissioner Rajiv Kumar Bora. 22 people died from police firing.
The police are looking into the fact whether it was the decade-old rivalry between the Bodo and the Muslims that made the attackers attack each other with traditional weapons like arrows and spears.

October 7, 2008
CNN.com